ASTM F714-06a

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An American National Standard
Designation: F 714 – 06a
Standard Specification for
Polyethylene (PE) Plastic Pipe (SDR-PR) Based on Outside
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Diameter
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 714; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 1.8 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the
test methods portion, Section 6, of this specification: This
1.1 This specification covers polyethylene (PE) pipe made
standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
in dimensions based on outside diameters of 90 mm (3.500 in.)
if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user
and larger.
of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health
1.2 Three standard outside diameter sizing systems are
practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limita-
detailed: one known as the ISO metric system, one known as
tions prior to use.
the IPS system, and the other known as the DIPS system. See
5.2.5 for guidelines for special sizes.
2. Referenced Documents
1.3 The piping is intended for new construction and inser-
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
tion renewal of old piping systems used for the transport of
D 1598 Test Method for Time-to-Failure of Plastic Pipe
water, municipal sewage, domestic sewage, industrial process
Under Constant Internal Pressure
liquids, effluents, slurries, etc., in both pressure and nonpres-
D 1599 Test Method for Resistance to Short-Time Hydrau-
sure systems.
lic Pressure of Plastic Pipe, Tubing, and Fittings
NOTE 1—The user should consult the manufacturer to ensure that any
D 1600 Terminology for Abbreviated Terms Relating to
damage to the polyethylene pipe caused by the material being transported
Plastics
will not affect the service life beyond limits acceptable to the user.
D 2122 Test Method for Determining Dimensions of Ther-
1.4 All pipes produced under this specification are pressure-
moplastic Pipe and Fittings
rated. See Appendix X5 for information on pressure rating.
D 2290 Test Method forApparent Hoop Tensile Strength of
Plastic or Reinforced Plastic Pipe by Split Disk Method
NOTE 2—References and material descriptions for PE2406, PE3406,
D 2321 Practice for Underground Installation of Thermo-
PE3408andmaterialshavingaHDBof1450psihavebeenremovedfrom
Specification F 714 due to changes in Specification D 3350 and PPITR-3. plastic Pipe for Sewers and Other Gravity-Flow Applica-
For removed designations, refer to previous editions of Specification
tions
F 714, Specification D 3350, PPI TR-3 and PPI TR-4. The removal of
D 2412 Test Method for Determination of External Loading
these materials does not affect pipelines that are in service. See Notes 8
Characteristics of Plastic Pipe by Parallel-Plate Loading
and 9.
D 2837 Test Method for Obtaining Hydrostatic Design
1.5 This specification includes criteria for choice of raw
Basis forThermoplastic Pipe Materials or Pressure Design
material, together with performance requirements and test
Basis for Thermoplastic Pipe Products
methods for determining conformance with the requirements.
D 3350 Specification for Polyethylene Plastics Pipe and
1.6 Quality-control measures are to be taken by manufac-
Fittings Materials
turers. See Appendix X4 for general information on quality
F 412 Terminology Relating to Plastic Piping Systems
control.
F 585 Practice for Insertion of Flexible Polyethylene Pipe
1.7 In referee decisions, the SI units shall be used for
Into Existing Sewers
metric-sizedpipeandinch-poundunitsforpipesizedintheIPS
2.2 ANSI Standard:
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system (ANSI B36.10) and DIPS system. In all cases, the
B36.10 Standard Dimensions of Steel Pipe (IPS)
values given in parentheses are provided for information only.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F17 on Plastic contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Piping Systems and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F17.26 on Olefin Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Based Pipe. the ASTM website.
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Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2006. Published December 2006. Originally Available fromAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
approved in 1981. Last previous edition approved in 2006 as F 714 – 06. 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
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