The Pipe Fitter's and Pipe Welder's Handbook

by McGraw Hill

• ISBN13: 9780028025001
• ISBN10: 0028025008
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1984-03-01
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

Basic information on solving the difficult problems encountered in this line of work. Pocket size. Illustrated with detailed diagrams.

Table of Contents

Basic Trade Mathematics	1	(42)
Methods for Checking Arithmetical Problems	2	(2)
Method for Checking Multiplication	2	(1)
Method for Checking Addition	2	(1)
Method for Checking Division	3	(1)
Square Root	4	(4)
Solving Right Triangles with Square Root	7	(1)
The Circle	8	(2)
Solution of Right Triangles with Trigonometry	10	(4)
Functions of Angles	10	(1)
Finding Set, Run, and Travel	11	(1)
Finding Angles with Trigonometry	12	(2)
Pipe Bends	14	(7)
Simple Bends	14	(1)
Wrinkle Bends	15	(1)
Single Offset Bends	16	(2)
Double Offset Bends	18	(2)
Expansion Bends	20	(1)
Linear Expansion of Piping	21	(1)
Capacities of Tanks	22	(8)
Rectangular Tanks	22	(1)
Cylindrical Tanks	23	(1)
Figuring the Approximate Capacity of Partly Filled Round Tanks	24	(2)
Elliptical Tanks	26	(1)
Spheres	27	(1)
Frustum-Shaped Tanks	28	(1)
Figuring the Capacity of a Coal Bin	29	(1)
Leverage	30	(1)
Methods of Laying Out Angles	31	(4)
Laying Out Angles with a Steel Square	31	(1)
Simplified Method of Laying Out Angles with a Steel Square	32	(1)
Laying Out Angles with a Two-Foot Rule	33	(1)
Laying Out Angles with a Six-Foot Rule	34	(1)
Method of Making a Square	35	(1)
Method of Laying Out an Elliptical-Shaped Hole on Steel Plate	36	(2)
Method of Laying Out Bolt Holes for Flanges	38	(2)
Method of Laying Out Ring Gaskets	40	(1)
Figuring Rod Lengths for U Bolts	41	(2)
Pipe-Fitting Calculation	43	(28)
Calculated 45° Offsets	44	(4)
Simple Offsets	48	(2)
Two-Pipe Equal-Spread Offsets	50	(4)
Two-Pipe 22 1/2° Equal-Spread Offset	50	(1)
Two-Pipe 30° Equal-Spread Offset	51	(1)
Two-Pipe 45° Equal-Spread Offset	52	(1)
Two-Pipe 60° Equal-Spread Offset	53	(1)
Pipe Offsets around Obstructions	54	(9)
Starting Point of a 45° Offset around a Square Obstruction	54	(2)
Starting Point of a 45° Offset around a Tank	56	(1)
Three-Pipe 45° Equal-Spread Offset around a Tank	57	(1)
Two-Pipe 45° Equal-Spread Offset	58	(1)
Three-Pipe Equal-Spread Offset around a Square Obstruction	59	(1)
45° Unequal Spread Offsets	60	(2)
Offsetting Pipe around a Tank in a Corner Using 45° Fittings	62	(1)
Special Offsets	63	(1)
Tank Coils	64	(2)
Rolling Offsets	66	(5)
Finding Travel and Run for a Rolling Offset	66	(2)
Simplified Method of Figuring a Rolling Offset	68	(3)
Pipe-Welding Layout	71	(62)
General	72	(1)
The Wrap Around	73	(1)
Division of Pipe Surface into Four Equal Parts	74	(1)
Turns	75	(12)
Formula for Angle of Cut	75	(3)
Laying Out Cut Lines for a Two-Piece 90° Turn	78	(2)
Laying Out Cut Lines for a Two-Piece 45° Turn	80	(1)
Laying Out Cut Lines for a Four-Piece 90° Turn	81	(1)
Determining the Length of Cut Pieces for a Three-Piece 90° Turn	82	(1)
Determining the Length of Cut Pieces for a Four-Piece 90° Turn	83	(1)
Determining the Length of Cut Pieces for Special Welded Turns	84	(1)
Laying Out Cut Lines for Miter Turns on Large Pipe with 16 Divisions	85	(2)
Tees	87	(8)
Full-Size Tee	87	(3)
Reducing Tee (First Method)	90	(2)
Reducing Tee (Second Method)	92	(3)
Laterals	95	(5)
Full-Size Lateral	95	(3)
Reducing Lateral	98	(2)
True Y	100	(3)
Reducers	103	(10)
Concentric Reducer	103	(4)
Eccentric Reducer	107	(3)
Two-Cut Eccentric Reducer	110	(3)
Methods of Blanking Off Pipe	113	(7)
Orange Peel	113	(3)
Bull Plug	116	(4)
Full-Size Cross	120	(2)
Branch Pipe From Back of Welding Elbow	122	(2)
Welded Offset Formula	124	(1)
Welded Rolling Offsets	125	(3)
Angle Iron Brackets	128	(1)
30° x 60° Angle Iron Brackets	128	(2)
45° Angle Iron Brackets	130	(2)
Fabricating Fittings From 90° Welding Elbows	132	(1)
Reference Tables	133	(1)
Standard Cast-Iron Screwed Fittings	134	(2)
Steel Butt-Welding Fittings	136	(5)
Elbows	136	(1)
Tees	137	(1)
Reducing Tees	138	(2)
Reducers	140	(1)
Ring Gaskets for Companion Flanges	141	(1)
Cast Iron Flanged Fittings	142	(3)
125 Pound Cast Iron Flanged Fittings	142	(1)
250 Pound Cast Iron Flanged Fittings	143	(2)
Standard Companion Flanges and Bolts	145	(1)
Extra Heavy Companion Flanges and Bolts	146	(1)
Drill Sizes for Pipe Taps	147	(1)
Tap and Drill Sizes (United States Standard)	147	(1)
Standard Pipe Data	148	(2)
Copper Tube---Type K	150	(1)
Copper Tube---Type L	151	(1)
Copper Tube---Type M	152	(1)
Polyvinyl Chloride Plastic Pipe (PVC), Normal Impact	153	(3)
Polyvinyl Chloride Plastic Pipe (PVC), High Impact	156	(3)
Support Spacing for Polyvinyl Chloride Plastic Pipe (PVC)	159	(2)
Bending Radius for Polyvinyl Chloride Plastic Pipe (PVC)	161	(1)
United States Standard Gauge for Sheet Steel	162	(1)
Useful Information on Various Materials	163	(1)
Boiling Points of Water at Various Pressures	164	(1)
Water Pressure in Pounds with Equivalent Heads	165	(1)
Heads of Water in Feet with Equivalent Pressures	166	(1)
Useful Information	167	(5)
Formulas	172	(3)
Weights and Measures	175	(1)
Multipliers That Are Useful to the Trade	176	(2)
Decimal Equivalents of Fractions of an Inch	178	(1)
Minutes Converted to Decimals of a Degree	179	(1)
Inches Converted to Decimals of Feet	180	(1)
Circumferences and Areas of Circles	181	(5)
Squares, Cubes, and Square and Cube Roots	186	(4)
Trigonometry Table	190