| 520-000 | Metal Trades Training Manual (Steel Fabrication) | |
| 520-001 | Metal Trades Handbook | |
FULL INDEX |
| SECTION 1 MOBILE CRANES |
SECTION 2 WIRE ROPE AND HARDWARE |
SECTION 3 FIBRE ROPE |
| Crane Identification Crane Types Crane Assembly Crane Dismantling Crane Gantry Boom Jib Load Block Reeving Ground Conditions Crane Leveling Bearing Mats Lift Planning Capacity Charts Operation Quadrants Load Calculations Electrical Clearances Power Line Contact Tandem Lifts Carrying a Load Hoist Signals Load Weight Estimates Log Books Crane Safety Inspection |
Wire Rope Construction Wire Rope Lays Wire Rope Sizing Wire Rope Grades Strand Classification Wire Rope Uses Wire Rope Forming Wire Rope Seizing Wire Rope Replacement Breaking Strengths Safe Working Loads Unloading, Unreeling Winding on a Drum Fleet Angles Drum Capacities Slings & Chokers Centering a Load Softeners Wire Rope Clips Shackles Hooks Links Eye Bolts Turnbuckles Spreaders, Equalizers Sheaves Blocks Mechanical Advantage Reeving & Lacing Chain |
Types of Fibre Rope Coiling, Uncoiling Whipping Rope Inspection Safety Factors Safe Working Loads Crown Knot Short Splice Long Splice Side Splice Bowline Bowline on the Bight Spanish Bowline Self Centering Bowline Running Bowline Clove Hitch Becket Hitch Stop Hitch Barrel Hitch Reef Knot Sheet Bend Carrick Bend Sheepshank Cats Paw Strength Reductions Block Friction Block Reeving |
| SECTION 4 CHARTS & DATA |
SECTION 5 LAYOUT |
SECTION 6 TANKS |
| Metric Conversion Decimal Equivalents Circumference Table Chord Chart Feet in Decimals to Inches Inches to Decimals of Feet Powers and Roots Bevels to Slope Degrees Taps and Drills |
Triangle Ratios Angles & Circle Components Dividing Angles Layout 90 Degree Angles Layout Large Hole In Vessel Layout Offset Fitting in Shell Layout Shell for Offset Nozzle Layout Vessel Centerlines Layout Centerlines on Flat Shell Layout Nozzle Location Flange Layout Head Layout Head Baffle Layout Semi-elliptical Head Layout Base Ring Layout Parallel Line Introduction Two Piece Elbow Layout Branch of a Tee Layout True Wye Layout Four Piece Elbow Lateral Layout - concentric Lateral Layout - eccentric Pipe Centerlines Pipe Cut Angles Orange Peel Cap Layout Right Cone Layout Triangulation Introduction Square to Square Layout Square to Round Layout Rolling Plate |
Foundations Laying Floor Plates First Ring Layout Shell Plates First Ring Erection Shell to Floor Leveling Tank Erecting Succeeding Rings Fitting Horizontal Seams Vertical Seams - Barrel Roll Rim Angle Roof Framework Laying Roof Misalignment Tolerances Scaffolding and Safety Third Hand Line Bracket Clips Planks Containers Jumping Scaffold |
| SECTION 7 TOWERS |
SECTION 8 HEAT EXCHANGERS |
SECTION 9 TUBE EXPANDING |
| Inspection Process Flow Job Preparation Tray Removal Preassembly Installation Bulkheads Seal Welding Safety Points |
Introduction Tubesheet Layout Shell Side Baffles Head Baffles Fixed Tubesheets Floating Heads Exchanger Designations Front Head Designs Shell Designs Rear Head Designs Exchanger Nomenclature Exchanger Examples Expansion Joints Tube Installation Stud Tightening Sequence Inspection for Leaks Head Removal Tube Removal Bundle Removal Exchanger Cleaning Gasket Installation Hydrostatic Testing |
Expanded Joint Theory Boiler Tube Joint Preparation Boiler Tube Preparation Boiler Tube Expanding Equipment Boiler Tube Expanding Boiler Tube Flaring Boiler Tube Maximum Expansion Compound Tube Gauge Snap Gauge Tube Rolling Lubricants Heat Exchanger Tube Preparation Heat Exchanger Tube Expanding Heat Exchanger Tack Tubes Heat Exchanger Maximum Expansion |
