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A new hydraulics training manual

1st Quarter 2018 News & events

Introduction to Hydraulics is a training manual written by Walter Zimmerman, who has over 35 years’ experience in training as well as designing and manufacturing hydraulic systems within the fluid power engineering industry in South Africa.

The manual is suited to the newcomer to the fluid power industry, but also caters for technicians and engineers who require a knowledge and understanding of maintaining and applying hydraulic components and circuits, and the principles on which they are based.

The material offered is concise, and quickly provides the reader with the information required to grasp the principles of applying hydraulic components, in order to work with and troubleshoot hydraulics. The content covers basic principles; pressure controls; directional control valves; flow controls; flow dividers/combiners; accumulators; hydraulic pumps; actuators; motors/cylinders; filtration; reservoirs; hydraulic circuits; circuit mistakes; designing hydraulic circuits; slip-in cartridges (logic elements); and troubleshooting hydraulic systems.

The first print run of 100 books was sold in three to four weeks and the second edition is currently in print.

For more information contact Walter Zimmerman, Hydraulic Training & Consultants, +27 (0)11 421 6696, [email protected], www.hytrain.co.za



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