COIN SORTER

Category: Physical Science Group

BACTAD, KHIM L.
CORNELIO,JENNY ANNE G.
FERIDO, YESHA MARIE M.
Researchers

Mr. Randy Velardo

Coach

OCTOBER 2019
 ABSTRACT

The design was entitled the Improvised Coin Sorter. As people dealing with

the different coin denominations. The extent of the improvised coin sorter cover 5

different coins namely 5 cents, 25 cents, 1 Php ,5Php and 10 Php. The researchers

aimed to create an improvised coin sorter that wouldl accurately and efficiently sort

the Philippine Peso coins for the benefit of all as it lessens the fatigue that comes with

manual sorting.

The sorting part of the design is basically mechanical as it sorts the coins through

their physical size.

After performing some tests with the Improvised Coin sorting, the group could

say that an almost accurate and reliable machine was created as manifested by the

results it made.Improvised Coin sorting has been practical issue in various financial

transactions. The arrival of improvised coin sorting machine, people used to count the

coins manually. This a very time consuming and tedious job for those who handle the

work. Mistakes are common due to various reasons such as; eye tiredness, fatigue, too

many coins cause confuses in eyes and etc. It is applied to modern innovative design

and it is the device meeting the need in places for many small denominations of

currency. The machine has improved labor productivity, and also brought many

conveniences to life. Improvised Coin sorting machines have the ability to sort from a

random collection of coins into separate bins for different denomination. The concept

of the improvised coin sorter is mostly based on the detection of the dimension,

weight, edge of credit pulses by using sensors.

 A. Introduction

Separating out coins by hand can be exhausting and time consuming. Why

waste all of that time sorting and rolling coins when a machine could help you

complete that task in half the time? The time you save can then be dedicated to other

important tasks that you might not have gotten to otherwise. Time is money, and the

less time you have to spend counting and sorting money, the more time you can

actually make money.( Santiago 2014)

Improvised Coin sorters are incredibly useful tools not only in your

personal life, but in your professional life, too. They might be just a small

convenience to help you keep track of your spare change at home, but to a business

they can provide numerous additional benefits. If you’ve ever considered getting more

financially organized and better at managing your coins,Improvised coin sorters

could be the solution you’ve been looking for. . In fact, one of the major reasons

businesses invest in improvised coin sorters is the amount of time saved. Not only

that, but improvised coin sorters take a lot of weight off of in-office accounting

services. So the whole office will benefit financially from the use of improvised coin

sorters.If you work with customer finances and need to process numbers quickly and

accurately, a Improvised coin sorting machine is going to be the competitive edge

your business needs, especially if you work with physical cash every day. A

Improvised coin sorter andallows you to get accurate information to your clients in

less time, which can help build customer relationships. (Torralba. 2008)

Having a Improvised coin sorter could be the financial solution your

business has been looking for.

 Statement of the Problem

The study aimed to separate quickly, accurately and reliably Philippine peso

coin through an improvised coin sorter in a form of a machine.The Study sought

to answer the following questions.

1.What are the advantages and disadvantages in making improvised Coin Sorte?r

2.How much time it took the Improvised Coin Sorter to separate coins in terms

of

a. 5 ₵
b. 25 ₵
c. Php 1
d. Php 5
e. Php 10

3.How does the improvised coin sorter work?

Significance of the Study

This study is making a improvised coin sorter. It would help to separate coins .

This may also help future researchers to make a better improvised coin sorter of their

own. Coins are used daily but most especially if you have a dry cleaning store or a

general store or any other business for which you get paid for money in form of coins
Scope and Limitations

This project focused on making an improvised coin sorter that separate peso

coins from each other. The Improvised coin sorter is not capable for counting and

cannot recognized whether the coin is fake or genuine.

