HYDRAULICS

COURSE 650: 3 DAYS: Max 4 Candidates

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 hydraulic components used on the training 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
correctly maintain power units (fixed / variable pumps, reservoirs, filters, strainers and gauges)
use hydraulic test equipment to determine the nature and position of faults
construct a range of functional hydraulic circuits
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 the Technical Training Solutions competence certificate 650: Hydraulics.

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 38 of the hydraulics course notes This is page 78 of the hydraulics course notes, describing practical exercise No 12 This is page 79 of the hydraulics course notes, describing practical exercise No 12

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 circuits 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 an extract from the course notes for the hydraulics course, showing symbols to ISO 1219-1 and BS 2917

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 offices in Kent. Alternatively, we can visit you anywhere in the British Isles.