TECHVOC

EDUCATION
Special Program for Technical Vocational Education (SPTVE)
8
English – Grade 8
Quarter 1 – Module 2: IDENTIFY TOOLS & EQUIPMENT NEEDED IN RAC
First Edition, 2020

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 TECHVOC
EDUCATION
8
Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module 2
IDENTIFY TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
NEEDED IN RAC
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Technology – Grade 8 Self-Learning

Module on IDENTIFY TOOLS & EQUIPMENT NEEDED IN RAC!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators
from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its Officer-in-Charge Schools Division
Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A. Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig
through its mayor, Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the
K to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in developing this
instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st
century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical
Thinking, and Character while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that will
help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You
also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own
learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks
included in the module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Technology – Grade 8 Self-

Learning Module on IDENTIFY TOOLS & EQUIPMENT NEEDED IN RAC!
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for
guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process
the contents of the learning material while being an active learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills that you
will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts and skills
that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and application of

the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the entire
module.
 EXPECTATIONS

Upon completion of this lesson, you are expected to:

• Identify different tools & equipment used in RAC works.
• Classify different materials according to its uses and functions.
 PRETEST

Directions: Read the question carefully, for each item choose the letter of the correct
answer. Write all your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Which tools are used to enlarge the end of the tubing to make a flared fitting?
a. Bending tools b. Cutting tools
c. Flaring tools d. Swaging tools
2. The tubing to be swaged is clamped in
a. Bench vise b. Flaring block
c. Pliers d. Vise grip
3. Which tools are used to enlarge the end of the copper tubing so that the two pieces of
the same diameter are joined without fitting?
a. Bending tools b. Cutting tools
c. Flaring tools d. Swaging tools
4. The hand tools used to tighten and loosen the flared fittings are called
a. Flaring tools b. Pliers
c. Vise grip d. Wrenches
5. What is a portable fuel gas based on a stabilized mixture of methylacetylene and
propadiene gas used in silver brazing?
a. Blow torch b. Mapp gas
c. Oxy-acetylene d. Soldering iron
6. What is an excellent heat source for silver brazing?
a. Blow torch b. Electric stove
c. Oxy-acetylene d. Soldering iron
7. What tool is used for tightening or loosening screws in extremely
closed places?

a. Offset b. Flat screw

c. Stubby d. Torx head
 8. A wrench with a flat interior surface so that it is less likely to slip off when
working with hex head bolts, nuts, or screws.
a. Box wrench b. Combination
c. Flat nut d. Open end
9. A tool used for holding or turning a part of joints
a. Long nose b. Pinch-off
c. Slip groove d. Slip joint

10. It is made of plastic or rubber, raw hide, or material that will not break when being
hammered.
a. claw b. mallet
c. sledge d. soft face

RECAP

Enumerate at least 5 different kinds of refrigeration tubing.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
 LESSON 2

A. Hand Tools
A tool manipulated by hand without electricity or other power.
Classification of hand tools:
Types of Screwdrivers and their uses
a. Standard slot. For turning with a slot-head bolts screws

b. Philips. For turning with Philips-head bolts screws

c. Clutch head. For turning with a clutch head bolts and screws.

d. Torx head. For turning with a torx bolts, and screws.

 e. Stub. For tightening or loosening screw in places where a longer blade will not fit
especially in narrow places.

f. Offset. For tightening or loosening screw in extremely close places

Types of Wrenches and their uses

a. Open end. Used for working with hex-head bolts, nuts, or screws.

b. Box end. A wrench with flat interior surfaces so that it is less likely to slip off when
working with hex-head bolts, nuts, or screws when added torque is applied

c. Combination. A wrench with an open end and a box end. It is designed for the
convenience of an operator who may need an open end for speed tightening and
loosening while the box end is use for adding torque.

d. Adjustable open end. For working with hex-head bolts, nuts, and screws of various
sizes.
 e. Pipe wrench. For working with pipe, pipe fittings, and other rounded surfaces.

f. Flare nut. For working with hex-head nuts, bolts, or screws, the open end permits the
wrench to slip over tubing

Types of Pliers and their uses

a. Slip joint. For holding or turning a part where surface marring is not a problem.

