EEE «02° CONTROL SYSTEMS SESSIONAL, \y \ po Expt. No g sing Programmable Logic Controller- 4 Control:o! ‘a Conveyor system u: : Pare 2 is placed on a running conveyor. #9) To classify" the tall objects according i itsee diameters and then fo activate the appropriate Teylinded-pisten to push those Fspeéctively tito three commpartments-of @ bin e.grshortest-dis-objects. -. ------ “in compartment} (left most), mid dia in compartment-2 and largest dia in compartment+3, (right + most)"Bach tinse'a tall ‘object is pushed into the bin ths conveyor should stop and to restart it the green push button switch is to be pressed. . . Fi . 3) Eact! time ashort object is detected it ust nol ac‘ivate any cylinder rather it should run off the end of the conveyor and then the conveyor should shut down, To restart the eonveyor Grech push tputton’switeh’ should be pressed. Procedures: 1) Set the transmitter of sénsor-1'at lover position so that it ean detect broth short and tall abjects. : 2) Sethe tansmitter of sensor-2 a ahivher sosition so that it can detect obly tall objects. i : 53) Engure that the compressed air pump Pas aired enough pressure % 14} Program thé shown ladder diagram wih giver PR values of the timers and bring the PLC imo !RUN mode. Press green push button s'tch fo start she conveyer. 5) Place a tall object just at the axtreme-right of the conveyor belt. De not plas at abject exactly in front of the sensor-1, because ‘ead to impraper diameter determination and push by incorrect cylinder-piston. «| 6) Press'the gréen push button switch to s'art the conveyor f oes . 2} 7yAfthe tall objects are not correctly: pushed ins reeal steps Sand 6 ch | of RTO (Reventive On-Delay? timsrs 071, 906 ‘nash of the fa "34, 902, 908 (for push of mid dia tll vejects by esHiner-2# aad & ‘tall objects by cylinder-1). Recor the results of steps 5-7 as in 1 hanging the preset (PIR) values st dia tall objects by eplinder- ble I: RR ——————— “ Timer settinus ( sec.) if pushed, P objects dia - by which (large/mid small). -902_9065-—«9G2_—- S93 SKA evlinder? te ‘Pf the ebiiveyor stops following nasii-ir of a sal! object restart by pressing the green switch. * NOTE: Despite an‘appropriate choive of timings for the width (diameter) detection RTO timers + © (901.902,903) the ambient ight bouncing off the abjects (which are shiny) may affect the performance of these timers and hence the objects vill ot be pushed in properly. To avoid this situation switch off some room lights above the experimental table 16 reduce the ambient light or shield the sensors from the ambient light by scme piece of non transparent paper. . . ‘S9PIace a short object asin step 5 and observe iF it runs tll Ure end point of the conveyor und then falls down without being pushed into bin. Also note ifthe conveyor stops then. T1) Repeat step 9 with various PR value of RTO timer 910 (o change the time elapsed between fall down’of a short object and shut dowa of the conveyor. To restart the conveyor press the green switch, Record the results as in Tablé 2. ‘Lnbie 2: Observation an short objects Short Activation PRof 2 ctu me object of any RTO 910 > between fall of dia cylinder (see. object and stop _ (large/mid/small) (yes/no)? : of conveyor Report: . wean programmed into the PLC. 1) Explain’the operation of the iadder ci 2a PARTIAL HINTS. : To activate a eylnder. through fate the corresponding output relay ~"(703/702701 ) all the normally open contacts in respective rung (56/7) must be closed in addition ruption of the sensor-2 beam, Now’ the karger the diameter of the object the more time the (ise ti in Rungs 2. 3.4 remain in TRUE states and hence all the timers with higher PR vluc ean ime out and close their associcted ‘normally «pen'contacts. This is the way the three RTU timers 901, 902 and 903 jointly discrimincte lorge, noid and small dia chjects and decides which ¢} is to push the objects.) ‘ inter 2) Show Tables | and 2,“1 9L ONAN seceeescesesef SL ONNY eevee eed OL ONTY ceed EL ONGY Je aesscsanesomnemey LL ONT 6 ON 10x3 40) wWdsBDIP 22) nie OL oH los 10s 206 £06 LO | H bE Sonny 206 "400 gq F068 106