Hydraulic Systems

This GLOMACS Hydraulic Systems: Principles, Operation and Maintenance training seminar provides participants with a greater working expertise and understanding of hydraulic power systems.  The seminar delivers an interactive training experience designed to help participants understand the various components found in a typical hydraulic system and how these components function and interact with each other.

Participants will also learn about the major groups of hydraulic components, including the function and principles of operation of direct-and pilot-operated relief valves, pressure-reducing valves, directional-control valves, fixed- and variable-displacement pumps, and accumulators. Understanding of the basic hydraulic circuits most often used in industrial hydraulic systems is covered. Hydraulic principles of mechanical maintenance, types of hydraulic fluids and their characteristics will be also covered.

This GLOMACS training course is designed for participants to learn and recognize faults and damage to major components in hydraulic systems during inspection and to adjust control valves and test hydraulic circuits for correct and safe operation.

This GLOMACS training seminar will highlight:

• Principles of Hydraulic Power Systems
• Problems Related to Hydraulic Fluids
• Variable and Fixed Displacement Hydraulic Pumps
• Principles of Operation of Control Valves
• Operation of Basic Hydraulic Circuits used industrial hydraulic systems
• Maintenance, Inspection and testing of Hydraulic System

At the end of this GLOMACS training seminar, you will learn to:

• Identify the hydraulic system components
• Recognize the impact hydraulic fluids have on the components
• Understand and interpret hydraulic symbols
• Understand the correct operation procedures of hydraulic systems
• Explain maintenance and troubleshooting practices that apply to the entire hydraulic system

This GLOMACS Hydraulic Systems training seminar will be delivered along workshop principles with presentation, video clips, multimedia illustrations and interactive worked examples. Group discussions will be followed to enhance the skills of the participants.  Amount of time will be devoted to teaching the participants how to understand and interpret hydraulic symbols and hydraulic circuits, using handouts of ISO standard symbol diagrams.

The organization will benefit from this GLOMACS training seminar by:

• Improving plant reliability by enhancing the staff skills
• Reducing costly downtime
• Improving the performance of the plant
• Reducing Repair Cost
• Increasing plant and staff safety
• Saving money and time by enhancing the troubleshooting skills

On completion of this GLOMACS training course, delegates will receive a broad-base knowledge of hydraulic equipment. They will be able to:

• Enhance their basic knowledge related to hydraulic power system
• Identify symbols and components used in schematic drawings
• Correct filtration placement in hydraulic systems
• Develop good safety practices while working on high pressure hydraulic circuits
• Test hydraulic circuits for correct and safe operation.
• Use best practices in fault finding techniques and procedures to reduce costly downtime

This GLOMACS Hydraulic Systems training seminar is intended for all employees involved in the operations and maintenance of hydraulic systems

This GLOMACS training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Maintenance Engineers
• Process and Mechanical Technicians
• Design Engineers
• Supervisors and Operators
• Mechanical Engineers

DAY 1

Principles of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Fluids

• Pascal's Law
• Main Components of a hydraulic System
• Filters, Reservoirs and Accumulators
• Closed and Open Loop
• Properties of Hydraulic Fluid
• Types of Hydraulic Fluids
• Fluid Selection
• Problems Related to Hydraulic Fluids
  

DAY 2

Hydraulic Pumps & Actuators

• Classification and performance of Hydraulic Pumps
• Variable and Fixed Displacements Hydraulic Pumps
• Gear Pumps
• Vane Pumps
• Piston Pumps
• Pressure Compensator, and Load Sense Control
• Hydraulic Cylinders
• Hydraulic Motors
  

DAY 3

Control Valves

• Classification of Control Valves
• Direct-Acting and Pilot-Operated Valves
• Pressure Control Valves
• Directional Control Valves
• Flow Control Valves
• Meter In and Meter out
  

DAY 4

Operation and Hydraulic Circuits

• Operator Responsibilities
• Symbol of Hydraulic Components
• Operation of Regenerative Circuits
• Counterbalance Circuits
• Decompression Circuits
• Hydraulic Circuits of Various Machines
• Case Studies

DAY 5

Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Hydraulic Systems

• Flow Chart of Hydraulic Circuits
• Troubleshooting of Different Components of Hydraulic Systems
• Assembling and Disassembling Hydraulic Units
• Inspection and Testing of Hydraulic Systems
• Maintenance of Hydraulic Systems
• Case Studies

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