Audel Pipefitter's and Welder's Pocket Manual
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Audel Pipefitter's and Welder's Pocket Manual
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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.
The new, updated version of the highly respected Audel Pipefitter's and Welder's Pocket Manual is a valuable guidebook that has provided practical references for skilled tradespersons and students for more than 100 years. It serves as the perfect study guide for apprenticeship training for plumbers, welders, pipefitters, and steamfitters, as well as being the definitive on-the-job resource.
This convenient pocket-size guide is specifically designed for use at work. It includes math charts, metric conversions, photographs, and diagrams to help get the job done quickly and correctly.
The topics covered include:
- Math and metrics
- Calculating offsets
- Pipe welding
- Automatic fire protection systems
- Steam heating
- Hot water and air conditioning systems
- Refrigeration process
- Using plastics
- Using an instrument level
- Tungsten inert gas welding
- Troubleshooting for arc welding
- Pipe welders' definitions
- Glossary of terms related to plastic piping
The appendices cover metric conversions, abbreviations, BTU fuel values, drill sizes, measuring and laying out angles, and more.
Series: Audel Technical Trades Series
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780764542053
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 October 2003
Country: United States
Imprint: Audel
Edition: All New 2nd Edition
Illustration: Photos: 30 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 85 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 23 B&W, 0 Color
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 102.0mm
Height: 150.0mm
Weight: 159g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Charles N. McConnell has been a member of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting, Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada for over 60 years and has trained many apprentices to the piping trades. He has supervised and installed gas and oil-fired steam and hot-water heating systems and air conditioning installations at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, and plumbing installations in schools, public buildings, and manufacturing facilities. He has supervised and installed process piping installations. He is the author of Home Plumbing Handbook (Delmar Education), the three volume Plumbers and Pipefitters Library (Macmillan), and other books related to the plumbing and pipefitting trades.
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