Review questions

REVIEW QUESTIONS

On Single-Actuator Pneumatic Circuits

1. Design a circuit with air pilot control of a double-acting cylinder. (or) Explain with neat block diagram, an air pilot control circuit for a double-acting cylinder.

[A.U., Apr/May 2005] 

[Ans. Refer Section 13.4.2]

2. Design a typical pneumatic circuit showing the control of a double-acting cylinder using a shuttle valve. 

[A.U., Apr/May 2010] 

[Ans. Refer Section 13.4.3]

3. Explain with neat sketch the working of semi-automatic control of a double-acting pneumatic cylinder.

 [A.U., Nov/Dec 2010] 

[Ans. Refer Section 13.5]

4. Explain the working of a pneumatic speed control circuit.

[A.U., Nov/Dec 2006] 

[Ans. Refer Section 13.8] 

5. Explain meter-in and meter-out circuits with neat sketch.

 [A.U., Nov/Dec 2012]

[Ans. Refer Sections 13.8.2 and 13.8.3]

6. Explain with a circuit diagram how is the control of an air motor is achieved. A flow control valve is used to adjust the speed of the motor.

[A.U., Nov/Dec 2007] 

[Ans. Refer Section 13.9]

7. What is time delay circuit? Discuss with an example.

[A.U., Nov/Dec 2007] 

[Ans. Refer Section 13.10]

On Multi-Actuator Pneumatic Cascade Circuits

8. Give the procedure of the cascade method of designing sequencing circuits. [A.U., Nov/Dec 2005; Nov/Dec 2009] 

[Ans. Refer Section 13.12.1]

9. What is cascade control? Explain giving suitable example circuit.

[A.U., May/June 2006] 

[Ans. Refer Section 13.12.1]

10. Design and draw a sequential circuit for the operation of two cylinders X and Y using cascade method.

[A.U., Nov/Dec 2013] 

[Ans. Refer Example 13.3]