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The Instrument Bench — reference

Tables, formulas, and the code map.

The reference bench a working engineer keeps within reach — searchable, exam-honest, and free to use. On exam day you'll use the real code books; here you build the lookup-and-apply skill.

Search by pressure, component, or code number

Property tables
Property tables 3
Formulas
Formulas 8
Code references
Code references 7

Drawer 01

Property tables

3 entries

Original tables from the public-domain IAPWS-IF97 standard — practise the lookup-and-interpolate skill you will use on exam day.

Drawer 02

Formula reference

8 entries

Every formula with its variables, units, and the exam trap to watch for.

Drawer 03

Where to find it in the codes

7 entries

Original navigational maps of the CSA/ASME landscape — which code, which section, and how to use it. We never reproduce the code text itself.

Working calculators

Each calculator shows its work step by step — the worked-example walkthrough, not just an answer — and hands you straight into a drill on the same concept. The first is live now; the rest are in the forge.

Live calculator

Steam-table interpolator

Read a property between two printed rows — the exact skill you use on exam day. It shows every step of the arithmetic, then hands you into a drill.

Table covers 100–2000 kPa.

Next off the bench

In the forge — soon
Calculator

Boiler efficiency

Output over input, with the show-the-work walkthrough

Calculator

Combustion & excess air

Air-fuel ratios and stack-loss checks

Calculator

PRV capacity

Relief sizing against Napier's rule

Calculator

Refrigeration COP & tonnage

Cycle performance from the R-134a table

Calculator

Pump head & NPSH

Suction-side safety margins

Jurisdiction & certification navigator

Pick your province — ABSA, TSSA, Technical Safety BC, TSASK, or Manitoba — and get the booking process, certificate ladder, and reference-code editions for your exact regulator. In the forge now; until it lands, your provincial regulator’s official site is the authoritative source for fees and sitting dates.

Questions about your jurisdiction? Ask us

Our own original tables, formulas, and code maps. Physical constants are public-domain thermodynamic facts (IAPWS-IF97); we never reproduce CSA/ASME text. On exam day you’ll use the actual code books — this bench trains the skill of finding and applying what they contain.

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