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MECH2320Chapter12Homework

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Sequence control can be achieved by several methods.
 

 2. 

Circuits that permit the automatic starting of motors in sequence are rare.
 

 3. 

Most ladder diagrams show coils connected in parallel.
 

 4. 

In a circuit in which three motors turn off in sequence, an overload on any one motor will not have an effect on the other motors.
 
 
Figure 12-11

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 5. 

Based on the accompanying figure, when the STOP button is pressed, all CR contacts open immediately.
 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 6. 

____________________ forces motors to start or stop in a predetermined order.
 

 
 
Figure 12-4

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 7. 

The circuit shown in the accompanying figure permits ____________________ motors to start in sequence.
 

 

 8. 

In the circuit shown in the accompanying figure, motor #3 starts five seconds after motor #____________________ starts.
 

 

 9. 

In the circuit shown in the accompanying figure, timer coil TR1 is connected in ____________________ with the 1M starter coil.
 

 

 10. 

The addition of two ____________________ make it possible to start motors in sequence from #1 to #3 with a time delay between the starting of each motor as well as stopping the motors in sequence from #3 to #1 with a time delay between the stopping of each motor.
 

 

Short Answer
 

 11. 

What kinds of machines use sequence control? Give at least one example.
 

 12. 

How do automatic sequence control circuits which sense motor current work?
 
 
Figure 12-2

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 13. 

In the circuit shown in the figure above, what prevents motor #2 from starting before motor #1?
 

 14. 

Some circuit requirements may demand that the motors turn off in sequence. What does such a circuit require?
 
 
Figure 12-6

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 15. 

In the circuit shown in the figure above, what happens when the STOP button is pressed?
 



 
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