MNET 350 Fluid Power Hydraulics

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MNET 350Fluid Power (Hydraulics Pneumatics)
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Why You Should Take This Course!

• Its required if you are MNET
• Hmmmm There must be a better reason
• It is my goal that you have a better grasp of
  hydraulics and pneumatics, and how to employ
  them, than your peers emerging from other
  universities across the nation

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Specific Skills You Will Enhance

• You will understand why we use fluid power
  systems
• You will be conversant in the technology and be
  able to read or create a schematic when necessary
• You will be able to size actuators to handle
  given loads

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Specific Skills You Will Enhance

• You will be able to size pumps to accommodate
  your actuators and thus size the prime mover
• You will be able to characterize the 3 major
  types of hydraulic systems and give their
  specific advantages and limitations
• This alone will put you ahead of many of your
  peers

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Specific Skills You Will Enhance

• You will be able to calculate or predict
  pressures in circuits of given design and loading
• You will be able to synthesize circuits to
  accomplish the functions that you require in your
  applications
• You will be able to explain the performance of an
  electrohydraulic circuit

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Specific Skills You Will Enhance

• You will be able to adjust or tune a positioning
  system and utilize appropriate amplifier features
  to make your system work near an optimum
• You will be able to explain or predict safety
  related considerations in both conventional and
  electrohydraulic circuits

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Specific Skills You Will Enhance

• You will be able to size pneumatic actuators for
  specific loads
• You will be able to calculate pneumatic loads to
  size compressors and receivers
• You will be able to size vacuum actuators and
  design circuits for efficient use of vacuum

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Specific Skills You Will Enhance

• You will be able to design pneumatic conveying
  systems for seeds or other dry materials
• You will understand you importance and obligation
  to society as a design engineer
• You will enhance your ability to communicate
  measured data and derived results in a clear and
  professional way

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What do I expect of YOU?

• Whether it looks like it or not Im going bust my
  _ss to give you the best experience I can
• I want you to apply similar effort
• READ what is suggested or assigned
• Review the notes and PPT presentations
• Do ALL of the homework in a timely way

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What do I expect of YOU?

• Work together to understand concepts, but do your
  own homework. You dont learn by copying and
  youll die on the test
• ASK Questions. RepeatASK QUESTIONS
• Give me feedback. I need to know what works for
  learning and what is frustrating
• Be there. A big part of life is showing up.

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Summary

• I hope that ALL of you will earn high academic
  marks (As)
• If you have any aspirations to work in
  manufacturing this is one you should be excited
  about! OK, at least interested in.