Pneumatics: Basic Pneumatic Control Systems

In your plant, there are process conditions that can vary or change, such as temperature, pressure, flow and level. Frequently, these process variables must be maintained at or near a desired value. Understanding how these systems operate will allow you to manage your system at desired operating conditions. This interactive online course will teach you about the elements normally found in a basic pneumatic control system. You will learn about control systems used to maintain temperature, pressure, flow and level. Additionally, you will learn about resources that provide information about pneumatic control systems.

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
  • Identify the four elements of a control system that work together to maintain the process variable at or near a set point
  • List the resources used to find information about equipment, instruments and systems in a plant
  • Identify process characteristics that affect the response of a control system
  • Describe how a basic pneumatic control system maintains pressure at set point

Specs

Course Level Intermediate
Languages English
Compatibility Audio, Video, MobileReady

Bill McCue

Bill started his career as a project specialist and has designed and built many mechanical systems.  Bill spent a large part of his career as a plant engineer for several large corporations.  As a plant engineer, Bill was responsible for all mechanical and electrical systems within the facilities he maintained.  Bill has been very hands on with all of the trades throughout his career and has become quite proficient in most of them including pneumatics.  Bill has done a fair amount of test development work for CBA and is very meticulous in researching his subjects.

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