Fluid Power Training by DAC Worldwide
Hydraulic and pneumatic systems are fundamental to industrial operations across virtually every sector. From mobile equipment and manufacturing machinery to process control valves, actuators, and power transmission systems, fluid power components are everywhere in industrial environments, and the technicians who maintain them need a solid understanding of how those components are built, how they function, and what happens inside them when a system is under load.
The challenge is that fluid power components are sealed, pressurized systems. A hydraulic relief valve looks identical whether it is functioning correctly or bleeding off system pressure at the wrong setpoint. A bladder accumulator shows nothing of its internal bladder, nitrogen charge, or bladder condition from the outside. A directional control valve gives no visual indication of how its internal spool shifts to route fluid between ports. Understanding what is happening inside these components requires either a cutaway or very expensive field experience.
DAC Worldwide's fluid power training line gives learners a direct look inside the hydraulic and pneumatic components they will work with throughout their careers, through professionally crafted cutaway training aids that expose the internal construction, flow paths, and operating principles of real industrial-grade components selected for their relevance to what technicians encounter on the job.
Klein Educational supplies DAC Worldwide fluid power training aids to industrial maintenance programs, advanced manufacturing programs, community colleges, and workforce development centers across California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and Alaska. We help programs find the right combination of cutaways for their curriculum.
What DAC Worldwide fluid power training covers
DAC Worldwide's fluid power training aids are primarily cutaway tools, built from actual industrial-grade components sourced from well-known US manufacturers for industrial training relevance. Each cutaway is professionally sectioned, cleaned, primed, and finished with high-endurance urethane coating for durability. Color-coding throughout the cutaways enhances component identification, and on-board graphics of component symbols connect the physical component to the schematic representation learners will read in fluid power diagrams. Individual cutaway areas are often removable from the baseplate for convenient close-up classroom inspection.
The line is organized into comprehensive sets for programs that need to cover a full range of hydraulic or pneumatic components, and individual specialized cutaways for programs that want to go deeper on specific component types.
Hydraulic Component Cutaway Set (710)
The Hydraulic Component Cutaway Set is a tabletop assortment of industrial hydraulic components that have been modified for classroom use as training aids. The set format gives programs a cost-effective way to introduce learners to a broad range of hydraulic system components in a single package, covering the most commonly encountered component types in industrial hydraulic systems. Each component in the set has been prepared to expose internal construction and operating principles while remaining recognizable as the real industrial component it represents.
Pneumatic Component Cutaway Set (760C)
The Pneumatic Component Cutaway Set is the pneumatic counterpart to the hydraulic set, providing a tabletop assortment of industrial pneumatic components modified for classroom use. The set introduces learners to the pneumatic components found throughout industrial control systems, automation equipment, and process facilities, giving programs a comprehensive starting point for pneumatic system training without needing to acquire individual component cutaways separately.
Individual hydraulic cutaways
DAC Worldwide's individual hydraulic cutaway line covers the specific components that fluid power maintenance training programs need to address in depth. Each cutaway is a full-size, fully-detailed example of a real industrial component that gives learners a first-hand view of what is inside.
The Hydraulic Pressure Relief Valve Cutaway depicts a two-stage balanced piston relief valve, one of the most critical safety and pressure-limiting devices in any hydraulic system. Multiple cutaway areas expose all internal components including the poppet, heavy spring, pressure adjustment screw, vent connection, piston, and inlet and outlet port connections, while an on-board schematic symbol connects the component to its representation in circuit diagrams. The sectioning also allows disassembly for more complete inspection.
The Hydraulic Sequence Valve Cutaway covers the sequence valve, a pressure-dependent device used to control the order of operations in hydraulic circuits with multiple actuators. Like the relief valve cutaway, it features a two-stage balanced piston design with multiple cutaway areas exposing all internal components, an on-board schematic symbol, and disassembly capability.
The Hydraulic Directional Control Valve Cutaway exposes the internal spool mechanism of the directional control valve that routes hydraulic fluid between actuator ports, one of the most fundamental and frequently encountered valve types in any hydraulic system.
The Bladder Accumulator Cutaway covers the bladder-type hydro-pneumatic accumulator used in hydraulic systems to store energy, compensate for leakage and thermal expansion, reduce pulsations, absorb hydraulic shock, and improve system response times. Multiple cutaway areas reveal the internal bladder and inlet and outlet connections of a heavy-service industrial accumulator from a well-known US manufacturer.
