HYDRAULICS

COURSE 610: 4 DAYS

This course provides maintenance personnel and production operators etc with the skills and knowledge necessary to carry out maintenance tasks on industrial hydraulic systems.

PARTICIPANTS

This course is suitable for anyone who wishes to work on or maintain industrial hydraulic systems. No prior knowledge of hydraulics is necessary.

COURSE PRESENTATION

One of the practical exercises on the hydraulics course

Participants gain useful practical experience on purpose-built training rigs which make use of typical commercial components and are designed specifically to simulate the hydraulic systems found in industry. Comprehensive course notes are provided.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

On completion of the course, participants will be able to

apply safe working practices when working with hydraulic systems
understand the relevant theory (units, flow, pressure, temperature, forces, etc.)
understand the operation of hydraulic circuits and components typically used in industry
understand how to carry out correct maintenance procedures on:
- power units (fixed / variable delivery pumps, reservoirs, filters, strainers and gauges)
- control elements (directional, sequence, pressure reducing, counterbalance, check and flow valves)
- actuators (cylinders, rams and motors)
understand how to use hydraulic test equipment to determine the nature and position of faults
identify and rectify faults on cylinders and valves
assess the condition of a hydraulic system by oil analysis
use hydraulic circuit drawings and fault-finding charts as a systematic aid to fault-finding.

Successful completion of the course leads to the award of Amicus / Technical Training Solutions competence certificate 610: Hydraulics.

The Consolidation Scheme allows candidates to practice their new skills at work, generating all the necessary evidence for their competence
This course is particularly suitable for our on-site consolidation scheme, which enables candidates to practice their newly acquired skills in the workplace. For more information on the scheme, please contact us.

Contact us for more information on how the hydraulics training course leads to competence in performing maintenance of hydraulic systems

What do candidates on the Hydraulics course actually do?

The hydraulics course provides an extensive understanding of hydraulic systems and components. Candidates investigate the devices used to control the pressure, flow and direction of linear and rotary actuators.

The course notes are extensive and explain the various devices used in engineering applications. The course takes a practical approach avoiding any unnecessary mathematics. Some sample pages from the course notes give an indication of this approach.

This is page 21 of the hydraulics course notes This is page 37 of the hydraulics course notes This is page 47 of the hydraulics course notes

Safety is emphasized throughout the course and reinforced when practical exercises are carried out. Candidates are provided with a selection of hydraulic components (with clearly marked terminals) which they use to build various hydraulic circuits.

One of the piloted check valves used on the hydraulics training course One of the hydraulic accumulator blocks used on the hydraulics training course One of the 4/3 way directional control valves used on the hydraulics training course

One of the hydraulic pressure gauges used on the hydraulics training course One of the check valves used on the hydraulics training course One of the flow meters used on the hydraulics training course One of the manifold blocks used on the hydraulics training course

One of the hydraulic motors used on the hydraulics training course One of the hydraulic cylinders used on the hydraulics training course One of the hydraulic power units used on the hydraulics training course

A mobile hydraulic pump is used to power our equipment and candidates use our oil analysing equipment to check the condition of oil in the system.

The mobile hydraulic power pack used on the hydraulics training course The industry-standard contamination monitor used on the hydraulics training course

Candidates build the various circuits on modular boards, thereby gaining the experience of reading hydraulic circuit diagrams, identifying the symbols and understanding the systems. Faultfinding techniques are also covered at this stage.

Candidates build hydraulic cicuits on the modular boards used on the hydraulics training course by connecting together the necessary components

The course notes include various useful references, for example hydraulic oil specifications and symbols used in hydraulic systems.

This is page 52 of the hydraulics course notes

If you would like to see some of the equipment used on the hydraulics course for yourself, then please call us to arrange a visit to our base in Kent. Alternatively, our customer liaison staff can visit you with demonstration parts anywhere in the British Isles.