Author(s)

Chong Zhao, Zhipeng Gan

Corresponding Author

Chong Zhao

Abstract

With the continuous progress of the times, urban groups are more keen on a fast and convenient lifestyle, and tea vending machines are also the most bright selling tools. It can not only liberate manpower, but also bring convenience to life and create more benefits. This paper designed a tea vending machine control system, the system can purchase a specified variety of tea, recognize coins, change zeros and other functions. The control system of vending machine is simulated by Siemens PLC simulation software. The simulation results are: All the functions of the system are realized and the system is running well.

Keywords

Tea vending machine, Programmable controller, Echelon