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Specification

Standards developed by ASTM and AWWA are applied to a variety of glass fiber pipe applications including conveyance of sanitary sewage, water, and industrial chemicals A thread common to all of these standards is that they are all performance based documents. This means that the required performance and testing of the pipe is specified AWWA C950.

ASTM

Currently, there are several ASTM Product Standards in use which apply to a variety of glass fiber pipe applications. All product standards apply to pipe with diameter ranges of 80mm to 3600 mm and require the flexible joints in this diameter range to withstand hydrostatic testing in configurations (per ASTM D4161 1 that simulate exaggerated in use conditions These standards include many tough qualification and quality control tests Fur a summary of the elements, see the table on page 14 of this brochure. Flowtite pipe is designed to meet all of these ASTM standards.

ISO Standards

Comprehensive International Organization for Standardization documents are currently being prepared.

Flowtite pipe is a glass fiber reinforced plastic pipe commonly abbreviated to GRP, GRP or fiberglass pipe. Within this product group falls RTR pipe reinforced thermosetting resin pipe and RPM pipe reinforced plastic mortar pipe. They are all glass fiber pipe.

AWWA C950

Guide Specification

Occasionally. circumstances exist whereby the preceding standards cannot be used and or preference is given to the development of a project specification To assist with this. AFL has available a Pipe Guide Specification for glass fiber pipe.

Listings

Please note that after undergoing vigourous tests Amiantit Fiberglass products have been approved by two major international bodies :

• National Sanitation Foundation transmission(NSF) /distribution of potable water
• Factory Mutual (FM)Research underground fire protection systems