The Piping guide : for the design and drafting of industrial piping systems / Dennis J. Whistance and David R. Sherwood

Includes index.

Part I: Text -- Piping -- Pipe, fittings, flanges, reinforcements -- Valves, pumps, compressors -- Organization of work -- Drafting: process and piping drawings -- Design of piping systems -- Standards and codes -- Abbreviations -- Part II: Tables.

The 'Piping Guide': discusses in detail the design and drafting of piping systems; describes pipe, piping components most commonly used, valves, and equipment; presents charts, tables, and examples for daily reference; provides a design reference for companies and consultants; supplements existing company standards, information, and methods; serves as an instructional aid. Part I - Text: explains: techniques of piping design; assembling of piping from components, and methods for connecting to equipment; office organization, and methods to translate concepts into finished designs from which plants are built; terms and abbreviations concerned with piping. Part II - Tables: provide: frequently needed data and information, arranged for quick reference; factors for establishing widths of pipeways; spacing between pipes, with and without flanges, and for 'jumpovers' and 'rununders'; principal dimensions and weights for pipe fittings, flanges, valves, structural steel, etc.; conversion for customary and metric units; direct-reading metric conversion tables for dimensions; and a metric supplement with principal dimensional data in millimeters.