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AS/NZS 1477:2017

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PVC pipes and fittings for pressure applications

Specifies requirements for PVC pipes and fittings for pressure applications for use below ground or above ground, where they are not exposed to direct sunlight.
Published: 01/06/2017
Pages: 33
Table of contents
Cited references
Content history
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Normative references
1.4 Definitions
1.5 Notation
1.6 Classification
2 General requirements
2.1 Scope of section
2.2 Composition
2.3 Dimensions
2.4 Colour
2.4.1 Series 1
2.4.2 Series 2
2.4.3 Recycled water
2.4.4 Sewer
2.4.5 Other colours
2.5 Freedom from defects
2.5.1 General
2.5.2 Cleanliness
2.5.3 Ends
2.6 Requirements for elastomeric jointing rings
2.7 Witness mark
2.8 Additional requirements for best environmental practice PVC pipes and fittings
3 Performance requirements
3.1 Scope of section
3.2 Common tests
3.2.1 Effect on water
3.2.2 Vinyl chloride monomer test
3.3 Pipe tests
3.3.1 Long-term hydrostatic pressure test
3.3.2 Impact characteristics at 20°C
3.3.3 Reversion test
3.3.4 High temperature test
3.3.5 Fracture toughness test (only applicable to pipes DN ≥80 and Tmin ≥4.0 mm)
3.3.6 Short-term hydrostatic pressure test
3.4 Fittings tests
3.4.1 Long-term tensile stress test
3.4.2 Tightening torque test
3.4.3 Short-term hydrostatic pressure test
3.4.4 High-temperature stress relief
3.5 Elastomeric seal joint tests
3.5.1 Joint hydrostatic test
3.5.2 Joint infiltration test
3.6 Testing summary
4 Pipes
4.1 Scope of section
4.2 Diameter and wall thickness
4.3 Length
4.3.1 Effective length
4.3.2 Spigoted and socketed pipe for elastomeric ring jointing
4.3.3 Spigoted and socketed pipe for solvent cement jointing
4.3.4 Plain-ended pipe
4.4 Pipe spigot ends
4.5 Sockets formed on pipes
4.5.1 Tolerances
4.5.2 Series 1 pipe for solvent cement jointing
4.5.3 Pipes for elastomeric seal jointing
4.5.4 Deflection of sockets
4.6 Marking
4.7 Storage and transport
5 Moulded fittings
5.1 Scope of section
5.2 Dimensions
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Spigot ends on moulded fittings
5.2.3 Sockets on moulded fittings
5.2.3.1 Socket length of fittings for solvent cement jointing
5.2.3.2 Socket taper for interference fit tapered sockets for solvent cement jointing
5.2.3.3 Sockets on fittings for elastomeric seal joints
5.2.3.4 Socket taper for non-interference fit parallel sockets for solvent cement jointing
5.3 Wall thickness
5.3.1 Minimum thickness
5.3.2 Special fittings of varying, tapered or non circular cross-section
5.4 Threaded fittings
5.4.1 General
5.4.2 Fastening pipe threads
5.4.3 Sealing pipe threads
5.5 Marking
5.5.1 General
5.5.2 Additional marking for parallel sockets
6 Post-formed bends and couplings
6.1 Scope of section
6.2 Requirements
6.3 Sockets
6.4 Marking
7 Elastomeric seal joints
7.1 Scope of section
7.2 Joint design
7.3 Wall thickness
7.4 Socket depth
Appendix A
A1 Scope
A2 Relevance
A3 Definitions
A3.1 Acceptable quality level (AQL)
A3.2 Batch
A3.3 Batch release test (BRT)
A3.4 Inspection level
A3.5 Lot
A3.6 Material batch or compound batch
A3.7 New formulation
A3.8 Production batch
A3.9 Process verification test (PVT)
A3.10 Sample
A3.11 Sampling plan
A3.12 Type test (TT)
A4 Minimum sampling and testing frequency plan
A4.1 General
A4.2 Testing
A4.3 Retesting
A4.4 Rejection after retest
A5 New formulation
[Appendix deleted.]
Bibliography
Amendment control sheet
AS/NZS 1477:2017
Amendment No. 1 (2024)
Correction amendment
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Conformity assessment — Supplier’s declaration of conformity, Part 1: General requirements
[Superseded]
National Plumbing and Drainage Code, Part 0: Glossary of terms
[Current]
Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes, Part 1: Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection
[Current]
Elastomeric seals for waterworks purposes
[Current]
Pipe threads of Whitworth form, Part 2: Fastening pipe threads
Content history
[Superseded]
DR AS/NZS 1477:2016

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