USER’S Guide PIPE TRADES Pro ™ Advanced Pipe Trades Math Calculator Model 4095 UG4095E-A.
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Pipe Trades Pro™ The Pipe Trades Pro™ Advanced Pipe Trades Math Calculator has been specifically designed for today’s pipe trade professionals. No matter what Pipe Trade you work in, you'll find it easy to use, fast, accurate, and reliable. Quickly calculate Offsets, Rolling Offsets, and Cutbacks. Immediately access Pipe Material and Type data, and Pipe Size dimensions. The Pipe Trades Pro will help you on the jobsite or in the office.
Table of contents GETTING STARTED................................................................. 4 Order of Operations............................................................... 4 Using Parentheses................................................................. 4 KEY DEFINITIONS.................................................................... 5 Basic Function Keys................................................................ 5 Dimensional Function Keys............................................
USING THE PIPE TRADES PRO.............................................19 Pipe Material Key.................................................................. 20 Pipe Size Key........................................................................ 21 Simple Offset........................................................................ 22 Concentric Pipe Bend Cutback............................................. 23 Rolling Offset........................................................................
Getting started You may want to practice getting a feel for your calculator keys by reading through the key definitions and learning how to enter basic feet-inch-fractions and metric, how to store values in Memory, etc., before proceeding to the examples. Order of Operations Unlike other Calculated Industries calculators, which use the Chaining Method of Operations, this calculator uses the Order of Operation Method.
1) First parenthesis level opened – press for one rightsided parenthesis. 2) Second level opened – press a second time for two right-sided parentheses . 3) Third level opened – press a third time for three rightsided parentheses . 4) Fourth level opened – press a fourth time for four rightsided parentheses . Numbers of levels greater than four are shown in the upper left corner of the display. key definitions Basic Function Keys On/Clear Key – Turns on power.
Accumulative Memory – Adds value to Accumulative Memory. (M-) – Subtracts value from Accumulative Memory. Dimensional Function Keys Feet – Enters or converts to feet as whole or decimal numbers. Also used with and keys for entering feet-inch values (e.g., ). Repeated presses during conversions toggle between fractional feet-inch and decimal feet. Inch – Enters or converts to inches. Entry can be whole or decimal numbers.
Weight/Volume Functions Weight/Volume – Stores a new weight volume as pounds per cubic feet or other format as shown below. Default value is 62.42796 pounds per cubic foot of water (1000 kG/m3). ● LB per CU FEET ● LB Per CU INCH ● LB per GAL ● Kg PER CU M ● kG per liter 7 Pounds (lbs) – Enters or converts a weight or volume value to pounds. Kilograms (kg) – Enters or converts a weight or volume value to kilograms. Circle Key Enters diameter and calculates circle area and circumference.
(%Grade) Used to enter or solve Percent Grade. Calculates Percent Grade based on entered Offset and Run or Slope. Enters, calculates or stores the Offset (Rise). Enters or calculates the Run. Enters or calculates the Travel (Diagonal). Defines the Pipe Material. (Steel, Stainless Steel, Brass, Aluminum, Cast Iron, PVC or Copper). Enters the nominal Pipe Size and provides data pertaining to the entered size. Defines the Pipe Type based on Pipe Material.
π (3.141593) Displays value of (1/x) Reciprocal – Finds the reciprocal of a number (e.g., 0.125). (+/–) Toggle displayed value between minus and plus value Clear All – Returns all stored values to the default settings. (Does not affect Preference settings.
(repeats options) FRAC 0 1/2 INCH FRAC 0 1/4 INCH FRAC 0 1/8 INCH FRAC 0 1/16 INCH Second press of : (Area displays) (repeats options) AREA Std. AREA 0. SQ FEET AREA 0. SQ INCH AREA 0. SQ M Std. Third press of : (Volume displays) (repeats options) Fourth press of : (Meter Linear displays) (floating point) (repeats options) Fifth press of : (Decimal Degree displays) (floating point) (repeats options) VOL Std. VOL 0. CU FEET VOL 0. CU M VOL Std. METR 0.
entering dimensions Linear Dimensions When entering feet-inch values, enter dimensions from largest to smallest — feet before inches, inches before fractions. Enter fractions by entering the numerator (top number), pressing (Fraction Bar key) and then the denominator (bottom number). Note: If a denominator is not entered, the fractional setting value is used. Examples of how linear dimensions are entered (press after each entry): DIMENSIONS 5 feet 5 feet, 1 ½ inches 17.
