KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE

AND TECHNOLOGY

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 4

GROUP WORK
MAXWELL AGYEI FRIMPONG 4104815
NSIAH YAA ASOR 4111615
KWASI SAFO DANKWA 4113315

AUTOMATION LAB 3 REPORT

INTRODUCTION
The lab 3 of the automatic control course presents students with an exercise and are required to
write the PLC program for it and simulate to see if it works.

EXERCISE SUMMARY
We want to start a motor and let it operate with the star winding first, and then the delta comes
after some seconds when the star goes off. When the switch for the main is pressed, the supply
comes on and a red light comes on, indicating the motor is not in operation. When the start push
button for the motor is pressed, the star winding of the motor is connected and a green light
comes on and the red light goes off. After 10s, the star winding is disconnected and the delta
comes on. A blue light also comes on when the delta is in circuit. When the motor is overloaded,
overload contacts trip to stop the motor from operating. Also a stop push button can stop the
motor from running.

SYMBOL TABLE
Stop S0 I0.0
Start main S1 I0.1
Start motor S2 I0.2
O/L1 F1 I0.3
O/L2 F2 I0.4
O/L3 F3 I0.5
Main supply MS Q0.1
Star M1 M1 Q0.2
Delta M2 M2 Q0.3
Red light Red Q0.4
Green light Green Q0.5
Blue light Blue Q0.6
Timer T1 T1 – 10sec

PSEUDO CODE
- If start main S1 is pressed, main supply MS comes on, and Red light also comes on.
- If start motor S2 is pressed, star-winding M1 is connected, Green light comes on, and
Red light goes off.
- After 10s (T1 – 10sec), star M1 goes off, Green light goes off, Delta M2 comes on, and
Blue light also comes on.
- O/L1, O/L2, and O/L3 trips, Delta M2 goes off, Blue light goes off, and Red light comes
on.
- When stop button S0 is pressed, motor goes off, and Red light comes on.
HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS
- When the Set S, of the logic for main supply is given a 1, the main supply MS comes on.
This also set the S of the logic of the Red light to 1, and the Red light comes on as well.
The stop button S0 resets the logic for the main supply and turns it off. Star M1 resets
the Red light and turns it off.

- When the input S of the Star M1 logic is modified to 1, the star is connected in circuit,
and the Red light goes off. The input S of the Green light logic is also modified to 1 by
the Star M1. Therefore, the Green light comes on. And the on-delay Timer T1 starts.

- The output of the Timer T1 is connected to the input S of the Delta M2 logic. After 10
seconds, the output of T1 changes from 0 to 1. Thus, Delta M2 gets connected in the
circuit. Star M1 goes off because of interlock, Green light goes off, and Blue light comes
on.

- When the stop button S0 is pressed, Delta M2 logic resets and it goes off. Green light
also goes off and the Red light resets and comes on.

- Overload contacts O/L1, O/L2, and O/L3 trips when the motor is overloaded, and
therefore disconnects star M1, Delta M2, turns off the Green and/or Blue light and Red
light resets and turns on.