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Pipe Fitter’s and Pipe Welder’s Handbook

Pipe Fitter’s and Pipe Welder’s Handbook

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There are a few books called the Pipefitter's Bible—this is one of them. It has been around for a long time. Mr Thomas W. Frankland wrote several pipe books. He belonged to Local 497 UA in Chicago and taught in the Washburne Trade School on West 31st Street.

Table of Contents:

BASIC TRADE MATHEMATICS

Methods for Checking Arithmetical Problems

Method for Checking Multiplication

Method for Checking Addition

Method for Checking Division
Square Root

Extracting Square Root

Solving Right Triangles with Square Root.
The Circle

Solution of Right Triangles with Trigonometry

Functions of Angles

Finding Set, Run, and Travel

Finding Angles with Trigonometry
Pipe Bends

Simple Bends

Wrinkle Bends

Single Offset Bends

Double Offset Bends

Expansion Bends
Linear Expansion of Piping

Capacities of Tanks

Rectangular Tanks

Cylindrical Tanks

Figuring the Approximate Capacity of Partly Filled Round Tanks

Elliptical Tanks Spheres

Frustum-Shaped Tanks

Figuring the Capacity of a Coal Bin
Leverage

Methods of Laying Out Angles

Laying Out Angles with a Steel Square

Simplified Method of Laying Out Angles with a Steel Square

Laying Out Angles with a Two-Foot Rule

Laying Out Angles with a Six-Foot Rule

Method of Making a Square Method of Laying Out an Elliptical-Shaped Hole on Steel Plate

Method of Laying Out Bolt Holes for Flanges

Method of Laying Out Ring Gaskets

Figuring Rod Lengths for U Bolts

PIPE-FITTING CALCULATION
Calculated 45° Offsets

Simple Offsets Two-Pipe Equal-Spread Offsets

Two-Pipe 22 1/2° Equal-Spread Offset

Two-Pipe 30° Equal-Spread Offset

Two-Pipe 45° Equal-Spread Offset

Two-Pipe 60° Equal-Spread Offset
Pipe Offsets around Obstructions

Starting Point of a 45° Offset around a Square Obstruction

Starting Point of a 45° Offset around a Tank.

Three-Pipe 45° Equal-Spread Offset around a Tank

Two-Pipe 45° Equal-Spread Offset

Three-Pipe Equal-Spread Offset around a Square Obstruction

45° Unequal Spread Offsets

Offsetting Pipe around a Tank in a Corner Using 45° Fittings.
Special Offsets

Tank Coils

Rolling Offsets

Finding Travel and Run for a Rolling Offset

Simplified Method of Figuring a Rolling Offset.
PIPE-WELDING LAYOUT

General

The Wrap Around

Division of Pipe Surface into Four Equal Parts Turns
Formula for Angle of Cut

Laying Out Cut Lines for a Two-Piece 90° Turn

Laying Out Cut Lines for a Two-Piece 45° Turn

Laying Out Cut Lines for a Four-Piece 90° Turn

Determining the Length of Cut Pieces for a Three-Piece 90° Turn

Determining the Length of Cut Pieces for a Four-Piece 90° Turn

Determining the Length of Cut Pieces for Special Welded Turns

Laying Out Cut Lines for Miter Turns on Large Pipe with 16 Divisions Tees

Tees

Full-Size Tee

Reducing Tee (First Method)

Reducing Tee (Second Method)
Laterals

Full-Size Lateral

Reducing Lateral
True Y

Reducers

Concentric Reducer

Eccentric Reducer.

Two-Cut Eccentric Reducer
Methods of Blanking Off Pipe

Orange Peel

Bull Plug

Full-Size Cross
Branch Pipe From Back of Welding Elbow Welded Offset Formula Welded Rolling Offsets Angle Iron Brackets 30° x 60° Angle Iron Brackets 45° Angle Iron Brackets Fabricating Fittings From 90° Welding Elbows REFERENCE TABLES Standard Cast-Iron Screwed Fittings
Steel Butt-Welding Fittings

Elbows

Tees

Reducing Tees

Reducers
Ring Gaskets for Companion Flanges

Cast Iron Flanged Fittings

125 Pound Cast Iron Flanged Fittings

250 Pound Cast Iron Flanged Fittings
Standard Companion Flanges and Bolts

Extra Heavy Companion Flanges and Bolts

Drill Sizes for Pipe Taps

Tap and Drill Sizes (United States Standard)

Standard Pipe Data

Copper Tube-Type K

Copper Tube-Type L

Copper Tube-Type M

Polyvinyl Chloride Plastic Pipe (PVC) Normal Impact

Polyvinyl Chloride Plastic Pipe (PVC), High Impact

Support Spacing for Polyvinyl Chloride Plastic Pipe (PVC)

Bending Radius for Polyvinyl Chloride Plastic Pipe (PVC)

United States Standard Gauge for Sheet Steel

Useful Information on Various Materials

Boiling Points of Water at Various Pressures

Water Pressure in Pounds With Equivalent Heads

Heads of Water in Feet With Equivalent Pressures

Useful Information

Formulas

Weights and Measures

Multipliers That Are Useful to the Trade

Decimal Equivalents of Fractions of an Inch

Minutes Converted to Decimals of a Degree

Inches Converted to Decimals of Feet

Circumferences and Areas of Circles

Squares, Cubes, and Square and Cube Roots

Trigonometry Table

    • Weight


      0.33 lbs

    • SKU


      A103

  • Manufacturer


    McGraw-Hill

  • Publication Date


    1984

  • Book Size


    3.75 x 5.25 x .5

  • Pages


    194

  • Edition


    Revised

  • Cover


    Soft, Perfect Bound

  • Author


    Thomas Frankland

  • ISBN 10


    0028025008

  • ISBN 13


    9780028025001

  • Old ISBNs


    9780561003214, 9780561000121, 9780028024905, 9780029978702