b. Slip groove. For use on wider surface and where more leverage may be required.

c. Long nose. For holding small nuts, screws, or for reaching hard to reach places.
 d. Diagonal cutter. For cutting wire only.

e. Lineman Plier. Linesman pliers is an electrician's do-it-all tool. It has a squared-off end
that is great for twisting wires together, a center cutting blade for trimming wire, and a
grip area between the handles for pulling wire.

f. Self-Locking Pliers. For working where tight grip is needed, also locks in place to free
operator to use another tool.

g. Pinch-off wrench. A tool designed especially to crimp refrigeration tubing to prevent

loss of refrigerant when a tube is being soldered or brazed.

Types of Hammer and their uses

a. Ball peen. For hammering metal tools such as punches and chisels
 b. Soft face. Made of plastic, rawhide or material that will not mar or break other tools or
materials being hammered

c. Sledge. Made with a heavy steel head and a long handle for breaking or pounding with
substantial force.

d. Claw. driving or pulling nails.

Punches, Chisels, Bars

a. Pin punch. For driving both straight and tapered pins into or out of hubs or shafts.

b. Centre punch. For indenting metal to safely start a drill.

c. Flat chisel. For cutting off bolt heads or splitting nuts.

d. Pry bar. For a variety of jobs, but generally for prying equipment into alignment.
 e. Scratch awl. For making on metal, making screw holes in sheet metal, and for aligning
screw holes.

Types of Files and their uses

a. Flat. For smoothing metal surfaces smooth; the surface is double-cut to help promote
even application.

b. Half round. For fitting rounded surfaces.

c. Round. For smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; because of the tapered end, they are
often called “rat-tail” files.

d. Point. For cleaning up damaged threads or other “fine” work; sometimes called a “saw”
file.
 e. Tree-cornered tile. For working in tight places and “fine” finish work.

Socket and their uses

a. Ratchet handle. A drive handle socket that fits on so that tightening or loosening motion
can be limited to a short back and forth motion.

b. Socket. A device that snaps onto a ratchet handle so the device can be used to work on
hex-head bolts or nuts.

c. Deep socket. A device that snaps on to a ratchet handle so the device can be used to
work on hex-head bolts or nuts that are in recessed places that a regular socket cannot
reach.

d. Hinge handle. A type of drive handle used when higher tongue is needed to tighten or
loosen a bolt.

e. Extension. A rod that extends from the socket to the handle to extend the socket into
hard-to-reach places.
 f. Torque wrench. Used to tighten hex-head bolts and nuts to specified limits.

g. Speed handle. A drive operated with both hands so that an operator can loosen or
tighten nuts and bolts quick

h. Universal joint. A device that fits between a handle and a socket to permit the socket
to be turned to any one of several angles and to facilitate hard-to-reach nuts and bolts.

Tubing Tools and their uses

a. Tube cutter. For smoothly cutting tubing with opposing cutting wheels that are slowly
tightened by a ratchet-like control as the cutter is turned around.

b. Flaring block. For holding tubing according to its size so that it can be flared.
c. Flaring yoke. For forcing a 45o cone into the end of a copper tube being held in a flaring
block.

d. Tubing reamer. For cleaning burrs inside the tubing that has been cut; it is often built
into a tubing cutter.

e. Double flare punch. For used with a flaring block to bend tubing back and force it
down and roll it into the open tubing end to make a tube with double thickness.

f. Swage punch. For enlarging the end cut tubing so that another tube size can be placed
into the tubing and soldered

g. Tube bender (Lever type). For bending tube in such a way that the tubing will retain its
rounded shape and not flatten out at the point of the bend
 h. Tube bender (spring type). For placement over the outside of tubing to keep the tubing
from collapsing while it is being bent.

