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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.This highly effective self-study guide provides everything you need to prepare for any major pipefitter’s licensing and certification exam. 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 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 appear throughout.
In-depth coverage includes:
- The history of pipefitting
- Working with pipe
- Pipe fabrication codes and standards
- Soldering, welding, brazing, and chemical bonding
- Offset connections and screwed and flanged fittings
- Pipe valves and fittings
- Cast iron, clay, fiber, and metal pipes
- Reading piping and welding blueprints
- Troubleshooting pipe fittings
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