LECTURE 40 MULTI ACTUATOR CIRCUITS

SELF EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. Square shaped work has to be drilled using a drilling machine which is pneumatically
operated. Work pieces are fed from a gravity magazine to a drilling machine. These work
pieces are pushed and clamped by means of clamping cylinder 1.0 (A). hole is drilled by the
drilling cylinder 2.0 (B). and work piece is ejected by ejecting cylinder 3.0 (C).

The

displacement step diagram is shown in Figure1 . The sequence of operation has to be carried
out either for one cycle or for continuous cycle with start and stop controls. Develop a
pneumatic circuit to implement the given control task.

A+

A-

0
1

B+

B-

C+

C
Step 0

Step1

Step2

Position step

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

C-

Step 6

Step7

Step 8

2 Two clips are to be riveted together on a semi automatic press. Components and rivets
are positioned by hand and then removed by hand on completion of the components
operation. The automated part of the working cycle consists of the holding and clamping of
the components (cylinder A) and also the riveting (cylinder B), and the cycle be performed
ending at the starting position after operating a start button.
Design circuit using cascade method.

1.0

2.0

3.0

2.1 4
2

12

B+

1.1

A+

3.1

4
B3

C5

A-

C+

III
I

0.1I

III

0.2I

Start
Single
cycle
a0
a1
b0
c0

b1

c1

b0
Start for continuous cycle

Stop for continuous cycle

b1

c0

a1
1

c1

a0

Q2 Solution

A+

Aa0

0
a1
1

b1 b0
B+

B-

0
Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5=1

Position step

B(2.0)

A(1.0)
a0

a1

b0
0

1.1
A+

2.1 4
4

B+

A-

B-

Start

5
1

3
1

II

a1
a0
(line1)
b1 (line 3)
(line2)
b0 (line 4)

2
a1

b0

b1

a0

a1 & b1 Connected to
group

a0 & b0 Connected to group

Pneumatic circuit for 2A+ B+ B- A-

b1