KEYSTROKES * * (mm) DISPLAY 10 FEET 6 INCH 10.5 FEET 126. INCH 3.200 M 3200.4 MM *Repeated presses of or will toggle between feet-inchfractions and decimal feet or inches. Volume Conversions Enter 8.5 gallons and convert to liters. KEYSTROKES DISPLAY 0. GAL 8.5 LITR 32.176 Weight/Volume Conversions Convert 20 pounds to kilograms: KEYSTROKE 20 7 (Pounds) (Kilograms) DISPLAY 0. 20 LB 9.071847 kG Convert 5 cubic feet of water to pounds.
Convert a cubic meter of concrete to pounds. The concrete weighs 111 lbs per cubic foot. KEYSTROKE 111 * (Wt/Vol) 1 7 (Pounds) DISPLAY 0. 111 LB Per CU FEET 1 CU M 3919.928 LB ALL CLEARED *Restores default weight conversion to the weight of water (62.42796 lbs Per Cubic Foot) Temperature Conversions Enter a temperature value, then Fahrenheit or Celsius, respectively. followed by or for Convert 78 °F to a °C temperature. KEYSTROKES (°F) (ºC) DISPLAY 0. 78 ºF 25.
KEYSTROKES DISPLAY 0. CFS 47 L/S 1330.892 CFM 2820. GPM 21095.07 (cfs) (l/s) (cfm) (gpm) BASIC MATH OPERATIONS Adding and Subtracting Strings of Dimensions Add the following measurements: • 6 feet 2-1/2 inches • 11 feet 5-1/4 inches • 18.25 inches Then subtract 2-1/8 Inches.
KEYSTROKES DISPLAY 52. Divide 20 feet 3 inches by 9: KEYSTROKES DISPLAY 2 FEET 3 INCH PERCENTAGE CALCULATIONS The keys can be used for finding a given percent of a number or for working add-on, discount or division percentage calculations. It can be used with any type of number, in any dimension (feet, inch, millimeter, etc.) and any type of convention (non-dimensioned, linear, square or cubic). Calculating Percentages Find 18% of 500 feet: KEYSTROKES DISPLAY 0.
memory operation Whenever the key is pressed, the displayed value will be added to the Memory. Other memory functions: FUNCTION KEYSTROKES Add to Memory Subtract from Memory Recall total in Memory Display/Clear Memory Clear Memory Memory is semi-permanent, clearing only when you: 1) turn off the calculator; 2) press ;; 3) press ;; 4) press (Clear All).
Using Memory Storage Keys (M1 - M9) In addition to the standard cumulative Memory (as previously described), your calculator has nine independent Storage Registers – M1 through M9 – that can be used to permanently store single, noncumulative values. The following example shows the use of M1 ( ). To use M2 - M9, replace the presses of the key with presses of the corresponding number key ( - ).
Paperless Tape Function — Normal Mathematics 1. Enter a string of numbers: KEYSTROKES 6 7 DISPLAY 0. 4 FEET 0 INCH 9 FEET 0 INCH 15 FEET 0 INCH 22 FEET 0 INCH 2. Access the Tape function: TTL= 22 FEET 0 INCH 3. Scroll from first value and total: 01 4 FEET 0 INCH 02+ 5 FEET 0 INCH 03+ 6 FEET 0 INCH 04+ 7 FEET 0 INCH TTL= 22 FEET 0 INCH 4. Scroll to last two values: 5.
KEYSTROKES DISPLAY Store the unit cost of the pipes needed: 0. COST Per 3.21 Enter the number required: 12 Calculate total cost: (Cost) TTL$ 38.52 You can then quickly calculate costs for a different number of the same item. KEYSTROKES DISPLAY (Cost) 0. 17. TTL$ 54.57 You can also find costs of different items on the fly without overwriting your stored unit cost. Determine the cost of 17 fittings at $2.
Pipe Material Key The Pipe Material key lets you choose a pipe material, which defines the available sizes and surface roughness used by the calculator. See Appendix A on page 33 for more information. The default material for the Pipe Trades Pro is Steel, but the user can choose from material types as shown. KEYSTROKES (Steel) (Stainless Steel) (Brass) (Aluminum) (Cast Iron) (Plastic) (Copper) DISPLAY 0. MATL STEEL MATL S.
You can also directly enter a Pipe Type, e.g., Schedule 80, by entering a number corresponding to the pipe type. KEYSTROKES DISPLAY 0. MATL PLASTIC Type 80 PLASTIC Pipe Size Key When you have chosen a Pipe Material and Type and then enter Pipe Size, the pipe data will be displayed. For this example we are using 3" Steel, Schedule 80 pipe. KEYSTROKES 1. Choose the Pipe Material: DISPLAY 0. MATL STEEL 2. Enter the Pipe Type: Type 80 STEEL 3. Enter the Pipe Size: 3 INCH 4.
