PIPE FRABRICATOR / FITTER (Course Duration 6 Moths / 3 Moths)
- Basic trade mathematics, solution of right triangles with trigonometry
- Codes, standards & specifications for pressure piping: ASME, ANSI, ASTM, API, MSS, AWS
- Safety training for hot work, power tool handling, manual lifting, rigging, confined space entry, work at height, etc.
- Seamless pipe & seam pipe manufacturing methods: Butt-weld, ERW, EFW & spiral-weld
- Pipe fittings: 90-degree L.R. elbow, 90-degree S.R. elbow, 45-degree elbows, equal tees, reducing tees, eccentric and concentric reducers, lateral tees, true Y
- Flanges: Weld neck flanges, slip-on flanges, socket flanges, screwed flanges, blind flanges, lap joint flanges, reducing flanges, orifice flanges, ORJ, RTJ, and T&G flanges
- Valves: Gate, globe, butterfly, ball, plug, relief, diaphragm, control valve, check valve, needle valve, four-way and three-way valves
- Gaskets: Spiral wound, CAF, neoprene, RTJ, ORJ, T&G, double-jacketed metallic, rubber, graphite & Teflon gaskets
- Pipe joining preparation: Manual and mechanical; oxy-acetylene cutting, bevel cutting, profile cutting
- Piping layout, jigs and fixtures, rolling offsets, layout ordinate lines, and length
- Useful formulas for solving piping problems; abbreviations used in the piping trade, piping symbols, pipe expansions, pipe bends, mitering of elbows, tees, lateral tees, stub-in & stub-on methods
- Fabrication & fit-up of reinforcing pads
- Various piping materials (CS, SS, AS): material specifications & grade numbers
- Various welding processes; welding consumable numbers for various ferrous and non-ferrous materials
- NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) methods
- Drawings: Isometric, GAD (General Arrangement Drawing), P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram)
- Threading of pipe, cold cutting of pipe, tie-ins using cold cutter
- Hydro test & pneumatic test of fabricated pipe spools and piping systems
- Supports: Dummy supports, trunnion supports, slide stools, hold downs, guides, stanchions, bracings, U and L-type brackets, shoe supports, cold shoes, etc.