Course Objectives
Identify the properties of a right triangle and how they can be used to calculate a piping offset
Explain how to calculate the travel dimension of a piping offset, given the run, an offset dimension and/or a fitting angle
Explain how to calculate a fitting angle, given a run and an offset measurement
Describe the general steps involved in calculating the travel for a 45 degree rolling piping offset
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Jay Scheldorf
Jay is a Chemical Engineer with a PhD from the University of Idaho. After graduating school, he worked for UOP, commissioning and troubleshooting oil refinery processes around the world. He was a founding partner at Pacific Simulation. Pacific Simulation provided simulation software, services and simulation-based training to the pulp and paper industry. Jay also spent time as a control engineer at Ahlstrom, working primarily on Kamyr digesters. At Convergence Training he developed and supervised the production of hundreds of pulp and paper related animated computer-based training modules, as well as variety of general technical and safety related modules.