Course Overview
Covers advanced topics in industrial hydraulics controls such as variable displacement pumps, load sensing circuits, pilot controls and electro-hydraulic circuits. The course delivery combines practical exercises with discussions of typical industrial applications and lectures.
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- List and discuss functions of hydraulic reservoirs.
- Describe operating principles of variable displacement pumps.
- Interpret and evaluate pump performance curves and calculate pump efficiency using experimental data.
- Describe typical hydraulic motors.
- Estimate heat generation and dissipation in hydraulic circuits.
- Describe and size hydraulic accumulators and discuss their typical applications in hydraulic circuits.
- Compare performance of direct and pilot operated pressure control valves.
- Describe typical applications of various pressure control valves.
- Describe and demonstrate use of load sensing to improve system efficiency.
- Use electrical components, such as solenoids, relays, and switches to control selected hydraulic circuits.
- Describe contamination and filtration in hydraulic circuits.
- Develop and test hydraulic circuits using typical components listed above.
Effective as of Winter 2017
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