What is the primary function of a boiler?
Boiler Systems
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Which type of boiler has water flowing through tubes surrounded by hot gases?
Upper ___ of a water-tube boiler where liquid water separates from steam.
Boiler components
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What does ASME stand for in relation to boiler codes?
Pressure Vessel Codes
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What type of personal protective equipment (PPE) is essential when performing overhead work in a boiler room?
Safety
Cylindrical shell that provides additional heating surface and a path for products of combustion.
What is the purpose of refractory material in a boiler?
Refractory
Lockout/tagout, called like a cup final
Which welding process is most commonly used for boiler tube repair?
Welding
Main steam stop ___ usually connected directly to the boiler to shut off steam to or from the main steam line.
1.2 Craft Fundamentals, Professional Roles & Industrial Safety
What is the minimum safe distance to maintain from overhead power lines when rigging loads?
Rigging
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Term Match
What tool is used to measure the thickness of a boiler tube?
Tube Fabrication
Kind of boiler fitting with a bronze casing and a tin filling.
What is the purpose of a safety valve on a boiler?
Six feet: a hard-hat anthem
What is a tube expander used for in boiler work?
Collective term for fabricated pipes or tubes with flanges and fittings attached, used to convey vapors, gases or liquids.
Pipe fabrication
1.3 Confined Space Entry, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) & Atmospheric Testing
What is the purpose of a hydrostatic test on a boiler?
Flip two cards at a time to find matching terms.
Term Pairs
Which type of fire extinguisher should be used on an electrical fire?
Projecting rim on piping used to attach it to another piping detail.
What is the standard hand signal for 'stop' in crane and rigging operations?
What material is firebrick typically made of?
Sealing element between mating flanges whose material must resist the fluid and temperature.
Cutting basics
1.4 Hand, Pneumatic, Electric & Hydraulic Boilermaker Tools
What is the primary purpose of layout work in boiler fabrication?
Layout And Fabrication
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Term Search
In a firetube boiler, what flows through the tubes?
Angled edge preparation on a part before welding.
What does MAWP stand for in boiler terminology?
What is the correct method for storing welding electrodes to prevent moisture contamination?
Back ___: remove weld and base metal from a joint's root side, often with an air carbon arc, before welding from that side.
1.5 Crew Leadership, Job Planning, Production Tracking & Jobsite Communication
What is the sling angle factor, and why is it important?
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What is the purpose of a backing ring in pipe welding?
Pipe Fabrication
Kind of weld that temporarily holds parts in place while final welds are made.
Welding basics
What is the difference between a butt weld and a socket weld in pipe fabrication?
What is the function of an economizer in a boiler system?
Byproduct left as a layer on top of a weld after flux melts.
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2.1 Industrial Boiler Materials, Carbon & Alloy Steels, ASME Material Specs & Markings
What is the purpose of post-weld heat treatment (PWHT)?
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