Industrial Hydraulics and Pneumatics
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The official GTU curriculum for Industrial Hydraulics and Pneumatics (subject code 2142302) as prescribed for Plastic · Semester 4 divides the course into 7 units, covering 46 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2142302)Unit 1 General Hydraulics
- Introduction - Pascal’s law - Advantages and Disadvantages of hydraulic systems - Requirements of hydraulic oil - Maintenance of hydraulic oils: Heat exchanges
- Filters and Strainers etc. - Reservoir design criteria - Principle hydraulic jack - Pipes
- Packing and Seals. 5 9.25
Unit 2 Hydraulic Pumps and Motors
- Various types of pumps and motors like Gear type
- Piston type
- (radial &axial)
- Vane type (intra vane etc.) - Selection criteria for a specific application like Injection molding machines
- Blow molding etc. - Working principles and Performance.Definitations like Vol. efficiency
- Rating (Temp
- And pressure)
Unit 3 Hydraulic valves
- Types - Classification - Details of pressure control - Flow control
- Methods of flow control
- Meter in, Meter out, Bleed off, Flow control valves like pressure compensated and non pressure compensated in detail with applications
- Directional control valves
- One way (check valves) of various types inline
- right angle
- pilot operated etc.
- two way valves rotary type
- spool type
- operating controls
- spool central conditions
- deceleration valves
- Pressure controls - relief valves of types simple and compound
- venting and relief valves
- unloading valves
- sequence valves and its applications
- counter balance valve
- brake valve
- pressure reducing valves like direct acting and pilot operated etc
- Principles of operation - Application in molding machines 10 18.51
Unit 4 Accumulators and Pressure Intensifiers
- Types like weight loaded
- spring loaded
- gas charge with and without separator
- piston type - with advantages and limitations and applications - intensifiers - its purpose
- type like single acting and double acting
- applications with various circuits. 5 9.25
Unit 5 Servo valves
- -Introduction - Construction and its mechanism –Various types of valves like Mechanical
- single stage/two 9 16.67 stage spool type
- High performance servo valves with torque motors
- Its application in industries
Unit 6 Proportional Hydraulics
- Introduction and Principle of Proportional Valves
- Proportional Directional control/Pressure control and Flow control valves
- Solenoid valves., etc
- Importance of Proportional hydraulics in current scenario 5 9.25
Unit 7 Pneumatics in Plastic Industry
- types of valves
- principles and comparison with hydraulic systems 10 18.51
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