DESIGN OF HYDRAULIC AND L T P C
P24EDP13
PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS 3 0 0 3
COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, the students will be able to
CO1 Design and select appropriate pumps in industries based on need.
CO2 Select correct sizing and rating of control elements in hydraulics.
CO3 Design basic circuits (hydraulic) for industrial applications.
CO4 Design basic pneumatic circuits for industrial applications.
Identify and provide solution for troubleshooting and design low cost automation for industrial
CO5
application.
UNIT I OIL HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS AND HYDRAULIC ACTUATORS 9
Hydraulic Power Generators – Selection and specification of pumps, pump characteristics. Linear and
Rotary Actuators – selection, specification and characteristics, Hydrostatic drives, types, selection.
UNIT II CONTROL AND REGULATION ELEMENTS 9
Pressure - direction and flow control valves - relief valves, non-return and safety valves - actuation systems,
Proportional Electro hydraulic servo valves.
UNIT III HYDRAULIC CIRCUITS 9
Reciprocation, quick return, sequencing, synchronizing circuits - accumulator circuits - industrial circuits -
press circuits - hydraulic milling machine - grinding, planning, copying, - forklift, earth mover circuits design
methodology- design and selection of components - safety and emergency mandrels – Cascade method.
UNIT IV PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS AND CIRCUITS 9
Pneumatic fundamentals - control elements, position and pressure sensing, Pneumatic equipments-
selection of components - design calculations - logic circuits - switching circuits - fringe conditions modules
and these integration - sequential circuits - cascade methods - mapping methods - step counter method -
compound circuit design - combination circuit design- Karnaugh - Veitch map.
ELECTROMAGNETIC & ELECTRONIC CONTROL OF HYDRAULICS &
UNIT V 9
PNEUMATIC CIRCUIT
Electrical control of pneumatic circuits – use of relays, counters, timers, ladder diagrams, use of
microprocessor in circuit design – use of PLC in hydraulic and pneumatic circuits – Fault finding–
application -fault finding - hydro pneumatic circuits - use of microprocessors for sequencing - PLC, Low cost
automation - Robotic circuits.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REFERENCES:
1 Anthony Esposito, “Fluid Power with Applications”, Prentice Hall, 2009.
2 Jagadeesha T, “Pneumatics Concepts, Design and Applications “, Universities Press, 2015.
3 James A. Sullivan, “Fluid Power Theory and Applications”, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, 1997.
4 Majumdar, S.R., “Oil Hydraulics Systems – Principles and Maintenance”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2001.
5 Shanmuga Sundaram.K, “Hydraulic and Pneumatic Controls”. Chand & Co, 2006.
Mallick PK, Fiber – Reinforced Composites: Materials, Manufacturing and Design, CRC Press, 3rd
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Edition, 2007.
Mapping of COs with POs
Program Outcomes (POs)
COs
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6
CO1 1 1 1 2 2 1
CO2 1 1 1 2 2 1
CO3 1 1 1 2 2 1
CO4 1 1 1 2 2 1
CO5 1 1 1 2 2 1
Average 1 1 1 2 2 1
1–Low, 2 –Medium, 3–High,”-“-No correlation