Conceptual Framework

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

Battery Cutting

Stick Glue Assembling IMPROVISED

Glue Gun Combining COIN

Electric Motor SORTER

Wires

Switch on/off

Figure 1.1 Conceptual Framework

The design will sort the coins according to its denomination and size, starting

from the smallest to the largest coin. The researchers thought that this is the best way

to sort coins.
Definition of Terms

To better understand and clarify the terms used in the study, the following

are hereby defined:

Cardboard. This refers to a material made from cellulose fiber (such as wood pulp)

like paper but usually thicker

Battery. This refers to a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical

energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power.

Wire. This refers to an electronic listening device that can be concealed on a person

Electricity. This refers to a form of energy resulting from the existence of charged

particles (such as electrons or protons), either statically as an accumulation of charge

or dynamically as a current.

Improvised Coin Sorter. This refers to a device which sorts a random collection

of coins into separate bins for various denominations.

B. Methodology

The researcher used the following materials when they conducted the

experimental design of the project. The first is card board use for the actual structure

of the project . The next one is a 9Volt Battery, Electric motor ,Switch and wires

,additional materials were stick glue and glue gun.

First measure how large the coins are in .Once its measured out all the coins you

can proceed by cutting approximately 1 inch long holes the width of each coin, then

carefully cut out the holes. The next step is to cut out a small piece of cardboard

according to coins thickness and glue it to the bottom of the piece with holes in it

,which allows the coins to roll down it and then fall into their corresponding holes. If

they all fall into place correctly you can continue and glue on the backside that will

help keep the coins in and rolling straight. Apply a small amount of glue on the

outside of the connection to avoid making bumps inside where the coins are rolling.

Now that both sides of the ramp are glued on cut out pieces of cardboard with

rectangles at a slight angle so that they can slide over the ramp and separate the holes

of which the coins will eject from. Glue the pieces on and using scissors cut it straight

. The chutes will help separate and order the coins into nice piles. Now that the chutes

are glued on. Make sure that you keep the chutes flush with the ground in order to

keep the proper angle when gluing on the back plate. Before gluing it cut the rectangle

down in order to minimize the extra cardboard, then glue it on to the side with the
holes and chute. Create Connection of Battery, Switch and Motor. Then create Outer

Box of Given Dimensions and Attach All Components

Your Automatic Coin Sorter Is Now Ready to Use.

The Philippine Peso Coins

Obverse Apolinario Mabini, Republika ng

Pilipinas, 10 piso at year mark
Reverse Kapa-kapa, BSP Logo
Material Nickel-Plated Steel
Coin Edge
Obverse MilledBonifacio,
Andres with EdgeRepublika
Lettering ng Pilipinas, 5
Profile
Edge piso at year mark
10 Peso 2.05 mm
Thickness
Diameter 27.0 mm
Weight
Reverse 8.00 g BSP Logo
Tayabak,

Material Nickel-Plated Steel

Coin Edge
Plain
Profile

Edge Thickness 2.20 mm

Diameter 25.0 mm
 Weight 7.40 g

5 Peso

N Jose Rizal, Republika ng Pilipinas, 1 piso at

year mark
Reverse Waling-Waling, BSP Logo
Material Nickel-Plated Steel
Coin Edge
With intermittent reeds
Profile
1 Peso
Edge Thickness 2.05 mm
Diameter 23.0 mm
Weight 6.00 g

Republika ng Pilipinas, 25 Sentimo, stylized

Obverse
Philippine flag and Year Mark

Reverse Katmon, BSP Logo

 Material Nickel-Plated Steel

Coin Edge
Plain
Profile

Edge Thickness 1.65 mm

25 Centavo
Diameter 20.0 mm

Weight 3.60 g

Republika ng Pilipinas, Stylized Philippine

Obverse
flag, 5 Sentimo and Year Mark
Reverse Kapal-kapal baging, BSP Logo
Material Nickel-Plated Steel
Coin Edge
with Reeds
Profile
Edge Thickness 1.6 mm
5 Centavo Diameter 16.0 mm
Weight 2.20 g
C. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The testing of the design made was very critical since it involved money

and required much accuracy and reliability. The results would show if the machine

had been successful in its ob1ectives and could help the trade and industry

Test conducted For 1 Peso coins

The purpose of this test was to know if the holes in the machine would exactly fit 1

peso coin and could actually sort it through its physical size. To sort 25 pieces of

1 peso coin, the limit was set to 25 for the first three trials then to 50 for last three

trials as well. After, the sample coins were placed, the machine was turned on when

the start button was pressed the motor stopped when it reached the set limit.

