Industrial Pneumatic Technology is designed to give the student a practical overview of industrial pneumatics. The principles and formulas which govern pneumatic systems will be  covered as well as the function and operation of pneumatic components.  The course material is applied to the design, maintenance, and troubleshooting of pneumatic systems and components through real world applications. The text book used is designed to give a person with or without an engineering background a working knowledge of today’s pneumatic applications, systems and components.   The course is taught using Parker’s Industrial Pneumatic Technology text which is in use at over 500 technical schools and universities.  It is taught in a generic manner such that information is broad based and applicable to almost any pneumatic component or system.  The use of our training stands, classroom demonstrations, cutaways, and hands on methods, when possible, are used to give the student a better understanding of the technology.

Your instructor is a person from Ozark Fluid Power who is experienced in fluidpower systems and works with them daily at the plant level right here in West Michigan.
 
Who should attend?  Almost anyone in industry who is involved with fluidpower, from the buyer purchasing fluidpower products, the engineer specifying them for a project, to most of all the maintenance and repair people who must keep them running daily.
 
Course length runs 3 hours one night a week for 5 weeks, generally in the evening.
 
 
Course Objective:  This course should give the student a working knowledge of how pneumatic systems and components operate, as well as how to specify, operate and maintain them.
 
Goals:   Upon completion, the student should be able to:
·        Explain how various types of pressure gages operate.
·        Explain the difference in absolute and gage pressure scales.
·        Explain and use the universal gas laws.
·        Describe the differences between the various types of air compressors.
·        Describe how to select components and install a compressed air system.
·        Correctly size a pneumatic cylinder for an application.
·        Size and select an air valve for an application.
·        Explain the advantages and disadvantages in the different air valve designs.
·        Apply and explain pilot and direct operated air valves.
·        Explain how a flow control valve works.
·        Explain how a check valve operates.
·        Describe how a quick exhaust (shuttle valve) operates.
·        Explain when and how to use a quick exhaust valve.
·        Size and select an air preparation unit.
·        Explain how a coalescing filter operates and how to install it correctly.
·        Explain how an air pressure regulator operates.
·        Explain how a pilot operated regulator operates and when to use one.
·        Explain how an air line lubricator operates and when necessary to use one.
·        Describe how an air line filter operates and what types of contaminants will it remove and what are its
         limitations.
·        Identify the standard (ISO & ANSI) pneumatic schematic symbol used in industry.
·        Read a basic pneumatic schematic and explain the circuit operation.
·        Develop a logical sequence of steps to troubleshoot a given pneumatic system.