Course description

This course is catered to participants with a wider knowledge of complex pneumatic and electro-pneumatic control systems as well as to develop the ability to design, assemble and operate the controls. Participants would be able to design and assemble circuits with additional conditions.

Course Duration: 32 hours
WSQ course – with SkillsFuture funding up to 90%

Course Outcomes

Participants are able to:

• Recap the components used in pneumatic and electro-pneumatic systems
• Design and test complex pneumatic and electro-pneumatic circuits
• Understand the different designing methods and their applications
• Design circuits with 4 cylinders or more
• Setup and commission pneumatic and electro-pneumatic systems
• Troubleshoot various pneumatic circuits

Course Contents

• Functions and characteristics of pneumatic components
• Functions and characteristics of electro-pneumatic components
• Fundamentals and definitions in control technology: Signal flow and control chain
• ISO fluid power symbols according to ISO 1219
• Basic circuits of pneumatic systems
• Types of control: sequence control and opposing signals circuits
• Sequence control system
• Methods of designing circuit diagrams for pneumatic controls; cascade method and shift register method
• Basic circuits of electro-pneumatic systems
• Methods of designing circuit diagrams for electro-pneumatic controls; electrical cascade, shift register and stepper methods
• equence control with auxiliary conditions
• Simulation and practical exercises