Simple Offset Find the cut length for a pipe that has a 24" Run and 45° simple offset. Example assumes a 6" 45° butt weld elbow with a take out of 3 3/4" and a welder’s gap of 3/32." r’s de el W ut h C ngt Le s ap G . O T. O T. . 24˝ 45º SIMPLE OFFSET 24˝ Run l ve a Tr T.O. = Take Out KEYSTROKE DISPLAY 0. 1. Enter Run: RUN 24 INCH 2. Enter bend angle: 5 /Ø 45.00° 3. Find the Travel: 33 15/16 INCH 4.
Concentric Pipe Bend Cutback Find the pipe Cutback when you are running pipes through a 45º bend with a 10" offset. 10” 45º CUTBACK KEYSTROKES 1. Enter the bend angle: 2. Enter the Offset: 3. Calculate the Cutback: DISPLAY 0. /Ø 45.00 º OFST 10 INCH CUT 4 1/8 INCH Rolling Offset The components of rolling offset calculations sometimes have different names in different geographic regions and in different trades. ● Roll – the horizontal component of a rolling offset.
be known as “rise” or “set”. ● Bend – the bend angle, also known as “fitting angle” or “angle of turn”. Note: If an angle is not entered, or if the angle is set to 0 degrees, the fitting angle is assumed to be 90º. LEN OFFSET GTH Calculate Pipe Length for a Rolling Offset with a 4" Roll, 5" Offset and a 45º Fitting Angle. ROL L BEND KEYSTROKES SE K AC TB DISPLAY 0. 1. Enter the Fitting Angle: 2. Enter the Offset (Height): /Ø 45.00 º OFST 5 INCH 3.
(setback) STBK 6-3/8 INCH BEND 45.00 º OFST 5 INCH ROLL 4 INCH Calculating Drop If a pipe Run requires 1/8" drop per foot for drainage, how much total drop is required for a 25' Run? KEYSTROKES DISPLAY 0. 1. Enter the Slope (Drop): SLP 0 1/8 INCH 2. Calculate the total drop (Offset): OFST 0 FEET 3 - 1/8 INCH Find the slope of a pipe Run if it drops 6 inches over 50 feet. What is its Angle and Percent Grade? KEYSTROKES 1. Enter the Run: 2.
Calculating Flow Rate If you know the Area and Velocity, you can calculate the Flow Rate. For this example, the velocity is 5 feet per second, and the Area is 1.8 square inches. KEYSTROKES DISPLAY ALL CLEArEd 1. Enter the Velocity: FPS 5 (Velocity) 2. Enter the Area: (Area) AREA 1.8 SQ INCH 3. Calculate Flow Rate (default is Gallons per Minute): (Flow) GPM 28.05195 4.
KEYSTROKES DISPLAY (Gallons per Minute) (Cubic Feet per Minute) 5 (Cubic Feet per Second) 2 (Liters per Second) ALL CLEARED GPM 5 CFM 0.668403 CFS 0.01114 L/S 0.315451 Velocity You can enter a known Velocity, calculate Velocity and convert between different units of Velocity. If you know the Flow and Area, you can calculate Velocity and then convert to other Velocity units. The default is feet per second (FPS).
If you clear the calculator, you will only recall the last unit shown. KEYSTROKES DISPLAY 0. M/S 0. If you know the velocity, you can convert to other dimensional units. KEYSTROKES (feet per second) (feet per minute) (meters per second) DISPLAY ALL CLEARED FPS 5. FPS 5. FPM 300. M/S 1.524 Pressure Loss If you know Flow/Velocity, Pipe Size and Length, you can calculate Pressure Loss. If no Run (Length) is entered, Pressure Loss per foot is calculated.
PSI PER FEET 0.000205 REY 6120.09 PSF PER FEET 0.029469 inHG PER FEET 0.000417 HEAD PER FEET 0.000472 BAR PER FEET 0.000014 KPA PER FEET 0.001411 PSI PER FEET 0.000205 Using values above, add the Run (Length) to calculate the Pressure Loss over the length of the pipe. KEYSTROKES 50 Calculate Pressure Loss DISPLAY RUN 50 FEET 0 INCH PSI 0.010232 REY 6120.09 PSF 1.47346 inHG 0.020833 HEAD 0.023603 BAR 0.000705 KPA 0.07055 PSI 0.
Pressure/Force If you know the Force and Area, you can calculate Pressure and convert the solution to different units of Pressure. For this example the Force is 100 lbf and the Area is 2 square inches. KEYSTROKES 1. Enter the Force: 100 (Force) 2. Enter the Area: 2 (Area) 3. Calculate Pressure: DISPLAY ALL CLEARED LBF 100. AREA 2 SQ INCH PSI 50. PSF 7200. inHG 101.801 HEAD 115.3329 BAR 3.447379 KPA 344.7379 PSI 50.
