• BS 4772:1988

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    Specification for ductile iron pipes and fittings

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  15-04-1995

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  29-04-1988

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Committees responsible
    Specification
    Section one. General
    1.1 Scope
         1.1.1 General
         1.1.2 Pipes
         1.1.3 Fittings
    1.2 Definitions
    1.3 Materials
         1.3.1 General
         1.3.2 Effect of non-metallic materials on water
                 quality
    1.4 Class designations and calculation of wall
         thicknesses of pipes and fittings
         1.4.1 Class designations
         1.4.2 Calculation of wall thicknesses of pipes and
                 fittings
    1.5 Manufacturer's certificate
    Section two. Materials, properties and dimensions
    2.1 Pipes and fittings
         2.1.1 Pipes
         2.1.2 Fittings
                 2.1.2.1 Group I fittings
                 2.1.2.2 Group II fittings
                 2.1.2.3 Maximum hydraulic working pressure
    2.2 Requirements for works pressure test
         2.2.1 Hydrostatic pressure
         2.2.2 Air test
    2.3 Types of joint
         2.3.1 Flanged joints
                 2.3.1.1 General
                 2.3.1.2 Flange faces
                 2.3.1.3 Bolt holes
                 2.3.1.4 Angular displacement of bolt holes
                 2.3.1.5 Screwed-on flanges
                 2.3.1.6 Welded-on flanges
         2.3.2 Requirements for type test for screwed-on and
                 welded-on flanges
                 2.3.2.1 General
                 2.3.2.2 Type test groupings
         2.3.3 Bolting of flanged joints
         2.3.4 Gaskets
                 2.3.4.1 Gaskets materials
                 2.3.4.2 Gaskets for flexible joints
                 2.3.4.3 Gaskets for flanged joints
    2.4 Marking
         2.4.1 Marking of pipes
         2.4.2 Marking of fittings
                 2.4.2.1 Marking of group I fittings
                 2.4.2.2 Marking of group II fittings
    2.5 Mechanical properties
         2.5.1 Requirements
         2.5.2 Verification procedures
                 2.5.2.1 General
                 2.5.2.2 Alternate methods of verification of
                          mechanical properties
    2.6 Hardness
    2.7 Heat treatment
         2.7.1 Pipes
         2.7.2 Fittings
    2.8 Condition of pipes and fittings
         2.8.1 Defects
                 2.8.1.1 Cracks and tears
                 2.8.1.2 Other defects
         2.8.2 Surface and other imperfections
         2.8.3 Surface hardness
    2.9 Straightness of pipe
    2.10 Tolerances on dimensions
         2.10.1 External diameters of pipes and fittings
         2.10.2 Tolerances on thickness
         2.10.3 Tolerances on length
         2.10.4 Tolerances on flanges
    2.11 Tolerances on mass
    Section three. Requirements for surface protection
    3.1 External zinc coating
         3.1.1 General
         3.1.2 Zinc coating
                 3.1.2.1 Pipe surface condition
                 3.1.2.2 Method of application
         3.1.3 Coating characteristics
                 3.1.3.1 Appearance
                 3.1.3.2 Zinc coating mass
                 3.1.3.3 Uniformity of coating
         3.1.4 Verification procedures
                 3.1.4.1 Visual inspection
                 3.1.4.2 Determination of mean zinc coating mass
         3.1.5 Repairs
         3.1.6 Finishing layer
    3.2 Cement mortar lining
         3.2.1 General
         3.2.2 Materials
                 3.2.2.1 Cement
                 3.2.2.2 Sand
                 3.2.2.3 Water
                 3.2.2.4 Admixtures
         3.2.3 Cement mortar mix
         3.2.4 Application of lining
         3.2.5 Curing of linings
         3.2.6 Thicknesses of linings
         3.2.7 Minimum bore of cement mortar lined pipe
         3.2.8 Surface condition of linings
         3.2.9 Repair of linings
         3.2.10 Seal coatings
    3.3 Bitumen coatings
    Appendices
    A Information to be supplied by the purchaser
    B Method of works hydrostatic pressure testing for
        pipes and group I fittings complying with table 1
    C Method of type testing for screwed-on and welded-on
        flanges
    D Method of tensile testing ductile iron pipes and
        fittings
    E Method of verifying mechanical properties of pipes
        and fittings by non-destructive testing supplemented
        by complementary mechanical testing
    F Method of verifying mechanical properties by batch
        sampling of pipes and fittings
    G Method for the determination of the mean zinc
        coating mass
    H Cutting of existing pipelines
    J Bolt hole diameter and bolt size for high tensile
        bolts
    K Unified design fittings

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    Pipes and fittings produced by centrifugal or normal casting methods. Covers both flanged (in ratings of PN 10, 16, 25 and 40) and spigot/socket types for flexible joints. Includes external surface coatings in zinc and bitumen and internal linings of cement mortar.

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    Committee PSE/10
    Development Note Supersedes BS 4772(1980). (12/2006) Supersedes BS 4772(1988), BS 78-2(1965) & BS 1211(1958). (04/2014)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

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