BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN1796:2006Plasticspipingsystemsforwatersupplywithorwithoutpressure—Glass-reinforcedthermosettingplastics(GRP)basedonunsaturatedpolyesterresin(UP)TheEuropeanStandardEN1796:2006hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS23.040.20;23.040.45 LicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,TueMay1511:03:00GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSI©BSI2006ISBN0580480003NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN1796:2006.Thisstandard,togetherwithBSEN14364:2006supersedesBS5480:1990whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteePRI/88,Plasticspipingsystems,toSubcommitteePRI/88/2,Plasticpipingforpressureapplications,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthissubcommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeepUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to61andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,TueMay1511:03:00GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSI(GRP)basedonunsaturatedpolyesterresin(UP)Systèmesdecanalisationsenplastiquespourl'alimentationeneauavecousanspression-Plastiquesthermodurcissablesrenforcésdeverre(PRV)àbasederésinepolyesternonsaturé(UP)Kunststoff-RohrleitungssystemefürdieWasserversorgungmitoderohneDruck-GlasfaserverstärkteduroplastischeKunststoffe(GFK)aufderBasisvonungesättigtemPolyesterharz(UP)ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon21December2005.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCentralSecretariatortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCentralSecretariathasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2006CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN1796:2006:ELicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,TueMay1511:03:00GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSI(E)2ContentspageForeword..................................................................................................................................................................3Introduction..............................................................................................................................................................41Scope................................................................................................................................................................52Normativereference(s)....................................................................................................................................63Terms,definitionsandsymbols......................................................................................................................74General............................................................................................................................................................144.1Classification.........................................