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E-book: Pipefitter's Licensing Study Guide

  • Format: 272 pages
  • Pub. Date: 26-Mar-2021
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781260458275
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  • Format: 272 pages
  • Pub. Date: 26-Mar-2021
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781260458275
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This career-building resource shows how to pass pipefitter’s licensing and certification exams on the first try

This highly effective self-study guide provides everything you need to prepare for any major pipefitter’s licensing and certification exam. The book covers piping materials and fabrication codes and standards, soldering and welding methods, pipe valves, connections and fittings, pipe system design, and the equipment and tools of the trade.

Written by a pair of industrial technology experts and experienced trainers, Pipefitter’s Licensing Study Guide features hands-on coverage of the latest equipment, techniques, and regulations. Each chapter contains true/false and multiple-choice questions to help you review the material covered and practice the types of questions that typically appear on pipefitting licensing tests. Tips on troubleshooting and working with pipes are included throughout the book.

    • Ideal for entry-level apprentices as well as vocational technology students
    • Includes hundreds of practice questions
    • Written by two industrial technology experts and experienced educators

Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Techniques for Studying and Test-Taking xix
Chapter 1 Introduction To Pipefitting
1(6)
History of Pipes
2(2)
Pipe Technology
4(1)
Review Questions
5(1)
Answers to Review Questions
6(1)
Chapter 2 Metal Pipe Standards And Identification
7(18)
Classification of Pipe
8(2)
Pipe Schedule Numbers and Weights
10(5)
Pipe Lengths
15(1)
Steel Pipe Coatings
15(1)
Pipe End Finish
15(2)
Pipe Identification
17(1)
Galvanized Pipe
17(1)
Black Pipe
17(2)
Cast Iron Pipe
19(1)
Brass Pipe
20(1)
Lead Pipe
20(1)
Electrical Grounding
20(2)
Review Questions
22(2)
Answers to Review Questions
24(1)
Chapter 3 Plastic Pipe Standards And Identification
25(18)
Plastic Pipe
26(7)
Working with Soft Plastic Tubing
33(1)
Applications of Plastic Pipe
34(1)
Resistance to Chemical Corrosion
35(1)
PEX Tubing
35(3)
Review Questions
38(3)
Answers to Review Questions
41(2)
Chapter 4 Soldering And Brazing Nonferrous Pipe And Tubing
43(6)
Soldering and Brazing
44(2)
Alloys for Brazing Solders
46(1)
Review Questions
47(1)
Answers to Review Questions
48(1)
Chapter 5 Working With Iron, Clay, And Fibrous Pipe
49(10)
Working with Cast Iron Pipe
50(4)
Working with Clay and Fiber Pipes
54(1)
Working with Galvanized Steel Pipe
55(2)
Review Questions
57(1)
Answers to Review Questions
58(1)
Chapter 6 Valves
59(12)
Check Valves
60(1)
Globe Valves
60(3)
Angle Valves
63(1)
Gate Valves
63(1)
Ball Valves
64(1)
Saddle Valves
64(1)
Sillcock
65(1)
Pinch Valve
65(1)
Diaphragm Valve
66(1)
Butterfly Valves
67(1)
Plug Valve
67(1)
Relief and Safety Valves
68(1)
Review Questions
69(1)
Answers to Review Questions
70(1)
Chapter 7 Pipe Manufacturing Methods
71(10)
Copper Pipe Manufacturing Methods
72(2)
Steel Pipe Manufacturing Methods
74(3)
Review Questions
77(2)
Answers to Review Questions
79(2)
Chapter 8 Pipe Fittings And Flanges
81(18)
Purpose of Fittings
84(1)
Fittings
