CD Industrial Group Inc.

Simulations & Hands-On Learning Challenges
Level II
3 Day
$2195
Instructor-Led Course

How To Maintain & Troubleshoot Hydraulic Systems

Learn to:

  • Maintain hydraulic systems to minimize downtime and extend service life.
  • Think and act in a logical way when the system goes down.
  • Understand the behaviour of fluids under pressure.
  • Read hydraulic schematics accurately and expertly.
  • Follow correct system setup procedures.

Does your maintenance department have the most effective skills in hydraulic system maintenance and troubleshooting? If not, you may be spending too much on downtime and avoidable repairs.

This level II course is designed to be the next step in rigorous hydraulics training for maintenance personnel. Participants come away from this highly concentrated course with a solid understanding of hydraulic principles, component design and function. As the course progresses the systems that are Analyzed gradually become more complex to allow participants to see how smaller component groupings and circuits make up large factory and mobile machine systems.

The Ten Step Troubleshooting Process is taught with the goal of eliminating the "hit or miss" methods that can be so costly in terms of time and materials. Safety is stressed along with sound maintenance practices. This three-day course is taught with circuit simulation software, and through instructor guided hands-on study of individual hydraulic components and our live hydraulic circuit training panels.

System Parameters

Objective: Review hydraulic principles and misconceptions that affect troubleshooters

Activity: Conduct a load (volumetric) test on a piston pump

Avoid troubleshooting guesswork by knowing the condition & properties of the fluid source - the pump!

"Excellent - good visual aids and hands-on. A must have course."James T., Teck

Systems Design

Objective: Analyze complex circuit designs

Activity: Design and connect circuits on our training panel to solve basic hydraulics problems

Learn to recognize groups of valves and designs within larger systems!

I understand the system and now I have the ability to troubleshoot the issue instead of just replacing parts.Jorge E., Pioneer

Safe Valve Adjustments

Objective: Set pressure valves using the correct, safe method

Activity: Adjust a counterbalance valve, safely, in simulation and on our training panel

A one quarter turn of a pressure valve adjustment can increase pressure by 500 psi!

"Very well structured - equal parts practical and theory. The panels are a lot of fun."Carl D., Westcoast Cylinders

Preventative Maintenance

Objective: Describe preventative maintenance procedures

Activity: Identify maintenance tasks and frequencies for given systems

Find out what it takes to get long life from your systems!

Good mix of industry standards, parts and using our equipment schematics as examples. Very good and useful, especially with animation.Gerald R., Ridley Terminals

System Troubleshooting - Mobile

Objective: List the steps in logical troubleshooting

Activity: System troubleshooting simulation exercise

Learn the ten steps to logical and organized troubleshooting!

Course content was valuable to me because it was about equipment I actually work on daily,Brandon V., Pioneer

System Troubleshooting - Plant

Objective: List the steps in logical troubleshooting

Activity: System troubleshooting simulation exercise

Learn the ten steps to logical and organized troubleshooting!

Course content is excellent. All very useful and very applicable.Tom H. BC Hydro

Hydraulic Pumps

Objective: Compare and explain the principles of various pump controllers

Activity: Work with our simulations and with pumps on our learning power units.

Know your inline and cross-axis pressure compensators.

Great content, the simulation were a great way to get a better understanding on how and what is actually going on internally.Cole B., Resolute Forest Products

Actuators

Objective: List procedures to diagnose common problems in cylinders and motors

Activity: Work with an internal cylinder leakage simulation and with our cylinder bypass panel

Learn cylinder drift myths and secrets, and the steps to keep pressure intensification and cavitation under control!

I liked the graphic animation of hydraulic systems, makes it easier to visualize.Thomas G., BC Rapid Transit

Accumulators

Objective: Identify accumulator models, safety blocking valves and precharge connections

Activity: Safely maintain nitrogen precharge pressure

Test your systems knowledge with the Accumulator - Motor Challenge

Excellent. Goes beyond the "basics" of hydraulics, and gets you thinking about the system as a whole. Lawrence V., Fluid Power Solutions (MiMotion)

Valves

Objective: Identify valve designs and diagnose common problems.

Activity: Solenoid tests & valve disassembly, inspection and reassembly

Learn to make logical checks to determine a valve problem!

Simply excellent course. Awesome.Craig M., Tolko

Where to go from here?

How to Maintain & Troubleshoot Hydraulic Systems is part of a general hydraulics training plan. It follows our 3-day course, Practical Hydraulics, and prepares students for our advanced fluid power courses: Advanced Mobile with Load Sense Hydraulic Troubleshooting, Hydrostatic Drive Troubleshooting Boot Camp, and Advanced Hydraulic Troubleshooting & Motion Control.

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