Pipe Capacity How many gallons of water will a 20' long 6" pipe hold? KEYSTROKE DISPLAY 0. 1. Enter the Pipe Size: 6 2. Find the Area: 3. Multiply by the Pipe length: 4. Find the Pipe capacity: 8 STD SIZE 6 INCH AREA 28.89026 SQ INCH 4.012536 CU FEET GAL 30.01586 Weight of Filled Pipe Find the weight of a 10 foot length of 6 inch Type 5 stainless steel pipe filled with water: KEYSTROKE 1. Choose the Pipe Material: DISPLAY 0. MATL S.STEEL 2.
5. Find the weight of the filled 10' length of pipe: 217.1418 LB Find the weight of the same length of pipe filled, with ethanol (one gallon of ethanol weighs 6.59 lbs.) Do not clear previous keystrokes. KEYSTROKE DISPLAY 1. Enter the weight of one gallon of ethanol: 6 LB/G 6.59 2. Find weight of one foot of ethanol-filled pipe: (7 times) FILL SIZE 18.77419 LB Per FEET 3. Find the weight of the filled 10' length of pipe: 187.
KEYSTROKES DISPLAY 0. DIA 25 INCH AREA 490.8739 SQ INCH CIRC 78-9/16 INCH appendix A – Pipe Material, Pipe Type And Data Tables After selecting a Pipe material, you can select Pipe Types for that material and get data for each type, including Outside Diameter, Internal Diameter, Wall Thickness, Pipe Weight per Foot, Filled Weight per Foot, and Internal Area.
Type L, Type K, Type M, Type DWV, Medical Type L, Medical Type K, ACR-Annealed, ACR-Drawn Steel, Brass, Aluminum, Cast Iron Schedules: Std, 40, 60; XS, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160; XSS, 10, 20, 30 appendix B – Default Settings After a Clear All ( following settings: ), your calculator will return to the Stored Values Material Pipe Type Weight to Volume Default Value STEEL Std 62.
following settings (in addition to those listed on the previous page): *Depressing the Reset button located above the will also perform a Full Reset. Asterisks below indicate default values. Preference Options 1) Fractional Resolution – *1/16 (displays fractional values to the nearest 16th of an Inch) – 1/32 – 1/64 – 1/2 – 1/4 – 1/8 2) Area Display Format – *Standard (if units entered are the same—e.g.
displayed in Cubic Feet, regardless of unit entry — e.g., Inches x Inches x Inches = Cubic Feet) – Cubic Meters (vol. answers always displayed in Cubic Meters, regardless of unit entry — e.g., Feet x Feet x Feet = Cubic Meters) 4) Meter Linear Display – *0.000 (linear Meter answers are always displayed to third decimal place) – FLOAt (linear Meter answers are displayed to the maximum number of decimal places — e.g., 1.2345 M + 2.56 M = 3.7945 M) 5) Decimal Degree Display – *0.
Access each category by pressing the key until you reach the desired setting. Within each category, press the or keys to toggle between individual selections. Press to exit and set your Preference. Note: Press to advance and press to back up. Pressing the key continuously in this mode will cycle through all of the Preference Settings. You may change these settings at any time by repeating the above, and setting in a new preference.
(Volume displays) (repeats options) VOL Std. VOL 0. CU FEET VOL 0. CU M VOL Std. Fourth press of : (Meter Linear displays) (floating point) (repeats options) METR 0.000 M METR FLOAt M METR 0.000 M Fifth press of : (Decimal Degree displays) (floating point) (repeats options) DEG 0.00º DEG FLOAt DEG 0.00º Sixth press of : (Fractional mode) (repeats options) FRAC Std. FRAC COnSt. FRAC Std.
For water properties: Viscosity = 0.
Errors — When an incorrect entry is made, or the answer is beyond the range of the calculator, it will display the word “ERROR.” To clear an error condition you must hit the button once. At this point you must determine what caused the error and re-key the problem.
Battery Replacement Instructions To replace the batteries, slide open the battery door (at top backside of unit) and replace with new batteries. Make sure the batteries are facing positive side up. RESET If your calculator should ever “lock up”, insert the tip of a paperclip into the small Reset hole located above the A – to perform a total reset. key User’s Guide — 41 UG4095E-A.
appendix G – Formulas AREA FORMULAS 42 — Pipe Trades Pro™ UG4095E-A.
SURFACE AREA/VOLUME FORMULAS User’s Guide — 43 UG4095E-A.
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FCC Class B This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a Class B calculating device, pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC rules. Legal Notes Software copyrighted and licensed to Calculated Industries by Construction Master Technologies, LLC, 2009. User’s Guide copyrighted by Calculated Industries, Inc., 2009. Pipe Trades Pro™ is trademarked and Calculated Industries® is a registered trademark of Calculated Industries, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Designed in the U.S.A.
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