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THERMO

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Assignment II, FME 492/FPE 492 Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)

1. A production plant program requires the following operations to be repeated a


number of times: filling a vat, heating the liquid in the vat, and then, when the
liquid is at the required temperature, emptying it. Explain how this procedure could
be programmed using subroutines.

2. Devise ladder programs for systems that will carry out the following tasks:

(a) Switch on an output 5 s after receiving an input and keep it on for the duration
of that input.
(b) Switch on an output for the duration of the input and then keep it on for a
further 5 s.
(c) Switch on an output for 5 s after the start of an input signal.
(d) Start a machine if switch B is closed within 0.5 s of switch A being closed;
otherwise the machine is not switched ON.

3. Devise ladder programs for systems that will carry out the following tasks:

(a) Give an output after a photocell sensor has given 10 pulse input signals as a
result of detecting 10 objects passing in front of it.
(b) Give an output when the number of people in a store reaches 100, there con-
tinually being people entering and leaving the store.
(c) Show a red light when the count is less than 5 and a green light when it is
equal to or greater than 5.
(d) Count 10 objects passing along a conveyor belt and close a deflecting gate when
that number have been deflected into a chute, allowing a time of 5 s between
the tenth object being counted and closing the deflector.
(e) Determine the number of items on a conveyor belt at any particular time by
counting those moving onto the belt and those leaving and give an output
signal when the number on the belt reaches 100.

4. Devise ladder programs for systems to carry out the following tasks:

(a) A sequence of four outputs such that output 1 is switched on when the first
event is detected and remains on, output 2 is switched on when the second
event is detected and remains on, output 3 is switched on when the third event
is detected and remains on, output 4 is switched on when the fourth event is
detected and remains on, and all outputs are switched off when one particular
input signal occurs.

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Assignment II, FME 492/FPE 492 Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)

(b) Control of a paint sprayer in a booth through which items pass on an overhead
conveyor so that the paint is switched on when a part is in front of the paint
gun and off when there is no part. The items are suspended from the overhead
conveyor by hooks; not every hook has an item suspended from it.

5. Describe each of the following methods used in PLC system fault finding

(a) Last output check


(b) Replication
(c) Timing checks
(d) Expected value check

6. Describe the operation of an on/off controller and explain how it might be used to
control the temperature in a domestic central heating system.

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