BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN14901:2006Ductileironpipes,fittingsandaccessories—Epoxycoating(heavyduty)ofductileironfittingsandaccessories—RequirementsandtestmethodsTheEuropeanStandardEN14901:2006hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS23.040.10;23.040.40;25.220.60 LicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,MonOct2911:03:55GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSEN14901:2006ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon30June2006©BSI2006ISBN0580486877NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN14901:2006.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteePSE/10,Ironpipesandfittings,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeepUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to17andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,MonOct2911:03:55GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN14901May2006ICS23.040.10;23.040.40;25.220.60EnglishVersionDuctileironpipes,fittingsandaccessories-Epoxycoating(heavyduty)ofductileironfittingsandaccessories-RequirementsandtestmethodsTuyaux,raccordsetaccessoiresenfonteductile-Revêtementépoxy(renforcé)desraccordsetaccessoiresenfonteductile-Prescriptionsetméthodesd'essaiRohre,FormstückeundZubehörausduktilemGusseisen-Epoxidharzbeschichtung(fürerhöhteBeanspruchung)vonFormstückenundZubehörteilenausduktilemGusseisen-AnforderungenundPrüfverfahrenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon20April2006.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.EN14901:2006:ELicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,MonOct2911:03:55GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEN14901:2006(E)2ContentsPageForeword..............................................................................................................................................................3Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................41Scope......................................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences............................................................................................................................53Termsanddefinitions...........................................................................................................................54Orderinginformation.............................................................................................................................75TechnicalRequirements.......................................................................................................................75.1General....................................................................................................................................................75.2S