Courses Objectives • Provide a core understanding of hydraulics & safety • Familiarise participants with fluid power technologies such as pump flow, cylinder speed, and forces • Introduce basic hydraulic theory in a practical way, physically handling core hydraulic components • Introduce basic principles of hydro-mechanics, hydro-statics, and hydro-kinetics • Gain a core glossary of terms used within hydraulics Contents • What and why hydraulics? • Basic principles of hydro-mechanics, hydro-statics and hydro-kinetics • Hydraulic circuits and symbols • Hydraulic fluids, pumps, cylinders • Accumulators and accumulator applications • Valves: Non-return, Directional, Pressure and Flow control valves • Filters and filtration technology • Basic application on hydraulics circuit

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