PNEUMATICS

COURSE 660: 4 DAYS

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

PARTICIPANTS

Suitable for anyone who is required to maintain industrial pneumatic systems. No prior knowledge of pneumatic or electrical principles is necessary.

COURSE PRESENTATION

One of the practical exercises on the pneumatics course: Analysing the functionality of various pneumatic devices using cut-away demonstration parts

A practical approach is taken throughout this course with participants gaining valuable ‘hands-on’ experience on training equipment utilising industry-standard components designed to simulate industrial systems. Comprehensive course notes are provided.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

On completion of the course, participants will be able to

understand the need for safe isolation and be able to apply safe working practices when working with pneumatic and electro-pneumatic systems
demonstrate relevant underpinning knowledge (units, pressure, forces, etc)
identify, inspect and adjust / replace / repair the following components:
- service units (filter, regulator, lubricators)
- sensors (pneumatic valves and electrical switches, proximity sensors and switches)
- valves (air and solenoid operated, sequence, directional control)
- actuators (cylinders and rotary)
- AND / OR elements, relays, timers, flow controls and quick exhausts
use visual indicators and manual overrides to check operation of components
carry out repairs to pneumatic systems, replace fittings, plastic pipe-work, etc
use pneumatic circuit drawings as an aid to systematic fault-finding.

Successful completion of the course leads to the award of Amicus / Technical Training Solutions competence certificate 660: Pneumatics.

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 pneumatics training course leads to competence in performing maintenance of pneumatic systems

What do candidates on the Pneumatics course actually do?

We begin by looking at the various symbols used to describe pneumatic components and get the candidates to think about how these devices would be used in various applications. We have a range of cut-away demonstration parts which the candidates use to understand how the devices function (and the faults that they might develop).

We use large magnetic symbols to ISO 1219-1 of pneumatic components (which stick onto whiteboards) so that our instructors can explain how the components function and how they are interconnected to create useful systems on the pneumatics training course A selection of our sectioned pneumatic components - candidates gain an understanding of the functionality by looking at these and appreciating what may go wrong with each component

We give our candidates a range of these components to analyse the functionality of.

One of the sectioned ISO 6431 cylinders used on the pneumatics training course One of the sectioned filter / regulator / lubricators with automatic drains used on the pneumatics training course One of the sectioned ISO 6432 cylinders used on the pneumatics training course

One of the sectioned solenoid valves used on the pneumatics training course One of the sectioned sequence valves used on the pneumatics training course One of the sectioned pneumatic timers used on the pneumatics training course

The candidates are then given the task of thinking about how these components would be used in various applications, without getting involved in all the mathematics and physics associated with this technology. Some extracts from the course notes for the pneumatics course help to demonstrate this approach:

We then present the candidates with a range of pneumatic components with which to build circuits themselves:

One of the AND elements which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course One of the restrictors which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course One of the 3/2 roller valves which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course One of the 3/2 piloted valves which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course

One of the double-piloted 5/2 way valves which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course One of the rodless cylinders which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course One of the single-piloted 5/2 way valves which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course

One of the magnetic piston double-acting cylinders which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course One of the single-acting cylinders which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course

Electro-pneumatic components are then introduced to the course:

One of the push-button valves which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course One of the solenoid-operated 5/2 way valves which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course One of the relay boards which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course

One of the optical proximity switches which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course One of the roller microswitches which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course One of the inductive proximity sensors which candidates interconnect in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course

The candidates build these various circuits on our modular boards, allowing them to gain familiarity with the interconnections of the discrete devices as well as the operation of the components within a larger system. Faultfinding skills are also developed at this stage.

This is one of the modular assembly boards which candidates use to interconnect pneumatic components in the practical exercises to form various useful systems on the pneumatics course

The course also provides candidates with a range of useful reference material, for example the range of threads used for pneumatic components, recommended oils and a full list of symbols that they are likely to come across:

This is page 52 of the course notes for the pneumatic course, showing symbols to ISO 1219-1 and BS 2917

If you would like to see some of the equipment used on the pneumatics 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.