Basic Hydraulics

Target Audience:

• Maintenance staff, engineers and designers
• Max. 20 participants per session

Language:

• English

Duration:

• 8 hours
• 4 sessions (2 hours each

​Training Outcomes:

After completing this online course, the participants:

• can interpret technical specifications and data relating to hydraulic components and systems
• can interpret safety measures
• are familiar with graphical symbols for hydraulic components
• can perform simple calculations of pressure, flow and force

Training Contents:

• Basic hydraulic principals
• Pump Test
• Pressure relief valve test
• Resistance to flow from load and line
• Single acting cylinder control, bypass control and using a 3/2way valve
• Double acting cylinder control with counter balancing
• Control and positioning of a double acting cylinder using a 4/3-way valve and pilot operated non-return valve
• Speed control, metering in and metering out
• Speed control metering in and counter balancing
• Speed control using a pressure compensated flow control valve
• Speed increase of a double acting cylinder through regeneration
• Limiting and controlling the force on a cylinder through a pressure regulator

All Exercises are done on FluidSIM by the participants