Industrial Automation — Winter 2020

What is industrial automation?

What are difference between modbus & profibus ?

With a neat sketch, explain the construction and working of a distributed control system used in industry

Enlist any three types of transducers for the measurement of Displacement.

State technical details of any two temperature sensors used in industrial application

Explain Architecture and block diagram of PLC.

Short note on : PH measurement

Explain use of solenoid as an electrical actuator.

How power electronics devices are useful as automation component in industrial application.? Justify your answer with any suitable example

State the advantages of using PLC for Industrial automation

With the help of block diagram explain basic elements of computer aided measurement and control system.

Explain SCADA architecture in details.

List the system characteristics that need to be analyzed for selection of PLC

What is ladder diagram? State symbols with their description used in ladder diagram

What do you mean by man-machine interface (MMI)? How it helps integration of DCS with PLC?

State basic elements of DCS .

How DCS integrates with PLC and computes?

Explain I/Obus isolation in PLC. By using opto coupler how input and output modules of PLC can complete?

State basic parts used to build industrial robot.

Short note on : smart sensor

Explain in detail : Internet of things for plant automation .

Short note : overview of Industry 4.0

State and explain any one practical application of PLC in industry.

What do you mean by pick and place robot? With the help of simple block diagram explain its parts and working in brief.