The textbook describes a wide range of hydraulic circuits. Most of the circuits are in multiple positions and with colors used for flow paths and current paths for easy learning. The book in paperback and hardcover versions is available in all Amazon marketplaces.

A Comparative Study of Pressure Control Valves

Pressure control valves are used in hydraulic systems for obtaining pressure-related regulation and control tasks. The control tasks include limiting the maximum operating pressure in a hydraulic system, reducing the pressure in a part of a hydraulic circuit, unloading pumps, establishing the sequence movements of actuators, counterbalancing overrunning loads, and braking hydraulic motors while running […]

Essential Relations in a Pump–Cylinder Hydraulic System

The figure below gives the summary of useful relations (SI units) of a pump-cylinder hydraulic system for highlighting their correlations. Joji Parambath Author / Trainer joji.p@hotmail.com Note: Several essential mathematical relations are also given in books ‘(1) Industrial Hydraulic Systems and Circuits -Basic Level (In the SI Units), (2) Industrial Hydraulics -Basic Level (In the […]

Pneumatic Stepper Sequencer – Design and Operating Principles

A multi-actuator pneumatic system may use many logic functions in its associated controller for obtaining a sequence of work operations. The sequential steps can easily be realized in a modular fashion using step modules. A step module is a unit designed as per the functional requirements of each step of the control sequence. As you […]

Manufacturing Process of Hydraulic Cylinders – Salient Points

Hydraulic cylinders are used in many types of machines and systems for industrial and mobile applications. The manufacturing process of cylinders mainly involves the following steps: design, heat treatment, machining, coating, assembly, and testing. The Design Phase, Cylinder Manufacturing In the design stage, the requirement specifications of the cylinder to be designed are transformed into […]

Environmental Effects of Hydraulic Fluids

In every hydraulic system, a tightly confined incompressible fluid medium is used to transmit energy from the power pack to the actuators in the system. The fluid medium is formulated from a base stock and additives. The base stock should possess all the essential characteristics to perform well in a particular class of hydraulic systems. […]

Filtration Principles of Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems: A Comparison Study

This article is the third part of the following three-part series of articles: Filtration and Drying Principles in Pneumatic Systems Filtration Principles in Hydraulic Systems Filtration Principles of Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems: A Comparison Study The filtration principles of pneumatic and hydraulic systems were given in the previous articles. The third part of the three-part […]

Filtration Principles in Hydraulic Systems

This article is the second part of the following three-part series of articles: Filtration and Drying Principles in Pneumatic Systems Filtration Principles in Hydraulic Systems Filtration Principles of Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems: A Comparison Study A hydraulic power system transmits the power in a controlled manner using an incompressible oil medium. Remember, the fluid medium […]

Filtration and Drying Principles in Pneumatic Systems

This article is the first part of the following three-part series of articles on filtration: 1. Filtration and Drying Principles in Pneumatic Systems 2. Filtration Principles in Hydraulic Systems 3. Filtration Principles of Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems: A Comparison Study A pneumatic power system transmits the power in a controlled manner using a compressed air […]

Compressed Air Dryers

The natural water vapor content of air is concentrated and is carried through the compression process in a compressor as a vapor in high temperatures. A proper means of dehydration must be incorporated in the conditioning of compressed air where demands of high quality compressed air are entailed. A dryer can be used to receive […]