| SECTION 10 PIPING |
SECTION 11 STRUCTURAL STEEL |
SECTION 12 CONCRETE REINFORCING |
| Pipe Sizes and Schedules Flanges Gaskets Elbows Fittings Data Cutting Elbows Pipe Prints Tees Reducers Isometrics Valves Pipe Fitting Alignments |
Structural Shapes Identification Structural Shapes Designation Fabricated Structural Members Structural Symbols Structural Nomenclature Gauge Lines Pitch Lines Beam Board Beam Web Gauge Dimensioning Right & Left Layout Coping Beam Layout Clip Layout Miter Joint Layout Stairways Ladders Handrails Structural Connections |
Types of Reinforcing Bars Bar Weights Bar Color Codes Metric Comparison General Guidelines Cut Length Tolerances Rebar Fabrication Splicing Minimum Protection Accessories Wire Ties Standard Column Ties |
| SECTION 13 WELDING |
SECTION 14 SAFETY |
SECTION 15 NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING |
| Welding Safety Welding Lenses Arc Flash Ventilation Fire Prevention Oxygen Acetylene Manifold Systems Oxy-Acetylene Cutting & Welding Oxy-Acetylene Equipment Oxy-Acetylene Equipment Set Up Torch Lighting Oxy-Acetylene Cutting Cutting Torches Preheat Tips Piercing Holes Torch Inclination Alternate Fuel Gas Low Temperature Brazing Metal Identification Carbon Content of Steel Metal Melting Temperatures Steel Codes Sub Classes of Steel Steel Plate Designation Metal Comparison Chart Preheat for Welding Mechanical Properties of Steel Distortion from Welding Basic Weld Joints Basic Welds Groove Weld Positions Fillet Weld Positions Weld Nomenclature Groove & Fillet Weld Terms Weld Symbols Non-Destructive Testing Symbols Welding Electricity Resistance Welding Types of Current Types of Welding Machines Welding Cables Polarity Check Welding Electrodes Welding Electrode Classification Welding Electrode Selection Stainless Steel Electrodes Welding Techniques Welding Methods Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW) Plasma Arc Welding (PAW) Submerged Arc Welding Electroslag Welding Stud Welding Plasma Arc Cutting Carbon Arc Cutting Window Welds Mirror Welds Purging Test Coupon Preparation Root Pass Variables Codes & Welder Certification |
Accident Prevention Accident Prevention Committee Safety Equipment & Apparel Accident Reporting Ladders & Scaffolds Trenching Vessel Entry Explosive Actuated Tools Lifting Heat Sickness Control of Bleeding Shock Burns Fractures Artificial Respiration Transportation Blasting Signals Dust & Fibre Hazards Sound Hazards Hydrogen Sulphide Breathing Apparatus Fire Extinguisher Chart |
NDT Benefits Material Defects Detection Types of NDT Testing Visual Testing Pressure & Leak Testing Liquid Penetrant Magnetic Particle Transverse/Longitudinal Prod Method Yoke Method MP Powder Defect Visibility Ultrasonic Testing Pulse Echo Transmission Resonance Frequency Modulation Eddy Current Testing Eddy Current Penetration Test Coils Concentric Coil Point Probe Inside/Bobbin Coil Eddy Current Probes Radiography Radiography Sources X-rays Gamma Rays Radiographic Film Weld Radiography Tips to Welders Casting Radiography Pipe Radiography Radiography Safety Heat Affected Zone Carbon & Low Alloys Weld Preheat Interpass Temperature Weld Postheat Stress Relieving Arc Strike Stainless Steel Welding 400 Series Stainless 300 Series Stainless AISI Stainless Steels Stainless Welding Hints |
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