This introductory textbook is designed for undergraduate courses in Hydraulics and Pneumatics/Fluid Power/Oil Hydraulics taught in Mechanical, Industrial and Mechatronics branches of Engineering disciplines. Besides focusing on the fundamentals, the book is a basic, practical guide that reflects field practices in design, operation and maintenance of fluid power systems—making it a useful reference for practising engineers specializing in the area of fluid power technology. With the trends in industrial production, fluid power components have also undergone modifications in designs. To keep up with these changes, additional information and materials on proportional solenoids have been included in the second edition. It also updates drawings/circuits in the pneumatic section. Besides, the second edition includes a CD-ROM that acquaints the readers with the engineering specifications of several pumps and valves being manufactured by industry. Key Features* Gives step-by-step methods of designing hydraulic and pneumatic circuits.* Provides simple and logical explanation of programmable logic controllers used in hydraulic and pneumatic circuits.* Explains applications of hydraulic circuits in machine tool industry.* Elaborates on practical problems in a chapter on troubleshooting.* Chapter-end review questions help students understand the fundamental principles and practical techniques for obtaining solutions. About The Author S. Ilango, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Caledonian College of Engineering, Sultanate of Oman. Prior to joining academia, he has had more than 30 years of industrial experience in manufacturing hydraulic and pneumatic components and power units, and cylinders. V. Soundararajan, Ph.D., Principal, VLB Janakiammal College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore. He received his doctoral degree from IIT Madras. He has more than 28 years of teaching experience in various capacities at leading engineering institutions. He has wide research experience in the field of manufacturing. He has more than 150 research publications, both national and international, to his credit. Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations Part I: HYDRAULICS 1. Fluid Power Systems and Fundamentals 2. Basics of Hydraulics 3. Hydraulic Systems and Components 4. Fluid Power Actuators 5. Hydraulic Elements in the Design of Circuits–I 6. Hydraulic Elements in the Design of Circuits–II 7. Accumulators and Intensifiers 8. Design of Hydraulic Circuits 9. Drawing of Hydraulic Circuits 10. Fluid Power in Machine Tools and Other Equipment Part II: PNEUMATICS: Pneumatic Systems 11. Concepts and Components 12. Design of Pneumatic Circuits–I 13. Design of Pneumatic Circuits–II 14. Multicylinder Pneumatic Circuits 15. Electropneumatics Part III: APPLICATIONS OF HYDRAULICS AND PNEUMATICS 16. Servo System 17. PLC Applications in Fluid Power 18. Failure and Troubleshooting in Fluid Power Systems Part IV: APPENDICES 1. Terminologies Used in Fluid Power 2. Hydraulic Symbols 3. Useful Data and Units 4. Multiples and Submultiples 5. Hydraulic Fluid Characteristics 6. Standard and Popular Bore and Rod Diameters of Hydraulic Cylinders 7. Popular Symbols Used in Pneumatic Circuits 8. Solutions to Selected Pneumatic/Electropneumatic Circuit Problems Bibliography Index