Pneumatics Fundamentals

Basics of Pneumatics, Compressed air generation & distribution, Valves, Actuators, Circuits, Pneumatic Logic Development

What you'll learn

Understand concepts of compressed air generation, treatment and distribution

Draw Pneumatic Symbols

Identify and use various pneumatic control valves & actuators

Analyse the pneumatic circuits

Develop pneumatic logic circuits

Requirements

No specific requirements. Basic knowledge of English is essential.

Description

This course is designed to provide all the fundamental concepts of Pneumatics. It is designed for beginner level and still gives you the core knowledge of Pneumatics. Compressor working, compressed air generation is well elaborated and followed by air storage, air treatment, and distribution.Basic pneumatic symbols are covered in various videos and provide the best understanding of applications of corresponding components in pneumatic circuits. The understanding of pneumatic circuits and circuit development is nicely explained in the Direction Control Valve video.Various pneumatic circuits are explained in the course, which are practically used in the industry. The circuits for controlling of actuators like air motors and pneumatic cylinders are also covered. Circuits like automatic to and fro motion and sequencing circuits are increasing the curiosity of learning practical applications of pneumatics.Hydropneumatics is an emerging field that combines two technologies: Hydraulics & Pneumatics. The core concepts of Hydropneumatics are well covered in this course.Various logic gates can be created using only pneumatic valves. This course covers the aspects of the development of logic circuits in depth. The logic circuit videos also provide multiple possibilities for circuit development without using electronic/electrical devices.The video contents are also added to cover the aspects of applications of timers, time delay valves, and memory valves.This course is the best course to cover all the core concepts of Pneumatics at the foundation level.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Compressed Air Generation & Distribution

Lecture 2 Compressed Air Generation

Lecture 3 Compressed Air Storage

Lecture 4 Conditioning of Compressed Air

Lecture 5 Compressed Air Distribution

Lecture 6 Pneumatic Circuit Components

Section 3: Actuators & Control Valves

Lecture 7 Pneumatic Cylinders

Lecture 8 Direction Control Valve: Introduction

Lecture 9 Direction Control Valve: Working

Lecture 10 Pilot Controlled Double Acting Cylinder

Lecture 11 Quick Exhaust Valve Application

Lecture 12 Control of Air Motor

Section 4: Pneumatic Circuits

Lecture 13 Automatic To & Fro Motion

Lecture 14 Slow & Fast Extension

Lecture 15 Sequencing Circuits

Lecture 16 Deceleration of Cylinder

Lecture 17 Hydropneumatics

Section 5: Logic Gates, Memory Valves & Timers

Lecture 18 Logic Gates

Lecture 19 Logic Gate: AND

Lecture 20 Logic Gate: OR

Lecture 21 Memory & Time Delay Valves

Lecture 22 Time Sensing Circuit

Section 6: Conclusion

Lecture 23 Conclusion

This is a fundamental course on Pneumatics. It is suitable for the University/ College students of Engineering or Diploma.,This course is ideal for the students of Mechanical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering etc.,This course is also suitable for the Engineers/ workmen working in industries and willing to revise/ brush-up the fundamentals of Pneumatics.