Audel Pipefitter S And Welder S Pocket Manual

This little book is big on answers Whether you're an apprentice in the piping trades or a seasoned tradesperson, you'll find this completely revised and updated guide has answers to the questions you'll encounter on the job. Get current, concise facts on * Metrics and conversions * Tungsten inert gas welding and arc welding * Steam heating, hot water, refrigeration, and air conditioning systems * Grooved end/plain end piping systems * Process piping using plastics * Automatic fire protection systems * Terms, BTU fuel values, abbreviations, angle calculations, and more

An invaluable guide for all pipefitters and welders For use as a text or as an on-the-job reference Over 150 photographs, drawings,and diagrams to illustrate each topic Complete, concise, easy to use and understand This all-new reference is the best, most up-to-date guide for all working pipefitters and welders. Designed for the greatest ease of use, it explains and illustrates all of the methods, procedures, and tools required to design, install and maintain piping systems. Topics covered include welding, tungsten inert gas welding, steam heating systems, sprinkler systems, air conditioning and refrigeration, and plastic piping.

Market_Desc: · Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters · Apprentices, students in voc-tech programs (some will be in proprietary, career schools; some in community college voc-tech programs, and some in state sponsored voc-tech only post-secondary schools) Special Features: · The highly-respected Audel brand has provided practical references for skilledtradespersons and students for more than 100 years· Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters hold almost 600,000 jobs. · Revision of the best selling Pipefitters and Welders Pocket Manual contains 30% newmaterial.· Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters make up one of the largest andhighest paid construction occupations.· Virtually all pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters undergo some type of apprenticeship training, the Pocket Manual is a perfect study guide for this training. About The Book: Audel Pipefitters and Welders Pocket Manual - is small in size and has content that is specifically designed for on the job use with math charts and metrics, conversions, photographs and diagrams to get the job done quickly and correctly. It also serves as educational text. Topics covered include math and metrics, calculating offsets, pipe welding, automatic fire protection systems, steam heating, hot water and air conditioning systems, refrigeration process , piping, using plastics, using and instrument level, Tungsten inert gas welding, troubleshooting for arc welding, pipe Welders definitions and a glossary of terms related to plastic piping. Several appendices are included that cover metric conversions, abbreviations, BTU fuel values, drill sizes, measuring and laying out angels and more.

This handy reference is an ideal companion to Pipe Trades Pocket Manual by the same author. This book enables pipefitters to solve difficult problems they will face in their work by providing instructions and calculations for common and unusual tasks.

A Timeless Classic! Compact and pocket-sized, this handy reference contains thousands of facts and figures relevant to pipefitters, steamfitters-anyone concerned with layout and installation of pipe. Provides answers to all sorts of problems indigenous to power and industrial pipebending, and the fabrication of welding fittings in both shop and field. Logically categorizes all material according to job description, supporting each working table with a clear example of how to use it. Includes a special reference section that gives instant data on the 24 most useful on-the-job subjects, such as spark tests for metals, sheet metal weights, valve types, weights and measures, and many more. Discusses all types of bends; elbows, tees, and crosses; plastic pipe; soldering and brazing; travel and run; fitting dimensions; threading pipe; relative physical properties; and more. Power and Industrial Pipe Bending Pipe Fabrications Soldering and Brazing Offset Connections Reference Data Index

Featuring updated charts dealing with the most common situations welding workers face on the job , this comprehensive, pocket-sized reference is based on recommendations from working professionals and covers welding symbols and definitions, types of joints and welds, typical welding station configurations, oxygen cylinders, arc-welding charts, U.S metric measures, and more.

2012 Reprint of 1959 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This manual is written especially to enable pipefitters to quickly solve problems involving pipe bending, layout or installation, either in shop or in the field. This second edition has 126 pages of additional material than published in the previous edition of 1953. A large part of the book is taken directly from the author's original tables which he has developed over a long period of time, as a result of his 35 years' experience as a pipefitter. These tables eliminate the necessity for making lengthy calculations by giving immediate answers to all kinds of pipe fitting problems. Information on: Pipe Bending, Offsets, Mitered Joints, Standard Pipe Dimensions and Thread Data, Screwed Fittings, Valves, Solder Joint Fittings, Plastic Pipe, Sheet Metal Data, Properties of Steam, Melting Points, Conversion Factors and a Dictionary Of Terms.