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PIPE FABRICATION COURSE DESCRIPTIONS |
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FAB 201 Safety and Salvage Operations |
2 credits |
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This course provides the student with the opportunity to develop a positive safety attitude and skills in the safe use and care of welding machines, power tools, oxyacetylene cutting equipment, ladders, and scaffolding that are used in the pipe fitting trade. These tools and equipment will be used by the student for salvage operations to disassemble piping systems and recondition pipe and pipe fittings. Students will be introduced to light rigging and basic knot tying commonly used for erection and demolition of piping systems. The student will be introduced to the concepts of proximity work hazards, hazardous materials in the work environment, and fire safety of the job. Students will be indoctrinated in use of personal protective equipment utilized for work place safety and apply safety standards and practices of the laboratory environment. The students will also perform material handling operations for receiving and storage of construction materials. (15 lecture, 60 lab) Prerequisite: WEL 131, SMAW Basic, or permission of department chair. |
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FAB 203 Small Diameter Industrial Piping Systems |
2 credits |
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This course provides the student with opportunity to develop skills in identifying various pipe fittings and piping system nomenclature and perform proper threading techniques. Students will use both motorized and manual threading equipment. Students will install threaded piping systems including proper use of unions and check valves, align and install socket weld piping systems and integrate socket weld with threaded piping systems. (15 lecture, 60 lab) Prerequisite: FAB 201 |
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FAB 205 Basic Pipe Fabrication |
2 credits |
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This course provides the student with opportunity to develop skills in joint preparation for butt weld carbon steel pipe. Students will cut pipe using oxy-fuel equipment utilizing both bevel and straight cuts. Field fabrication of 90o branch connections of both equal and unequal pipe sizes using carbon steel pipe, calculating pipe lengths between fittings for 90o offsets, 45o offsets, and 45o rolling offsets, and installing the field fabricated fittings into 90o offset, 45o offset, and 45o rolling offset runs will be included. Students will also have the opportunity to develop skills in preparing field sketches, planning jobs by using a bill of materials, and systematically recording data to make logical calculations for solving piping offsets. (15 lecture, 60 lab) Prerequisite: FAB 203 |
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FAB 207 Advanced Pipe Fabrication |
2 credits |
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This course provides the student with the opportunity develop skill in the use of applied trigonometry for solving pipe fabrication problems and fabricating complex pipe fittings for a variety of applications. The student will also develop skills using the scientific calculator for solving advanced problems in trigonometry related to the pipe fitting trade. (15 lecture, 60 lab) Prerequisite: FAB 205 |
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FAB 209 Pipe Template Development |
2 credits |
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This course offers the student the opportunity to develop skills in template development for producing field-fabricated pipe fittings. Basic line convention techniques are introduced and students utilize these techniques to produce full-scale drawings of fittings commonly fabricated on job sites. These drawings are transformed into templates from which field fabricated fittings are produced. Skill development progresses from three and four inch carbon steel pipe to larger diameter pipe. Skill development in mechanical drawing and field sketching is also encouraged through assignment requirements. Sketches and calculations for each pipe run project installed during the second semester of the pipe fabrication concentration are assigned. Students will also be introduced to AutoCAD. Students will be encouraged to solve problems on their own, using their lab manual, textbooks and reference material as resources.(15 lecture, 60 lab) Prerequisite: FAB 207 |
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FAB 211 Advanced Pipe Fabrication II |
2 credits |
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This course provides the student with the opportunity to develop skills in calculating, laying out, and performing angles cut on the end of pipes. There will also be opportunity to develop skills in calculating, fabrication, and installing equal spread welded offsets, 45o and 90o branch connections, and true wye connections using both references and contour markers. Mechanical drawings pertaining to piping will be studied and created. Students will continue with their introduction into AutoCAD and use CAD to create their assigned mechanical piping drawings. An independent study for assigned homework in the Boiler Operator's Workbook will begin in this course. Students will be encouraged to solve problems on their own, using their lab manual, textbooks and reference material as resources. (15 lecture, 60 lab) Prerequisite: FAB 209 |
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FAB 213 Field Fabrication I |
2 credits |
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This course provides the student with the opportunity to develop skills in identifying various types of materials, equipment, and hardware for the installation of piping systems above ground. The student will also be given the opportunity to take field measurements make field runs, make tie-ins, and properly install pipe and equipment as applied to industrial applications. The pipe runs in this module will include mitered turns of various angles that have been introduced in previous courses. Students will continue with AutoCAD and use it to create their assigned mechanical piping drawings. Assignments in the Boiler Operators Workbook will continue in this module to coincide with above ground pipe fabrication and prepare for the next module in Above Ground Pipe Installations II. Producing field sketches for pipe runs and piping print interpretation will also be included. (15 lecture, 60 lab) Prerequisite: FAB 211 |
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FAB 215 Field Fabrication II |
2 credits |
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This course provides the student with continued opportunity to develop skills in making above ground field runs utilizing complex calculations in applied trigonometry. These runs will include double rolling offsets of odd angle degrees. The student will also be challenged with complex critical thinking problems to solve from sketches and blueprints as well as create blueprints of the laboratory pipe run installations. Several mock-up-piping runs will be assigned for students to solve with the collaboration of teamwork and individual resourcefulness. Field routing of complex pipe runs will incorporate practical application of mathematics for solving advanced pipefitting problems. Students will continue with AutoCAD and use it to create their assigned mechanical piping drawings. The student will also complete the independent study in the Boiler Operator's workbook. (15 lecture, 60 lab) Prerequisite: FAB 213 |
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