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Reading Blueprints: Fundamentals

The document is an overview of a course on reading blueprints. It covers 10 lessons that teach the fundamentals of reading and interpreting various types of blueprints used in industrial plants, including machine parts, sheet metal, building, hydraulic, piping, electrical, air conditioning, and refrigeration drawings. It also introduces basic sketching techniques. The goal is to enable students to comprehend technical drawings and diagrams commonly encountered in industrial facilities.

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Reading Blueprints: Fundamentals

The document is an overview of a course on reading blueprints. It covers 10 lessons that teach the fundamentals of reading and interpreting various types of blueprints used in industrial plants, including machine parts, sheet metal, building, hydraulic, piping, electrical, air conditioning, and refrigeration drawings. It also introduces basic sketching techniques. The goal is to enable students to comprehend technical drawings and diagrams commonly encountered in industrial facilities.

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FUNDAMENTALS

Reading Blueprints

Course 101: Reading Blueprints


Covers all types of blueprints used in industrial plants. Discusses machine parts and machine drawings. Features drawings of
a compound rest and a clutch-brake control. Examines hydraulic, pneumatic, piping, plumbing, electrical, air-conditioning, and
refrigeration drawings. Introduces sketching used in industrial plants.

TPC Training Systems is accredited by IACET to offer 1.0 CEU for this program.

Lesson 1: Introduction to Blueprints Lesson 4: Sheet Metal Drawings


Topics Topics
Importance of Blueprints; Purpose of Blueprints; Types of Information on Sheet Metal; Ventilation Systems; Ductwork; Sheet Metal Drawings;
Blueprints; Supplementary Spaces; Detail Drawings; Interpreting a Detail Parallel Development; Miter Development; Radial Development; Extra
Drawing; Assembly Drawings; Orthographic Projections; Auxiliary Views; Metal for Assembly
Sections; Pictorial Drawings
Objectives
Objectives • Describe the difference among coils, strips, and sheet metal.
• Identify details, markings, and machine parts from an assembly • Describe how a ventilation system works.
drawing. • State the purpose of an arrow on a duct symbol.
• Identify an object from an orthographic drawing. • Demonstrate how to lay out a development.
• Identify elements located within the title block of a detail drawing. • Define a radial development of a truncated pyramid.
• Explain why more than one orthographic projection is needed to
show an object on a blueprint. Lesson 5: Building Drawings
Topics
Lesson 2: Machine Parts Using Building Drawings; Buildings and Building Sites; Symbols and
Topics Conventions; Plat, Site Floor Plans; Working Drawings
Six Simple Machines; Screw Threads; Drawings of Screw Threads; Screw
Thread Specifications; Heads; Rivets; Welds; Pins; Keys; Springs; Gears; Objectives
Bearings; Belts and Pulleys • Name building materials, given their standard symbols.
• Explain how to find useful information on a flow diagram.
Objectives • Explain how to find useful information on an industrial plat.
• Describe what a machine is, and explain what it does. • List the contents of a set of building drawings.
• Name the two basic methods of joining machine parts. • Describe the purpose of a structural drawing.
• Name and identify from an exhibit several types of threaded
fasteners. Lesson 6: Hydraulic and Pneumatic Drawings
• Name the two basic methods of permanent joining.
Topics
• Identify gears, bearings, and belt drives on drawings.
Fluid Systems; Pascal’s Law; Multiplying Forces; Pistons and Cylinders;
• Identify types of screw threads from a specification.
Fluid System Components; Hydraulic and Pneumatic Symbol
Lesson 3: Machine Drawings Objectives
Topics • Name the components represented by common symbols on
Understanding Machine Tools; Purpose of the Compound Rest; Exploded hydraulic and pneumatic drawings.
View; Assembly Drawing; Detail Drawing; Comparison with Photograph; • Name the components in a simple hydraulic power system.
Clutch-Brake Control Mechanism; Exploded View; Assembly Drawing; • Name the components in a simple pneumatic power system.
Headstock Linkage; Clutch-Operating System; Assembly Drawing; • State Pascal’s Law.
Drafting Techniques for Gear Trains; Reading the Assembly Drawing • Discuss the purposes of the components of hydraulic systems.

Objectives
Lesson 7: Piping and Plumbing Drawings
• Name the main parts of a lathe.
• State the definition of an exploded view. Topics
• Identify an assembly drawing. Importance of Piping Systems; Piping and Plumbing Materials; Kinds of
• Identify a compound rest swivel on an assembly drawing. Joints; Fittings; Drawings; Joining Metal Pipes
• Identify a specific part on an assembly drawing.
Objectives
• State the definition of piping.
• Explain why joints are sometimes brazed instead of soldered.
• Explain how to assemble a screwed joint.
• Identify different types of pipe joints.
• Identify piping-system components shown in a single-line
drawing.
• Define electrochemical corrosion.

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FUNDAMENTALS

Reading Blueprints
Lesson 8: Electrical Drawings Lesson 10: Sketching
Topics Topics
Importance of Electrical Drawings; Electric Power; Controlling Electricity; Using Sketches; Making Sketches; Kinds of Sketches; Orthographic
Electrical Drawings; Electrical Wiring; Using Electrical Drawings Sketches; Isometric Sketches; Perspective Sketches

Objectives Objectives
• Identify different electrical symbols on a drawing. • Name the four kinds of sketches.
• Identify the power distribution panels in your plant. • Identify an isometric sketch.
• Identify different types of conduit and cable. • Describe the appearance of a perspective drawing.
• Select the best electrical drawing to use when looking for a faulty • Discuss how to sketch straight lines and curved lines.
circuit between the basement and the first floor. • State the definition of a vanishing point.
• Explain how electricity at 480 volts is reduced by a transformer to
120/240 volts.
• Define the terms voltage, current, and power

Lesson 9: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Drawings


Topics
Principles of Refrigeration; Component Drawings; Principles of Air
Conditioning; Air-Conditioning Systems; A/C and R Operating Controls;
A/C and R Drawings

Objectives
• Explain how a refrigeration system works.
• Describe the types of ac controls.
• Name three kinds of condensers used in air conditioning systems.
• Explain the difference between unitary and central air-conditioning
equipment.
• Explain how to find useful information on a duct drawing.

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