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RESEARCH COMMUNICATION
ABSTRACT
Mechatronics is widely thought subject in all most all the universities in Mechanical and Production Engineering stream across India.
Low cost automation using hydraulics and pneumatic circuit is becoming popular in all sectors of Industry. This paper outlines how the
Flash capabilities can be utilized for effective teaching of complex hydraulics and pneumatic circuits which by other means will not be
that much effective. The paper also gives emphasis on how the "teaching learning process" can be strengthened by using such new
teaching aids for effective teaching. The multimedia is not only useful for college but also to industry which wants to give quality
training of hydraulic and pneumatic circuits to their employees.
Keywords: Mechatronics, Machine Tool Control (MTC), Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Multimedia, Flash, CBT (Computer Based
Training).
1. INTRODUCTION
Machine Tool Control (MTC) / Mechatronics / Low
cost Automation Using Hydraulics and Pneumatics are
the subjects that deals with mainly hydraulic and
pneumatic circuits, again contain pressure boosters, air
compressor and accessories, hydraulic power devices,
hydraulic fluids, piping, air filters, regulators and
lubricator, directional control valves, flow controls,
pressure controls, rotating and non rotating cylinders,
pneumatic motors and tools, Rotary hydraulic Motors and
Hydraulic transmission, accumulators .
In MTC (Machine Tool Control) we have limited our
scope to Hydraulic and Pneumatic circuits. While,
studying Hydraulic and Pneumatic circuit theoretically
from books, it is difficult while reading because one has
to assume the flow of fluid or air in the circuit. The
students does not get perfect idea about the circuits, there
may be certain doubt in the mind the student. To clear this
doubt, we have undertaken Educational Multimedia on
MTC which mainly comprise two Dimensional
Simulation of Hydraulic and Pneumatic circuits.
Browsing Educational Multimedia: The entire contents
are arranged on one auto run CD ROM with pages linked
together by hyperlinks for easy navigation form one page
to another. Every page is flash page with .swf extension
which can be opened in any browser like Internet
Explorer, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Opera. Below is the
screenshot of display as soon as CD Rom is inserted into
drive. The first screen shows college logo with animated
college name title. Tab below click here to enter will
take user to next page.
tab
describes
3. TRAINING
Although multimedia systems were initially very expensive
to develop, early users of training systems reported overall
economic benefits from the use of the technology.
Successful organizations need to maintain high levels of
staff training and development. Through reductions in the
expenses associated with holding conventional training
courses, the costs of developing a multimedia training
system can be recouped within a few years. These savings
in training costs are achieved because:
Each course can be used by many more people;
Time spent away from the office, including travel
time, can be reduced;
Employees can work at their own pace so the average
training time per employee is reduced;
Full-time classroom instructors are no longer required;
Expensive demonstrations can be used without
jeopardizing safety.
4. TRAINING USING MULTIMEDIA
The Need for Training:
Training in on-the-job technical skills takes place at or
near the workplace. Staff learn how best to use their
equipment in order to increase productivity.
Training in on-the-job interpersonal skills takes place
at or near the workplace. Staff learns how to
communicate, work with others both within & outside
the organization.
Open learning covers training away from the working
area, in a designated training centre. Staff can work
undisturbed and at their own pace.
Training the trainers helps trainers to understand the
concepts, technologies and benefits of open and
distance learning.
Multimedia in Training:
Computers have been used for training employees since the
1970s, using text-based and linear programs. They were
followed in the 1980s by courses on interactive videodisks.
These early CBT courses were developed to meet the needs
of a particular company. Some were developed by in-house
teams, while others were commissioned from specialist
companies. In either case, a long development process was
involved and costs were correspondingly high.
Cost Benefits:
Using an interactive multimedia training system in the
office will clearly provide significant savings in travel
costs as well as reducing the amount of time for which staff
are away from their desks.
5. WHY MTC IS FIRST CHOICE FOR
MULTIMEDIA?
Machine Tool Control (MTC) is a subject that deals with
mainly hydraulic and pneumatic circuits, again contain
pressure boosters, air compressor and accessories,
hydraulic power devices, hydraulic fluids, piping, air
filters, regulators and lubricator, directional control valves,
flow controls, pressure controls, rotating and non rotating
cylinders, pneumatic motors and tools, Rotary hydraulic
Motors and Hydraulic transmission, accumulators Etc.
In MTC we have only taken the Hydraulic and Pneumatic
circuits, because while studying Hydraulic and Pneumatic
circuit theoretically from books, it is difficult while reading
because one have to assume the flow of fluid or air in the
circuit. The students does not get perfect idea about the
circuits, there may be certain doubt in the mind the student.
To clear this doubt we took MTC (Hydraulic and
Pneumatic circuits) for our project with multimedia.
We tried to simulate Hydraulic and pneumatic circuit and
with the help of "Flash software . By this process, we can
demonstrate, how the fluid (shown in red color as per
convention) enters the circuit with the help of hydraulic
pump. How it pushes the fluid upward and how the various
control valve operates, how fluid goes into cylinder and
perform desired operation as per the circuit design. Red
color is used to show flow of hydraulic fluid as per
convention.
In pneumatic system, We tried to demonstrate how air from
6. WHY
FLASH
IS
CHOOSEN
AS
ANIMATION SOFTWARE?
Macromedia Flash is introduced to draw interactive
graphics and animations for web sites. It can be used to
create navigation controls, animated logos, and efficient
animations with synchronized sound on the web. One can
even create a fully fledged web site using Flash with high
quality. Due to its vector approach, it takes a very little
time to download. Moreover, it also can be scaled to
viewers size without disturbing the quality of the contents.
Nowadays, lots of web developers are using flash to
fascinate their web sites. Many sites have been designed
entirely on flash. You can get flash player either with your
CONCLUSION
In this project we have basically worked only for
Hydraulic & Pneumatic circuits.
It is very hard to understand working of Hydraulic &
Pneumatic circuits due to complicated arrangement
consisting various valves like pilot operated valve,
solenoid operated valve, Direction control valve, check