MMAT 162 — Piping, Tubing Systems and Pipefitting
Credits: 2 Typically Offered: SPRING Covers tubing specifications, materials, and fittings. Explores procedures used for handling, bending, cutting and installing tubing. Gives basics of tubing in a hydraulic system. Covers hose systems, gaskets, sealant, and adhesives. Covers piping and tubing systems used for fluid transport in the plant: Hydraulic fluids, steam, liquefied product, refrigerant, and water. Explores typical metallic and nonmetallic piping systems, pipe-joining methods, and how tubing and hoses differ from piping, valves, pipe fittings, hangers, supports and insulation and covers how tubing is sized, fitted, bent and joined. Studies uses of traps, filters, and strainers.