How to slash hydraulic breakdown costs safely

The downtime of hydraulic equipment can often be traced to simple causes such as contaminated fluids, and it is estimated that the root cause of 90% of servo valve repairs is poor system maintenance. To address this, Moog and the National Fluid Power Centre (NFPC) have now formed a training partnership and have jointly developed a new training programme entitled: 'Effective Maintenance of Hydraulic Servo Systems'.

The benefits obtained from attending such a programme include increased productivity, reduced downtime and safer working systems through improved knowledge and understanding of effective maintenance techniques. This course is aimed at engineers involved in the maintenance and management of fluid power systems involving servo control and anyone considering introducing a system to their business.

Delegates will learn to develop a proactive and effective maintenance schedule through a better understanding of the system and its needs. They will find out how to work with confidence on their system through practical hands-on experience and advice from the NFPC, and dramatically reduce costly breakdowns by understanding the true significance of contamination and learning to control it.

Delegates will also be introduced to safe and good working practices that must be followed when working on and with hydraulic systems thereby ensuring effective and reliable maintenance techniques are applied. They will be trained to protect their safety and the safety of their colleagues by learning about the current best practices and legislation in the industry, and will find out how to increase the reliability of their system by learning how to select the right components, and when to replace them.

On completion of the course, the delegate will have a greater understanding of the origins of contamination and actions to be taken to minimise ingression, factors that affect system and component performance, symptoms associated with changes in performance, the importance of implementing and maintaining effective contamination control systems, the ability to translate the relevant data associated with contamination control, fundamental principles that underpin the operation of all systems, the ability to read and interpret hydraulic circuit diagrams, and the importance of establishing clean and safe working procedures.

It is assumed that the learner will have a basic knowledge of fluid systems. Delegates will receive a comprehensive set of course notes, Moog technical literature and Certificate of Attendance. Course duration is two days on the following dates:

• 6-7 November 2007
• 8-9 January 2008
• 5-6 February 2008
• 4-5 March 2008

All courses will be delivered at the NFPC in Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

Further information can be obtained by emailing either Mark Greenway or Caroline Sheppard on training.uk@moog.com