84(7)
Flanges
91(2)
Flange Identification Markings
93(1)
Flange Gaskets
93(1)
Flange Bolting
94(2)
Review Questions
96(2)
Answers to Review Questions
98(1)
Chapter 9 Pipe Systems And Repair
99(14)
Piping System Identification
100(1)
Methods of Identification
101(1)
Repairing Low-Pressure Pipe Damage
101(5)
Permanent Pipe Repairs
106(5)
Review Questions
111(1)
Answers to Review Questions
112(1)
Chapter 10 Rigging
113(24)
Rope
115(1)
Design Factors for Rope
115(1)
Hitches and Knots
116(4)
Wire Rope
120(1)
Anchor, Chain, and Bow Shackles
120(2)
Shackle Strength
122(1)
Overhead Lifting Hooks
123(1)
Eye Bolts
123(2)
Beams
125(1)
Sheaves
126(1)
Snatch Blocks
127(1)
Block and Tackle
127(1)
Slings
128(3)
Crane and Hoist
131(2)
Review Questions
133(3)
Answers to Review Questions
136(1)
Chapter 17 Pipe Offsets
137(12)
Calculating Pipe Offsets
138(1)
Fitting Allowance
139(2)
Parallel and Multiple Offsets
141(1)
Calculating Spread Allowances
141(1)
Maintaining Spread with a 90-Degree Turn
142(1)
Rolling Offsets
142(3)
Review Questions
145(2)
Answers to Review Questions
147(2)
Chapter 12 Reading Welding Blueprints
149(12)
Welding Joints
150(1)
Types of Welds
151(2)
Symbols for Welds
153(5)
Review Questions
158(2)
Answers to Review Questions
160(1)
Chapter 13 Reading Piping Prints
161(12)
Piping Prints and Diagrams
162(1)
Schematic Diagram
162(1)
Flow Diagram
162(1)
Piping and Instrumentation Diagram
162(2)
Isometric Drawing
164(1)
Orthographic Projection
165(1)
Sectionals and Elevations
165(2)
Pipe Spools
167(1)
Bill of Materials
167(4)
Review Questions
171(1)
Answers to Review Questions
172(1)
Chapter 14 Oxyacetylene Welding
173(22)
Welding Safety
175(3)
Equipment
178(6)
Equipment Setup
184(3)
Welding Methods
187(1)
Troubleshooting
188(4)
Review Questions
192(2)
Answers to Review Questions
194(1)
Chapter 15 Shielded-Metal-Arc Welding
195(10)
Principles of Operation
197(1)
Power Source
198(2)
Review Questions
200(3)
Answers to Review Questions
203(2)
Chapter 16 Gas Metal Arc Welding And Flux-Cored Arc Welding
205(8)
Advantages of the Flux-Cored Arc Welding Process
207(2)
Review Questions
209(3)
Answers to Review Questions
212(1)
Chapter 17 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding And Plasma Arc Cutting
213(8)
Tungsten Inert Gas Welding
214(1)
Spot Welding
214(1)
Plasma Arc Cutting
215(2)
Review Questions
217(2)
Answers to Review Questions
219(2)
Chapter 18 Submerged-Arc Welding
221(10)
Submerged-Arc-Welding Equipment
224(1)
Welding Current
224(1)
Fluxes and Electrodes
225(1)
Joint Preparation
226(1)
Special Submerged-Arc-Welding Processes
227(1)
Submerged-Arc-Welding Applications
228(1)
Review Questions
229(1)
Answers to Review Questions
230(1)
Glossary 231(10)
Appendix 1 The Pipefitter 241(4)
Appendix 2 Useful Data Bank 245(8)
Index 253
Rex Miller (Round Rock, Texas) is Professor Emeritus of Industrial Technology at the State University of New York College at Buffalo where he taught technical curriculums at the college level for more than 40 years. Dr. Miller authored or co-authored more than 100 texts for vocational and industrial arts programs.





Mark R. Miller (Tyler, Texas) is Professor of Industrial Technology and coordinator of that section of the Department of HRD & Technology at the University of Texas at Tyler. Dr. Miller teaches courses in construction for future middle managers and has authored or co-authored more than 35 technical books and many technical articles.