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+ UDC 621.649.2-034.14 : 621.643.06-034.14 :620.197.6-096.742.2 has been used throughout as the decimal marker Codes of practice on gas and water. Pave 1. Scope and field of application 2. Con 21. Indentation hardness 22. Light ageing 23. Minimura coating thickness 24 Contiauity 25. Percentage elongation at failure 26 Bond strength 27 Impact strength 28 Coating resistivity 29 Heat ageing 1 te 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Designation 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 Requirements 4.1 Requirements for substrate 42 Requitements for coating 4.21 Minicwurn thickness 422. Continuity 423. Bond strength 424° Impact strength 1 Scope and his standard specifies requirements for and methods of testing extiuded and fused polyethylene coatings applied at the works to DIN 2448 or DIN 2458 steel pipes that willbe in Contact with soil or water Itis intended to be used for qual ity assurance purposes. When supplied with normal type ‘coatings (N). pipes in compliance with this standard are suit- ‘ble for continuous service temperatures of up to 50°C, and with special type coatings (S) for temperatures up to 70°C. For the purposes of this standard, the term ‘steal pipe’ in- ‘cludes fittings manutactured from such pipes. 2 Concepts 24 Indentation hardness ‘The indentation hardness is a measure of the resistance of coatings to the penetration of a test cylinder under speci- fied conditions. 2.2. Light ageing For the purposes of this standard, light ageing is ageing of coatings by exposure to filered xenon arc radiation in a DEUTSCHE NORM Polyethylene coatings for steel pipes and fittings Requirements and testing ‘Umhillung von Stahlrohren und formsticken mit Polyethylen In keeping with current practice in standards published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), & comma ‘his standard has been prepared jointly by DIN Deutsches Institut fir Normung e. V. and OVGW Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wassertaches e. V. (German Gas and Water Engineers’ Association). The Standard has been adopted into the DVGW Dimensions in mm Contents April 1991 DIN 30670 ‘Supersedes July 1980 edition. 425. Identation hardness : 426. Percentage elongation at falu 427 Coating rosistivity 428 Heat ageing 429 Light ageing 5 Testing 51 General 52 Inspection documents 53 Procedure 53.1 Coating thickness 532 Continuity .§ 539. Bond strength. 534 Impact strength 535. Indentation hardness 7 536 Percentage elongation at failure 537 Coating resistivity 538 Heat ageing 639. Light ageing 6 Marking ‘Standards referred to panna Re R AAAS RADE NNE laboratory apparatus at a given irradiance, combined with periodic wetting. 2.3 Minimum coating thickness The minimum coating thickness isthe required thickness of coatings at any point 24 Continuity The continuity of coatings is defined as its freedom from defects such as cracks or pinholes. 2.5. Percentage elongation at failure ‘The percentage elongation at failure isthe increase in the original gauge length of a test piece at the moment of fal Ure, expressed as a percentage ofthe orginal gauge length. > . 2.6 Bond strength For the purposes 6f this standard, the bond strength is the force requited to peel a strip of coating trom the pipe under specilied conditions. Continued on pages 2 to 7 = i = —_ Sse a ew ie aT TO ear eT EMEchsl FhebeseyH woo El Bice gos eae ("page 2 DIN 30670 27 Impact strength ‘The impact strength is defined as the impact energy coat- Ings can withstand under specified conditions, 2.8 Coating resistivity ‘The coating resistivity isthe electrical resistance of coatings per unit area. 2.9. Heat ageing For the purposes of this standard, heat ageing is ageing of coatings by exposure to hot ai ata given temperature for a specified period 3 Designation Coatings shall be designated as being of the normal (N) or special (S) type (cl. subclauses 423, 42.5 and 428) and as being applied to a normal (n) or reinforced (v) thickness (ct subclause 421), as follows: Coating DIN 30670 - N-n Coating DIN 30670 - N-v Coating DIN 30670 - S-n Coating DIN 30670 - S-v 4 Requirements 4.4 Requirements for substrate Immediately prior to application of the coating, the surface of the steel pipe (substrate) shall be clean (Le. tree from dirt, oil, grease, welding beads, moisture) and blasted to comply with standard preparation grade Sa 2% as defined in DIN 55928 Part 4 42 Requirements for coating 4.2.1 Minimum thickness The minimum coating thickness shall be as specified in table 1 Table Minimarn thickness Nominal sizeof pipe of normal () coating, upto ontou'| se Over ON 108 up 10 ON25010"| 20 ore ee Over ON 250 10 below DNSOO 20"| 22 From ON £00 to below ONB00 2""| 25 From ON 800 30 The minimum coating thickness shall be 0,7 mm greater inforced' (v) type) where coatings will be subjected to particularly high mechanical stress ‘Along any 11m length of pipe, the coating thickness may be tup 10 10% less than the minimum required, provided the thinner area does nat cover more than § cm? ‘The ends of pipes less than DN 500 in size shall be free trom adhesive over a length of 50 mm, those of a least DN $00 in size, over a length of 100 mm, uniess otherwise specified by the purchaser. ‘The length of uncoated pipe ends shall not exceed 150 mm, unless otherwise specified by the purchaser. 422 Continuity The coating shall be continuous (ie. tree from pinholes). This requirement shall be deemed satisfied if no breakdown In the coating occurs during spark testing (cf, subclause 532) 423 Bond strength ‘When the coating is tested as specified in subclause 533, ot more than 24 hours after application, the mean force required to lit off shi 4) ata test temperature of (20 4:5) °C, be com of test piece width; b) ata test temperature of (50 + 5) °C, be a least 15N per com of test piece width for type N coatings, and 25 N per ‘em for type S coatings. least 35 per 4.2.4 Impact strength When tested in accordance with subclause 534, the coat ing shall withstand 30 impacts without any eletrical break- down occuring 4.25. Indentation hardness vinen tested in accordanch with subclause 6.3, the inden- tation depth of type N coatings shall not exceed 0.2 mm at a ‘temperature of (23 + 2)°C, nor 0,3 mm at (50 + 2) °C. In the cease of type S coatings. it shall not exceed 0,3 mm at a tem- perature of (702) °C. 42.6 Percentage elongation at failure When tested in accordance with subclause 5:6, the per- ‘centage elongation at failure shall be at least 200%. 42.7 Coating resistivity When tested in accordance with subclause 5:37, the coat- ing tesistivity, determined after conditioning the test piece in the test medium for 100 days, shall be not less than 1082 me The ratio of resistivity after 100 days to that after 70 days shall be not less than 0.8, provided the resistivity is only one power of 10 above that specified for 100 days of condition- ing. 428 Heat ageing When tested in accordance with subclause 538, the melt flow rate shall ot deviate by more than 95% of the original value. = . 429 Light ageing When tested in accordance with subclause 6.39, the melt flow rate of the test pieces shall not deviate by more than 35 % ofthe original value, | | | “pagb 4 ov 90670 8: Testing 51 General Testing may be cared out by the manutacurer oF by 8 Tesoprized test hours The manuloctrer shall be response for ensuing com: ance wih he requrements specie in subsaunes 41) wand eztto ass for esch coating mater and application process. the Feiaanelucer sha provide prool ‘of compance wih the TRethemonts spect n subcauses ©2610 429 ner {abo at oust too years Unies othoriae specied below, samples shall be under flood to be pies or pipe tectons 5.2 Inspection documents Issuing a DIN 50 049 inspection document shall be the sub- ject of agreement 5.3 Procedure 5.3.1. Costing thickness. ‘The coating thickness shall be measured at points uniformly distributed along the length and about the circumference of, the pipe. using @ non-destructive (eg. magnetic) method “which permits measurements to be made to an accuracy of 10%, 5.32. Continuity ‘The coating shall be tested for continuity by means of spark testing, using commercially available high voltage equip iment complying with DIN VOE 0433 Part 2, the voltage of ‘which is discharged via a sphere spark gap. The test voltage shall be 25 kV. The electrode (e. g, metal brush) shal be in contact with the coating surface, since any air gap would falsity results. When a fauit is present, a spark will be seen, or the test