Bottling Line Speed Up Project

Niagara Bottling Engineering, 2017-18

Liaison(s): Damon Choate, Ian Song ’17, Alexander Mouschovias
Advisor(s): Ziyad Duron
Students(s): Jose Godinez (TL-S), Ryan Gibbs (TL-F), Arthur Reyes, Priscilla Chu (F), Deji Andrew (F), Rikki Walters (Soph.-S)

This project focuses on the P6 gallon bottle blow-molding machine at Niagara’s Corporate plant and finding physical limitations to speed increase. The team is characterizing the dynamics of the machine and finding resonant frequencies at which the machine vibrates due to its operation. By finding what is most likely to break first due to vibration, and then strengthening it, the team can safely increase the speed of operation.