The Hydraulic Filter Cutaway depicts a commonly-encountered sump-type spin-on hydraulic filter, one of the most frequently replaced components in any hydraulic system. The full cutaway reveals the internal filter element, bypass valve, and housing construction of a high-quality, high-pressure component selected for industrial relevancy.
The Hydraulic Pressure Gauge Cutaway exposes the internal Bourdon tube mechanism, linkage, and dial of a hydraulic system pressure gauge, giving learners an understanding of how pressure measurement works inside this ubiquitous instrument.
The External Hydraulic Pump Cutaway reveals the internal construction of an external gear pump, showing the gear mesh, inlet and outlet porting, and housing arrangement of one of the most common hydraulic pump designs in industrial and mobile equipment.
Air compressor and related cutaways
The Pop-Off Air Compressor Safety Relief Valve Cutaway covers the safety relief valve used on compressed air systems to protect against overpressure events, showing the spring-loaded poppet mechanism and pressure-setting arrangement of this critical safety device.
How fluid power cutaways fit into a training program
DAC Worldwide's fluid power cutaways are designed to complement hands-on fluid power training systems such as those in the Amatrol hydraulics and pneumatics learning system line, which Klein Educational also supplies. Amatrol's systems provide hands-on skill development in operating, troubleshooting, and maintaining fluid power circuits. DAC Worldwide's cutaways extend that training by giving learners a direct visual understanding of the internal construction and operating principles of the individual components those systems use, creating a more complete training experience that covers both system-level operation and component-level knowledge.
Programs that combine Amatrol fluid power learning systems with DAC Worldwide cutaways give their learners both the hands-on circuit skills and the component familiarity that translate to genuine field competency.
Who uses DAC Worldwide fluid power training aids
DAC Worldwide fluid power training aids are used by industrial maintenance programs, advanced manufacturing programs, fluid power technology programs, military technical training centers, and any program where learners need to develop understanding of hydraulic and pneumatic components alongside the circuit-level skills they develop on operational training equipment. The cutaways are equally effective for instructor-led classroom demonstrations, small-group self-directed study, and as permanent reference displays in training labs.
How Klein Educational supports your program
Klein Educational is more than an equipment supplier. We work with program directors, department heads, and workforce administrators from the first conversation through delivery and beyond. That includes needs assessment, cutaway selection, and support to ensure your program gets the right fluid power training aids for your curriculum.
We have direct access to the full DAC Worldwide product line and support infrastructure, which means faster service and deeper product knowledge for programs across our seven-state region.
Frequently asked questions
What fluid power training aids does DAC Worldwide offer? DAC Worldwide's fluid power line includes comprehensive cutaway sets for both hydraulic and pneumatic components, individual hydraulic cutaways covering pressure relief valves, sequence valves, directional control valves, bladder accumulators, filters, pressure gauges, and external gear pumps, and air compressor safety relief valve cutaways for pneumatic systems.
What are the hydraulic and pneumatic cutaway sets? The Hydraulic Component Cutaway Set (710) and Pneumatic Component Cutaway Set (760C) are each tabletop assortments of multiple real industrial fluid power components that have been modified for classroom training use, providing cost-effective introductory coverage of a broad range of hydraulic or pneumatic component types in a single package.
Can the individual hydraulic cutaways be disassembled? Yes. Many of the individual hydraulic valve cutaways including the pressure relief valve and sequence valve cutaways are sectioned to allow disassembly for more complete internal inspection in addition to the visual learning provided by the cutaway areas.
How do DAC Worldwide fluid power cutaways work with Amatrol systems? DAC Worldwide cutaways are complementary to Amatrol fluid power learning systems. Amatrol systems develop hands-on circuit operation and troubleshooting skills. DAC Worldwide cutaways extend that training by providing component-level visual knowledge of the internal construction and operating principles of the components learners work with on Amatrol equipment. Klein Educational supplies both product lines.
Who is DAC Worldwide? DAC Worldwide is a world leader in technical training solutions for industrial skills with more than 35 years of experience, and a sister company of Amatrol within the Amatrol family of technical training solutions, based in Swedesboro, New Jersey.
Does Klein Educational help with selection? Yes. Klein works with programs from needs assessment through cutaway selection and delivery to ensure programs get the right fluid power training aids for their curriculum.
What states does Klein Educational serve? We serve California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and Alaska.
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