The Piping Guide - its a lot easier to understand than the
Bausbacher and Hunt book. Lots of illustration and tables - the
useful kind.
- In PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com, "alvinem1990" <alvinem1990@...>
wrote:
>
> I would recommend "Process Plant Layout and Piping Design" by Ed
> Bausbacher and Roger Hunt as a good reference to start with. The
> Piping Handbook may be intimidating to a novice. Also, familiarize
> yourself with the Codes to where your field is.
>
>
> Alvin S. Comanda
> Principal Designer
> Nova Process Design Group, LLC
>
> --- In PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Roble" <msroble33@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Now, I had just started a job doing piping design. I'm now about
> to finish
> > up my first week.
> >
> > Going in, I have 15 years of AutoCAD and 11 years of Piping &
> > Instrumentation Diagrams and General Arrangement work, so I'm
not
> a complete
> > stranger to the Piping field.
> >
> > The reason I'm e-mailing all you guys and/or ladies is looking
for
> > pointers... a place to start. Possibly point me into the proper
> direction
> > for reference material, beit a website, books, whatever..
> >
> > It's a little intimidating because ALL the pipers I've worked
with
> basically
> > know what I'm looking to learn and to them it's "common
> knowledge"... but
> > for me, it's completely new ground. Well, I guess "completely
new"
> is a bad
> > term as I've treaded on it in my time doing P&ID's, but still.
> >
> > As far as I can find I found the "Piping Handbook" on various
> sites going
> > for anywhere from $89-$134.. I plan on grabbing it, but I'd like
> to know if
> > there's any other books or reference material that may help. And
> also if
> > there's any pipers on this mail list and if they know any "rules
> of thumb"
> > for piping that'll help me out.
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated!!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > Michael S Roble
> >
> > Pittsburgh
> >
>
Received on Mon Apr 10 05:47:00 2006