equipment will emit a signal Note. Spark testing is intended to reveal any discontinuities in the coating, not to test the breakdown resistance fof a continuous coating 5.3.3 Bond strength The bond strength of the coating shall be determined by ‘means of testing using one of the test assembles illustrated in figures 1 and 2 or equivalent equipment, The coating shal be peeled off at right angles to the pipe surface at arate of 40 mmimin, Three samples each shal be tested ata temper- ature of (20+5)°C and (50+ 5)°C. If one of the samples. fails to meet the requirements, the test shall be repeated on five further samples, none of which shall fll Using a twin motor saw, an incision shall be made in the coating, at least 20 mm but not more than 50 mm wide, in the direction of the pipe circumterence, down to the sub- strate, and another incision made at right angles to the cuts Just made. The fest piece so obtained shall be gripped, and 2 length of about 20 mm ited trom the pipe surface. Disre: {garding the first and last 20 mm of test strip, the force used {o lft off the strip shall be continuously recorded using, for example. a dynamometer. The mean resuit obtained shall be expressed in N. Any test strip section (defined as being ‘25 mm in length) for which the mean force applied (in the peeling mode) is more than 25% lower than the valve spec- fied in subclause 423 shall not be included in the evalua: tion, For testing at (50:5)°C, the sample shall be incised as described above and heated to about 60°C. The tempera ture of the external surface of the test piece shall be contin: Luously monitored using, for example, a fast-response con: tact thermometer. Measurements shall start being recorded ‘as soon as the temperature has dropped to 55°C, and the test completed before it reaches 45°C. 534 Impact strength tn the impact tet, a sphere with a diameter of 25mm shal be dropped onto the sample, which shall be supported s0 that t does not yield under the Impact of the faling weight The test temperature shall be (232)°C, and the drop height approximately 11m. The impact energy. E, shall be equal to (S.J per mm of coating thickness, wih a tole lance of 8% The factor ¢ (ct. table 2) accounts forthe cur ‘ature ofthe pipe it being permissible to redves the impact fenergy by this amount by reducing the mass of the fang ‘weight oF the drop height. Table 2 Nominal size (ON) | From 200 | 10 65 to below 200 | 085 Less than 65 | 070 ‘The falling weight shall be guided so as to minimize friction ‘and so that the direction of fllis normal to the pipe surtace. ‘The pipe shall be subjected to impact 30 times, the distance between two points of impact being at least 30 mm. Follow: ing that, a test voltage of 25KV shall be applied, and it shal bbe checked whether breakdown occurs, 5.35 Indentation hardness Indentation hardness testing shall be carried out on three test pieces, taken from coating not more than 2mm thick, which has been removed from the pipe and freed of adhe: ‘ive. (it may be necessary to abrade the reverse side of the test piece to obtain the required thickness) If one of the test pieces fails to meet the requirements, the test shall be ‘epeated on five further test pieces, none of which shall fal ‘The indentor shall be @ 250g metal rod to which an addi tional weight can be attached. A metal pin with a fat face, 4B mm in diameter (or 2.5 mm? in area), shall be fitted cen- trally at the lower end of the rod. The total mass of the assembly shall be 25 kg (corresponding to a pressure of 10 Nim?) For measurement of indentation depth, a penetrometer with dial gauge. which permits measurements to be made to an accuracy of 0, mm, is required. Testing shall be carriod out at temperatures of (28:4 2)°C ‘and (50 +2)°C, the higher temperature being (70: 2)°C in the case of type § coatings, using a temperature-controllod water bath, if necessary. After conditioning the test piece for fone hour at the test temperature, the indentor (without the ‘additional weight) shall be slowly and carefuly lowered on the test piece, and the zero valve set at the penetrometer within five seconds. Following this, the addtional weight shall be attached to the indentor and, alter 24 hours, the

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