NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING
COLLEGE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM
MT242 – ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC AND ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
CODE : MT242 Electro-Hydraulic and Electro-Pneumatic Systems
SEMESTER : 8-10
CREDITS : 4
HOURS PER WEEK :6 (Theory – Workshop)
PREREQUISITES :ML121 Laboratory of Electric Circuits
MN217 Fluid Mechanics II
CONDITION : Elective
II. COURSE DESCRIPTION
This exclusively practical course provides students with fundamental principles of industrial automation,
dealing with industrial pneumatics, hydraulics, industrial electro-pneumatics, process control with PLCs.
Its objective is to effectively analyze, design, control, implement and manage automated production
systems. It encourages team work. This course is divided in 3 learning units: Pneumatic automation
tools, electro-pneumatics, hydraulics and process control with PLCs.
III. COURSE OUTCOMES
1. Formulate, elaborate, assess and implement projects of productive infrastructure improvement,
process optimization generating value and productivity encouraging, at the same time, a quality
culture involving personal participation and suppliers’ collaboration.
2. Identify, organize and lead research and development projects with the aim of generating
competitive advantages for the company, coordinating with the related functional areas.
IV. LEARNING UNITS
1. PNEUMATIC AUTOMATION AND ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC TOOLS / 28 HOURS
Introduction to automation. Pneumatics actuators. Pneumatic valves. Pneumatic timers. Contact
breaker. Relays. Sensors. Selenoid valves. Transducer. Positioning systems. Latching switch: push
button. Unlatching switches. Mechanical switches. Electrical limit switch. Proximity switch: Magnetic
Switch. Capacitive. Inductive. Optical switch, Relay and timer connected to port. 2/2-way Selenoid valve
(closed at rest position). Normally open and closed 3/2-way solenoid valve. Servo-operated 3/2-way
solenoid valve (Closed at rest position). Servo-operated 5/2-way solenoid valve. Electro-pneumatic
circuits: Electrical symbology. Electro-pneumatic diagram. Relay circuits. Performance of logic
functions. Control systems. Dual-control circuits. Direct control of a single and double acting circuit.
Double-acting cylinder control, contacts in series (function) and contacts in parallel. Start latch circuit.
Stop latch circuit. Control of auto- return with electrical limit detector. Bilateral and indirect control of an
activated cylinder with bistable valve. Swinging movement of a double-acting cylinder. cylinder return
using a pressure switch. Using a signal-delay timer for connection.
2. HYDRAULICS AND ELECTRO-HYDRALICS / 12 HOURS
What is hydraulics? Energy transformation in a hydraulic system. Comparison with other way of power
transmission. Fluid statics: Concept of pressure. Pascal’s law. Hydro-dynamics: Concept of discharge.
Continuity equation. Bernoulli’s principle. Basic form of a hydraulic circuit. Requirements to be meet.
Different types of fluids. Selection of a hydraulic oil. Causes of water pollution. Fineness filter selection.
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Filter quality. Filter placement possibilities. Types of filters: return, pressure and suction filters.
Classification. Construction principles. Internal and external gear pumps. Radial piston pump. Vane
pump. Geared motors. Planet geared motors. Radian piston motors. Hydraulic cylinders. Different
types. Constructive forms. Damping. Fixing methods. Bulge check. Oscillating drives. Faucets. Different
types. Simple non-return valve. Piloted non-return valve. Pre-fill valve. Poppet valve. Direct-acting and
pilot operated gate valves. Pressure valves. Different types. Direct-acting and piloted relief valves.
Connection and shutoff valve. Direct acting and piloted reducing valve. Flow valve. Concept of
discharge variation. Choke and regulating valves. Pressure switch. Manometer.
3. PROCESS CONTROL WITH PLCS / 16 HOURS
Definition of PLCs. Simatic S7 family. Automation system components. Program cycle. Memory area.
Mnemonic. Numeral systems. Bit, byte, word, double word. SOFTWARE STEP 7. Creation of a new
project. Linear and structured programming. Programming block S7. Organization block. Instruction
cycle. Full boot. Event interrupt. Regular clock interrupt. Parametrizable functions and functions block.
Ways of representation: KOP, FUP, AWL. Hardware configuration. Mounting and connection directives.
Available module range of S7-200 and S7-300 families. S7-200 and S7-300 centralized architecture.
Symbol editor. PLC connection. Establishing link. Program loading to PLC. PLC program backup in PC.
Visualize and force variables. On-line diagnosis. Operating state change from PC. PLC hour and date
setup. See properties, used memory and on-line PLC cycle time. Operations with contacts, coil, timer
and counter. Comparison contacts. Set/reset and target detection. Program control: conditional and
unconditional calls. Arithmetical operations. Conversion operation. Several programming exercises.
V. LABORATORY EXPERIENCES
Lab 1: Pneumatics and Electro-pneumatic.
Lab 2: Hydraulics and electro-hydraulics.
Lab 3: PLC programming.
VI. METHODOLOGY
This course is carried out in theory and workshop sessions. In theory sessions, the instructor introduces
concepts and applications. In workshop sessions, several problems are solved and their solutions are
analyzed. In all sessions, students’ active participation is encouraged.
VII. EVALUATION FORMULA
The average grade PF is calculated as follows:
PF = (EP + EF + (P1 + P2 + P3 + P4)/4 + (T1 + T2 + T3 + T4)/4 + 2*TF)/6
EP: Mid-Term Exam EF: Final Exam TF: Final paper
P#: Quizzes T#: Workshop
VIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ, VICTORIANO
Modern Industrial Automation
Alfa Omega Editorial, 2010
2. RAMÍREZ QUIROZ, ELMER
Programmable Logic Controllers - An Alternative for Modern Automation (Spanish)
CONCYTEC, Lima - 1997
