Ctrl Sys & Instrumentation 1 MECH 2007

TU717/2 Ctrl Sys & Instrumentation 1 PLC Laboratory

Assignment - Semester 1
Supervisor: Gerald Gallagher

Lecturer: Dr Mingzhu Chen

To complete your assignment, please do the following:

• Neatly handwrite the solutions to the following exercises

• Scan or take photos of the solutions
• Combine the solutions into a PDF
• Upload the PDF containing all solutions on Brightspace

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PART A

For each of the following examples, write a ladder logic diagram using the allocation

list below. The solenoid valve is used to control a single acting spring return pneumatic

cylinder.

Allocation List

Symbol Address Description Type of address

S1 I124.0 normally open push button switch input

S2 I124.1 normally open push button switch input

B1 I124.2 limit switch cylinder retracted input

B2 I124.3 limit switch cylinder extended input

M1 M0.0 memory address memory

M2 M0.1 memory address memory

Y1 Q124.0 solenoid/directional control valve output

a) Push button S1 and S2 must be pressed to activate Y1. The cylinder returns on

releasing the push buttons

b) Push button S1 or S2 must be pressed to activate Y1. The cylinder returns on

releasing the push buttons

c) A single cycle of the pneumatic cylinder, with automatic return activated by the

extended limit switch

d) A cylinder is to extend on a signal from a push button start, complete a full

outstroke, dwell on the end of the stroke for 5 seconds, and return automatically

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e) Two push buttons are to be used to control a cylinder, which should cycle

continuously. Pressing one button should start the continuous cycling and

pressing the other should stop it

f) Program a counter to cycle the cylinder 20 times and then to stop

g) Write a program that makes a cylinder cycle continuously with a 3 second delay

after it has reached the extended position

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PART B

This section should include the following:

➢ A full allocation list, detailing all inputs and outputs

➢ The logic involved, described using a truth table

➢ An electrical circuit or wiring diagram

➢ The ladder logic program

THE STAMPING PRESS

A stamping device can be operated from three sides. A workpiece is inserted via a guide,
whereby it touches two of the three proximity switches B1, B2 and B3. This causes a
pneumatic cylinder 1.0 to extend via a solenoid valve (solenoid Y1), whereby a recess is
to be stamped into the workpiece. The stamping cycle is to be triggered only if two limit
switches are activated.

For reasons of safety the cylinder must be prevented from advancing if all three
proximity sensors are contacted.

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Template for Truth Table

B1 B2 B3 Y1
0 0 0
0 0 1
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 0
1 0 1
0 1 1
1 1 1

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