Other Hand Tools and Their Uses

a. Wire stripper. For removing insulation from electrical wires without damaging the
wires

b. Drop light. Used to provide light for dark or poorly-lit work areas; these frequently
have an electrical outlet in the handle, but because they are made of small-gauge wire,
they should not be used to power appliances such as refrigerators

c. Oil can. Has a long, flexible spout to reach hard-to-reach places, a cap to prevent oil
from dripping out

d. Hacksaw. For cutting metals in installation and service work, but not recommended for
cutting refrigeration tubing because the fittings can contaminate a system.
B. Equipment
The essential items used for a particular purpose.

a. Manifold Gauge. is chamber device that is used to control the flows of pressure or gases.
The manifold gauge set and interpret the pressures of the refrigeration & air-
conditioning system as it operates.

b. Mapp Gas Torch. Gas torches are devices that burn gases to produce extremely hot
flames for welding, cutting and other applications.

c. Mapp Gas. A fuel gas based on a stabilized mixture of methylacetylene (propyne) and
propadiene when connected to the torch, it can be used to silver brazed the tubing
system of refrigeration & air-conditioning.

d. Blow Torch- This is a brazing device that is operated by pressure and gasoline fuel.
This is used when silver brazing the tubing.

e. Oxy acetylene. The welding kit that need to be mastered by a RAC technicians because
the silver brazing process is done easily, fast and accurate.
f. Vacuum Pump- This equipment is used to remove the vapor, gases, and fluids in the
refrigerating system. It is allowed to run continuously for some time while a deep
vacuum is drawn on the system.

g. Service Tank. This is used to store refrigerants. It is made from steel material and is
leak proof.

h. Recovery Machine. This is advance equipment that is used to transfer the refrigerant to
a disposable or transferable cylinder.

i. Electronic Leak Detector- A leak testing instrument that use to detect the leak in
refrigeration system. It is useful when leaks cannot be detected with the used of hearing
method and soap suds, and with the application of fluorescent gas leak detector.
 ACTIVITIES

WORD SEARCH: Find & Encircle the word given below.

RAC Tools & Equiment

E L R V S F P N I D J R F C R

P K X E Z W A I F P E Z L C E

M W O I I C A M R D Z A L R I

U A O Y L L Y G N G W D E N L

P S S I G Q P E E H E I D V P

M K O I M N B E A P L S O S S

U C H W A E I M S P U S I E N

U A R J B T M R L O H N Y V A

C H Y U W E O A A Q N P C B M

A Z T P R H N M E L U G Q H E

V W E Y D O Y N E W F S N Q N

E G U A G D L O F I N A M O I

C Q M A P P G A S T O R C H L

D I I K C O L B G N I R A L F

A D T U B E C U T T E R Y Z R

CLAWHAMMER DIAGONALPLIER FLARINGBLOCK

FLARINGYOKE HACKSAW LINEMANSPLIER
LONGNOSEPLIER MANIFOLDGAUGE MAPPGASTORCH
OILCAN SWAGEPUNCH TUBEBENDER
TUBECUTTER VACUUMPUMP VISEGRIP
 WRAP-UP

Directions: Write down your response on the questions in each box by completing the sentence.

VALUING

We study the different tools & equipment of refrigeration & air-conditioning and its
uses.
1. Why it is important to learn the tools & equipment in Refrigeration & Air-
conditioning?
2. How it will help us by learning the different RAC tools & equipment when we
become a ref. & Aircon technician?
 POSTTEST

I. Directions: Identify the following materials and tools. Write the correct answer on a
separate sheet of paper.

Tools & Equipment

1______________ 2_______________ 3 _______________ 4_______________

5_______________ 6 ______________ 7_______________ 8______________

9_______________ 10______________
 Activity 2.1
Pre Test Post Test
1. C 1. Vacuum pump
2. B 2. Longnose plier
3. D 3. Recovery machine
4. D 4. Manifold gauge
5. B 5. Claw hammer
6. C 6. Self-locking plier
7. A 7. Tube cutter
8. A 8. Service tank
9. D 9. Flaring yoke
10. D 10. Mapp gas torch
KEY TO CORRECTION
 References
Competency-Based Learning Materials (Second year)
Garupa, Melchor, Window type air conditioning specialist book 3 and 4, 1996
Competency-based learning material second year
K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum Technology and Livelihood Education
Learning Module
K to 12 Basic Education Program Learning Materials
Internet websites. (research)
o Http://www.manuals.us
o Http://www.safetysigns.com