Guides: Gas & Steam Pipefitting: Magazines and Sample Articles

Print Journals

PEM : Plant Engineering and Maintenance
PEM is Canada’s total reliability magazine for industrial engineers, plant operations and maintenance professionals.
HPAC : Heating Plumbing Air Conditioning Magazine
Canadian Contractor (Magazine)
Magazine for professional home renovators

E-journals

Propane Canada
The book is edited for the Canadian LP Gas industry and devotes its entire energies to the promotion and well-being of this segment of the oil and gas marketplace.
Industrial Heating (Magazine)
Covers changes in high temperature heat treating as they apply to metals, ceramics and composites.
Reeves Journal: Plumbing, Heating, Cooling.
Articles, review articles and commentary for plumbing, heating and cooling contractors and professionals. Design, materials, legal concerns, insurance, manufacturers and customers.
Plumbing & Mechanical (Online)
Plumbing & Mechanical serves plumbing, piping, hydronic heating and mechanical contractors who are active in new construction, modernization and repair/replacement services. Subjects covered include labor, merchandising, training, job-site management, plus product and installation technical material.

Magazine Articles Relating to Gas, Steam Fitting

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KIRMAN, P. E. (2013). WOMEN IN THE TRADES. Edmontonians, 24(1), 20-21.
When it comes to the trades, it isn’t just a man’s world anymore. More
and more women are becoming welders, pipefitters, plumbers, and
other fields that have traditionally been known as men’s jobs. However,
changing attitudes and needs in the work force are changing the face
of the trades.
Olsztynski, J. (2008, March). Selling Trade Careers. Plumbing & Mechanical. p. 96.
Stop the leaks before they stop your business.
The article discusses ways to reduce energy waste caused by leaks in compressed air, steam and water or faulty building insulation. Topics covered include the physical leaks in places like steam traps, valves and piping, the wasteful nature of water leaks, and the use of ultrasonic sensors to hear what the human err misses. Also mentioned are flow sensing and the Amprobe ULD-300 ultrasonic leak detector series from Fluke.
9 Points to Safe Steam Piping.
Methods for screening high-pressure piping systems typically encountered in industrial steam plants; Variations in piping designations; Regulations for welding on pipes, fittings, flanges and pressure vessels.
Gas cylinder setup and use
discusses the laboratory deployment of gas cylinders with appropriate pressure regulators, gas filtration, and gas fittings, as well as the question of cylinder

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Databases

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Canadian NewsStand - Provides access to Canadian daily and weekly newspapers with articles dating back to the early 1980s. Includes urban, rural and community publications from across the country.

Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA) - Provides coverage of science, the arts, law, lifestyles and academia from a Canadian perspective.

ABI/Inform - Provides comprehensive coverage of business topics, including: local and regional business news, professional business journals, scholarly research, trade and industry publications and more.

Building Green - Provides information designed to help building-industry professionals and policy makers improve the environmental performance, and reduce the adverse impacts, of buildings.

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