Industrial Pneumatic Systems

Technical Training Course

Course Overview

This is a highly intensive hands-on training course designed to enable its target group to understand and become competent with working on a wide range of pneumatic equipment. The course covers a multitude of important learning topics from compressed air theory to circuit design and building.
This course forms the necessary foundation step to further training in the area of Factory Automation and associated Control Technologies. Maximum class size is 8.

Course Duration

24 hours (Three 8 hour days)

  • Production / Process Personnel
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Production & Engineering Supervisors
  • Technical Trainers
  • Sales Personnel

A keen aptitude in things mechanical and an appreciation for the role of Pneumatics in Industry, coupled with a willingness to learn!

  • So which should I use; Pneumatics or Hydraulics?
  • Be safe around Pneumatics!
  • Pressure: Units & Conversions
  • Gauge & Absolute pressure
  • Pneumatic Symbols & Circuits to ISO 1219/1, 1219/2
  • Pneumatic Symbols & Circuits to ISO 1219/1, 1219/2
  • First principals of Pneumatic Circuit Drawing
  • Design & Build! (Session 1)
  • Production & Preparation of Compressed air.
  • Distribution Networks & further Preparation of Compressed air
  • The Service Unit & final Preparation of Compressed air
  • Service Unit Ancillary Equipment
  • Strip, Rebuild and Re-Mount a Pneumatic Cylinder
  • Actuator Designs: Linear, Semi-rotary & Rotary
  • Design & Build! (Session 2)
  • Vacuum Pumps, Generators & Ejectors
  • Controlling Speed, Force & Direction
  • Design & Build! (Session 3)
  • Dwell Control using N/O & N/C Timers
  • Design & Build! (Session 4)
  • Implementing Pneumatic Logic with AND | OR | NOT logic functions
  • Design & Build! (Session 5)
  • Proximity Detection using Low-Level Pneumatics
  • Design & Build! (Session 6)
  • Hydro-Pneumatics, What, Why & When?
  • Open floor discussion session
  • 3 days of intensive classroom training
  • Course Training Manual
  • Industrial Pneumatic Systems resources on USB drive
  • All stationary
  • All refreshments & meals over the three days

The practicals were very good and this made the theory understandable.

by Cathal Maher

Course was very well delivered.

by Paul Dennehey
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