Preface
Acknowledgments
Techniques for Studying and Test-Taking
Chapter 1. Introduction to Pipefitting
Chapter 2. Metal Pipe Standards and Identification
Chapter 3. Plastic Pipe Standards and Identification
Chapter 4. Soldering and Brazing Nonferrous Pipe and Tubing
Chapter 5. Working With Iron, Clay, and Fibrous Pipe
Chapter 6. Valves
Chapter 7. Pipe Manufacturing Methods
Chapter 8. Pipe Fittings and Flanges
Chapter 9. Pipe Systems and Repair
Chapter 10. Rigging
Chapter 11. Pipe Offsets
Chapter 12. Reading Welding Blueprints
Chapter 13. Reading Piping Prints
Chapter 14. Oxyacetylene Welding
Chapter 15. Shielded-Metal-Arc Welding
Chapter 16. Gas Metal Arc Welding and Flux-Cored Arc Welding
Chapter 17. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding and Plasma Arc Cutting
Chapter 18. Submerged-Arc Welding
Glossary
Appendix 1. The Pipefitter
Gappendix 2. Useful Data Bank
Index