Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

Mechanical Engineering Department

ME 426 (Mechatronics Design)
Assignment- 3
Dr. Harlal S. Mali
Notified Date: 09 Oct 2017 Submission Date: 23 Oct 2017
Hydrayllic & Pneumatic Actuators
1. Describe the basic details of (a ) a poppet valve, (b) a shuttle valve.
2. Explain the principal of a pilot operated valve.
3. Explain how a sequential valve can be used to initiate an operation only when another
operation has been completed.
4. Draw the symbols for (a ) a pressure relief valve , (b) a 2/2 valve which has actuators
of a push- button and a spring, (c) a 4/2 valve, (d) a directional valve.
5. State the sequence of operation that will occur for the cylinders A and B in Fig., when
the start button is pressed. a-,a+,b-and b+are limits switches to detect when the cylinders
are fully retraced and fully extended.

6. Design a pneumatic valve circuit to give the sequence A+, followed by B+ and then
simultaneously followed by A- and B- .
7. A force of 400N is required to open a process control valve. What area of diaphragm will
be needed with a diaphragm actuator to open the valve with a control gauge pressure of
70kPa ?
8. A pneumatic system is operated at a pressure of 1000kPa. What diameter cylinder will be
required to move a load requiring a force of 12Kn?
 9. A hydraulic cylinder is to be used to move a work piece in a manufacturing operation
through a distance of 50mm in 10s. a force of 1OKN is required to move the work piece .
determine the required working pressure and hydraulic liquid flow rate if a cylinder with
a piston diameter of 100 mm is available .
10. An actuator has a stem movement which at full travel is 40mm. it is mounted with a
linear plug process control valve which has a minimum flow rate of 0 and a maximum
flow rate of 20m3 /s. what will be the flow rate, when the stem movement is, a-10mm, b-
20mm
11. An actuator has a stem movement which at full travel is 40mm.it is mounted on a process
control valve with a equal percentage plug and which has a minimum low rate of 0.2
m3/s. and a maximum flow rate of 4 m3/s.what will be the flow rate when the stem
movement is, a-10mm b-20mm
12. What is the process control valve size for a valve a valve that is required to control the
flow of water when the maximum flow required is 0.002 m3/s. and the permissible
pressure drop across the valve at this flow rate is100 kPa? The density of the water
is1000kg/m3.

DIGITAL LOGIC
1. Explain what is meant by sequential control and illustrate your answer by
an example.
2. Explain what logic gates might be used to control the following situations:
(a) The issue of tickets at an automatic ticket machine at a railway
station
(b) A safety lock system for the operation of a machine tool
(c) A boiler shut down switch when the temperature reaches, say, 60
and the circulating pump is off.
(d) A signal to start a lift moving when the lift door is closed and a button
has been pressed to select the floor.
3. For the time signals as shown A and B in below
figure, which will be the output signal if A and B
are inputs to
(a) an AND gate
(b) an OR gate

4. A clock signal as a continuous sequence of pulses is applied to a logic gate

and is to be outputted only when an enable signal is to be applied to the
gate. What logic gate can be used?
 5. Input A is applied directly to a two- input AND gate. Input B is applied to a
NOT gate and then to the AND gate. What conditions of inputs A and B will
result in a 1 output from the AND gate?
6. Figure (a) shows the input signals A and B applied to the gate system shown
in figure (b).Draw the resulting output waveforms of each circuit.

7. Below figure shows the timing diagram for the S and R inputs for an SR flip-
flop. Complete the diagram by adding Q output.

8. Explain how the arrangement of gates shown in below figure gives an SR

flip- flop.

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

1. What are the logic functions used for switches (a) in series, (b) in parallel?
2. Draw the ladder rungs to represent:
 (a) Two switches are normally open and both have to be closed for a motor to operate.

(b) Either of two, normally open, switches have to be

closed for a coil to be energized and operate an

actuator.

(c) A motor is switched on by pressing a spring-return

push-button start switch, and the motor remains on until another spring-return push-button stop

switch is pressed.

3. Write the program instructions corresponding to the latch program shown in Figure.

4. The production process may only be performed when the operator activates two spring activated

safety switches. The switches have to be depressed and held closed together by the operator using

both hands. (a) What is the truth table? (b) What is the Boolean logic expression? (c) What is the

logic network diagram (in ISO symbol terminology)? (d) What is the ladder logic diagram? Assume X1

and X2 are the first and second switches and Y is the output

5. Devise a timing circuit that will switch on an output for 1s then off for 20s, then on for 1s, then off

for 20s, and so on.

6. Devise a timing circuit that will switch on an output for 10s then switch it off.

7. Devise a circuit that can be used to start a motor and then after a delay of 100s start a pump. When

the motor is switched off there should be a delay of 10s before the pump is switched off.

Micro-Processors
1. Explain, for a microprocessor, the roles of :
(a) accumulator, (b) status (c) memory address, (d) program counter registers.

2. How does a microcontroller differ from a microprocessor?

3. Draw a block diagram of a basic microcontroller and explain the each subsystem.

4. Compare Micro-controllers, Micro-Processors and PLCs on various parameters.

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