Electro-Pneumatics

What Will You Learn?

• Explain how an electrical control circuit and a pneumatic power circuit combine to form an electro-pneumatic system.
• Identify and state the function of solenoid valves, relays, proximity sensors, cylinders and the air-service unit.
• Read and draw ISO 1219-1 schematic symbols and trace the air path through a circuit diagram.
• Design direct and indirect (relay) control circuits, including self-holding latch and AND/OR logic.
• Build and simulate single-acting and double-acting cylinder circuits in FluidSIM and on a training panel.
• Apply the cascade method to design multi-cylinder sequential circuits without signal conflict.
• Diagnose and correct common electro-pneumatic faults and apply ISO 4414 / IEC 60204-1 safety and lockout/tagout.

Requirements

• Completion of a foundational pneumatics course covering cylinders, directional valves and the compressed-air supply (Level 1 or Level 2).
• Basic electrical literacy (voltage, current, Ohm's law); these are reviewed in Module 1.
• Access to an electro-pneumatic training panel (for example Festo TP 201) and/or FluidSIM simulation software.
• Personal protective equipment for laboratory work (safety goggles and gloves), plus a notebook, pen and ruler for drawing ISO 1219-1 schematics.