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TOPIC - Piping
- Defines piping and identify what affects size and materials used.
- Determine and calculate pipe dimensions.
- Sizes, measures, grades and calculates schedule number.
- Knows exceptions to sizing and measuring rules.
- Understands the fabrication and application differences between welded seam
and seamless pipe.
- Knows basic pipe materials, applications and limitations.
- Identifies by sight and know the use of the various pipe fittings.
- Identifies by sight the various pipe joints (threaded, soldered, brazed,
welded, glued, flanged).
- Knows the details for fabricating, tools required and the process used to
assembly the joints.
- Identifies and know the application of and how to order flanges.
- Knows the materials and tools used to assemble flared and compression joints
in fully annealed tubing.
- Understands problems with piping systems and how to deal with same.
- Calculates expansion/contraction in piping.
- Identifies, understands and knows how to control: the use of pipe expansion
devices, causes of water hammer in liquid and steam systems and its affects,
corrosion problems.
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31A1
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TOPIC - Packing, gaskets
- Knows the purpose of packing.
- Identifies moving and fixed joints that require sealing.
- Identifies parts and understands operation of a shaft stuffing box assembly.
- Knows the shapes available, basic materials, use limitations, and
applications for shaft packing.
- Calculates packing size.
- Identifies the basic materials, limitations, construction and application for
sheet packing and gaskets used in fixed joints.
- Knows general information for renewing a fixed joint gasket. (Includes
"Tag-out", breaking joint, spreading joint surfaces, cleaning, determining cause of
gasket failure, tools used, cutting new gasket, and proper tightening of joint.)
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31A2
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TOPIC - Pressure measurement
- Defines pressure, calculate pressure in PSI, uses liquid columns to measure
pressure, knows pressure conversion factors.
- Defines:
- atmospheric pressure
- absolute pressure
- gage pressure
- PSIA
- IN. Hg. ABS.
- IN. Hg. GAUGE
- PSIG
- Converts from one pressure measuring scale to another.
- Knows the principle of operation, is able to read the pressure being
measured, identifies component parts, applications, and limitations of the following
pressure measuring instruments: barometer, manometer; bellows and diaphragm.
- Understands the principle of operation, identifies the parts, and knows the
following details about Bourdon tube pressure gauges: sizing, mounting, types, how
to set up the instrument to handle pressure pulsation, mechanical shock, vibration,
high temperature fluid problems and installation.
- Understands the basic operating principles of electrical pressure
transducers.
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31A6
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TOPIC - Temperature measurement
- Knows how temperature is measured.
- Knows reference points and is able to convert between Celsius and Fahrenheit
scales.
- Identifies the basic parts, knows the principles of operation, limitations
and installation details of the following expansion type thermometers and
pyrometers: Liquid-in-glass, bimetal, filled system, thermocouple, radiation and
optical.
- Knows the basic operating principle of electric resistance thermometers.
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31A6
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TOPIC - Level measurement
- Knows importance of liquid levels in regard to machinery.
- Determines liquid level in tank using direct reading tapes.
- Knows how to use ullage and innage readings to calculate volume in tank.
- Understands the use of tables for irregular tank shapes
- Understands the principles involved to determine the level or volume in a
vessel utilizing: gage glasses; radar type level detectors, floats, electrical
probes, pressure transducers, pneumercators.
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31A6
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TOPIC - Valves, general
- Defines the purpose of valves.
- Identifies basic methods used by valves to control flow.
- Identifies methods used to operate valves.
- Knows requirement for handwheel operated valves in marine service.
- Explains general differences between gate and globe valves.
- Identifies parts, construction features, types, applications and installation
requirements for basic globe, gate, check, stop-check, pressure relief (Including
calculating opening pressure and closing pressure), plug/ball type, butterfly,
needle, diaphragm, manifold and balanced double disk globe valves.
- Calculates force required to operate a single disk globe valve and compare to
similar sized balanced double disk.
- Knows classification of valves and how to ID service requirements.
- Knows limitations of valve materials and describe valve trim.
- States the location of, cause of and remedy for the following valve problems:
internal and external leakage, stuck valve stems.
- Describes backseating and when attempted.
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31A6
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TOPIC - Regulating valves, internal pilot type
- Explains how an operator would control system pressure with a manually
operated valve.
- Explains how specific regulating valve parts replace the operators eyes,
brain and hands.
- Identifies all the regulating valve parts and their function, basic valve
construction, than explains the control cycle when the outlet pressure from the
regulator changes.
- Explains how to change the set pressure.
- Knows the equipment required and its proper installation order in a steam
pressure reducing station.
- Knows the start-up procedure for an internally piloted steam pressure
reducing valve.
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31A6
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TOPIC - Regulating valves, diaphragm and pneumatic control
- Identifies the parts and their function, basic construction and operation of
a spring loaded, diaphragm-controlled gas pressure regulating valve.
- Identifies the basic parts, their function, the basic construction and
operation of a pneumatically controlled pressure regulating valve.
- Uses appropriate terminology to describe type of valve employed.
- Defines supply air, operating air and controlled pressure as it relates to
control pilots for pneumatic pressure regulators.
- Explains the basic construction and operation of direct-acting and
reverse-acting mechanical control pilots.
- Explains how each pilot responds to a change in the controlled pressure in
the system.
- Knows how to set the controlled pressure.
- Explains the basic operation of electrical/electronic control pilots.
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31A6
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UNIT - CAD Lab (Marine Engineering Majors Only)
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31A2.2
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LAB - Introduction to AutoCAD
- draw very simple drawings using AutoCAD
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31A2.2
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LAB - Mechanical Drawing
- draw simple mechanical drawings using AutoCAD
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31A2.2
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LAB - Advanced Mechanical Drawing
- draw more advanced mechanical drawings using AutoCAD
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31A2.2
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LAB - Piping and electronics Drawing
- draw simple piping system and electronic schematic diagrams using AutoCAD
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31A2.2
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LAB - Architectural Drawing
- draw simple architectural drawings using AutoCAD
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31A2.2
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UNIT - Mechanical Lab (Facilities Engineering Majors only)
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LAB - Threaded and soldered pipe systems
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LAB - Glued plastic and soft tubing joints
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LAB - Flat and flexatalic flange gaskets
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LAB - Valve repair
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