In condom manufacturing factories, it is necessary to test condoms for the
absence of holes after initial production. This test is carried out with an
electronic testing device or ET. The basis of this device is to create a
high-voltage circuit. If the condom has a hole, a short circuit occurs in the
circuit and the device rejects the condom.
This control system consists of two main parts. The first part is the
microcontroller unit and the second part is the relay board. This control system
was designed and built to start and control the 3.5 kV high voltage parts of the
condom tester.
This control system is able to detect holes on condoms in three areas:
1-Holes in the first area (the hole is in the
upper third of the condom)
2-Holes in the second area (the hole is in the
middle third of the condom)
3-Holes in the third area (the hole is in the
bottom third of the condom)
In version 3 of the high pot systems, it was decided to build a separate high
pot system for each area on the mandrel. As we carry out high voltage tests in
two stages in the ET device and three areas with different voltages are tested
in each stage, 6 high pot packages were produced in this project.
Below you can see photos of this control system in the research and development
phase.