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PLC Problem

This document provides instructions for programming a PLC to control a pneumatic cylinder system and detect faults. It describes programming a sequence of cylinders extending and retracting. It also describes programming a washing machine cycle including turning on a pump for 100 seconds, then a heater for 50 seconds, and finally a second pump. Additional programs are requested to control a pump based on water level in a tank, and to activate a pump, heater, and motor in sequence for a circulating system.

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PLC Problem

This document provides instructions for programming a PLC to control a pneumatic cylinder system and detect faults. It describes programming a sequence of cylinders extending and retracting. It also describes programming a washing machine cycle including turning on a pump for 100 seconds, then a heater for 50 seconds, and finally a second pump. Additional programs are requested to control a pump based on water level in a tank, and to activate a pump, heater, and motor in sequence for a circulating system.

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Design the program for a pneumatic system for control by a PLC to give the cylinder sequence A+, B+,

B–, A– and
which will give a LED display indicating, in the presence of a fault such as a sticking cylinder, at which point in the
cycle the fault occurred. Explain the action of all elements in the system.
This problem is essentially part of the domestic washing machine program. Devise a ladder program to switch on a
pump for 100 s. It is then to be switched off and a heater switched on for 50 s. Then the heater is switched off and
another pump is used to empty the water.
Devise ladder programs for systems that will carry out the following tasks:
(a) Switch on a pump when the water level in a tank rises above 1.2 m and switch it off when it falls below 1.0 m.
(b) Switch on a pump, then 100 s later switch on a heater, then a further 30 s later switch on the circulating motor.

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