Table 1 Testing for 1 Peso Coins

P1 LIMIT 25 LIMIT 50

TRIALS NUMBER OF TIME NUMBER OF TIME

COINS COINS
Trial 1 10 28 sec 25 47 sec

Trial 2 10 25 sec 25 43 sec

Trial 3 10 26sec 25 41sec

Table 1 presents the results of test conducted for 1 peso coins. The limit was first

set to 10; then 20 coins were placed for sorting. The results showed that both trial 1

and trial 3 exceeded the limit of 25 but also showed that the machine and actual count
tallied the same number. The average time to sort 1 Peso coins is 26.3. Then the limit

was set to 100. It was noticed that there were no errors in the three trials. It would take

43 seconds to sort 25 pieces of 1 Peso coin.

Test conducted for 5 Peso coin

The purpose of this test was to sort 5 peso coins.

Table 2 Testing for 5 Peso Coins

P5 LIMIT 25 LIMIT 50

TRIALS NUMBER OF TIME NUMBER OF TIME

COINS COINS
Trial 1 10 31 25 47

Trial 2 10 32 25 58

Trial 3 10 29 25 55

As can be gleaned in table 2, all trials have the same number of machine count.

Though it exceeded the limit that was set, the machine still provided accuracy

satisfactory enough. This happened when large quantity of coins was placed in the

machine at the same time that it sorted continuously. However when exact quantity

was placed, the machine sorted it accurately.

Test conducted for 10 Peso coins

The purpose of this test was to sort 10 peso coins.

Table 1.3 Testing for 10 Peso Coins

P10 LIMIT 25 LIMIT 50

TRIALS NUMBER OF TIME NUMBER OF TIME

COINS COINS
Trial 1 10 33 25 45

Trial 2 10 32 25 49

Trial 3 10 35 25 47

Table 3 shows the results of the test for the 10 peso coins. Trial 1 had exact

number of coins when the limit was set to 25 and both trial 1 and trial 2 exceeded the

limit by 1. Sorting 10 pieces of 10 peso coins requires almost a minute (33.3 seconds).

Upon setting the limit to 25 coins.

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Conclusion

The researcher used the following materials when they conducted the

experimental design of the project. The first is card board use for the actual structure

of the project . The next one is a 9Volt Battery, Electric motor ,Switch and wires

,additional materials were stick glue and glue gun.

The machine, Some of those modifications include changing holes to accept

different types of coins, increasing the rate at which you can drop in coins and

changing or redirecting the chutes and coin collectors. The sorting part of the design

is basically mechanical as it sorts the coins through their physical size

After performing a number of tests and trials on how the Coin Sorting was

performed, it can be concluded that a nearly accurate and reliable machine was

created as proven by the results taken, though a few errors had occurred in certain

trials, the percentage of error was minimal and negligible. The machine can perform

its best if the quantity of coins placed is not too massive or heavy because the

behavior of coins depends greatly on the amount of quantity placed simultaneously in

the machine.

Recommendation

The use of metal as the primary material for the coin sorter is highly

recommended. The use of metal plates will help the product to be stable and can

guarantee the long time quality of the said product. An improvement on the sorter’s
noise production is also advisable since the researchers observed that the dropping of

the coins results in a loud noise

After finishing the project, the group highly recommends performing further

studies on the conducted experiment in order to ensure that the product can really be

effective. The coins to be dropped should be tilted as the group proved that this will

result in fewer errors like the coins being stuck and dropped in the wrong container.

This will make the product more effective since it can sort all the different kinds

of coins. The next group of researchers must also be very hands on., thus resulting in

a few minor problems with the size of the holes and the different angles