BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN545:2002Ductileironpipes,fittings,accessoriesandtheirjointsforwaterpipelines—RequirementsandtestmethodsTheEuropeanStandardEN545:2002hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS23.040.10;23.040.40 BSEN545:2002ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorPolicyandStrategyCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon23July2002©BSI23July2002ISBN0580401316NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN545:2002.ItsupersedesBSEN545:1995whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteePSE/10,Ironpipesandfittings,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to86,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightdatedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN545June2002ICS23.040.10;23.040.40SupersedesEN545:1994EnglishversionDuctileironpipes,fittings,accessoriesandtheirjointsforwaterpipelines-RequirementsandtestmethodsTuyaux,raccordsetaccessoiresenfonteductileetleursassemblagespourcanalisationsd'eau-Prescriptionsetméthodesd'essaiRohre,Formstücke,ZubehörteileausduktilemGusseisenundihreVerbindungenfürWasserleitungen-AnforderungenundPrüfverfahrenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon10May2002.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2002CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN545:2002EEN545:2002(E)2ContentsForeword......................................................................................................................................................................3Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................41Scope..............................................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences....................................................................................................................................53Termsanddefinitions....................................................................................................................................64Technicalrequirements.................................................................................................................................84.1General............................................................................................................................................................84.2Dimensionalrequirements..........................................................................................................................104.3Materialcharacteristics...............................................................................................................................144.4Coatingsandliningsforpipes...................................................................................................................154.5Coatingsforfittingsandaccessories...................................................