Ube 621.643.2-094.14 :621.643.06-034.16 620197.6-096.762.2 DEUTSCH & NORM April 1991 Seaver se Polyethylene co: LUmnihung von Stahlronven und sformstcken mit Peyethyien hhas been used throughaut as the decimal marker. ‘Codes of practice on gas and water 1. Scope and field of application This standard specities requirements for end methods of testing extruded and fused polyethylene coatings apphed at the works to DIN 2448 or DIN 2858 steel pines that ill Bein Contact with soil or water. tis intended to be usted for qual ity assurance purposes, When supplied with normal type ‘costings (N), pipes in compliance with ths stangard are su able for continuous service temperatures of up to 80°C, and with special type coatings (S), for temperatutes up to 70°C. For the purposes of ths standard, the term ‘steel pipe” in cludes fitings manufaotured from such pies 2 Concepts 2.1 Indentation hardness. ‘The indentation haraness is # measure of the resistance of ‘coatings to the penetration of & tes! cylinder under spec: tied conditions 2.2 Light ageing For the purposes of this standard, light ageing is ageing of coatings by exposure to filered xenon are radiation 4m 2 steel pipes and fittings Requirements and testing In keeping with current practice in standards published by the Internatianal Organization for Standardization (ISO), @ comme Tis standara has been prepared jointly by Div Deutsches institut fir Normung e. V. and OVGW Deutscher Verein des Gas- ung Wasserfaches ev. (German Gas and Water Engineers’ Association), The Standard has een adopted into the DYGW Dimensions in am Contents * oe 1. Scope and field of application + 425. Identation hardness 2 2 Concepts 1 426 Percentage elongetion at falure 2 21 indentation hardness 1 427 Coating resistivity 2 22 Light ageing + 428 Heat ageing 2 28° Minimum coating thickness 4 429 Light ageing 2 24. Continuity 4 5 Testing 4 28 Percentage elongation at failure 1 51 General 4 26. Bond sirengtn 52. Inspection cocuments ‘ 27 mac! ten 2 Ear cong icine : 28 Coating resistivity 2 Ee coe : 28 ‘Heat eoring 2 583 Bond strength 4 & Designation 2 554 Impact steensth 4 4 Requirements 2 535 Indentation hardness « 4. Requirements for substrate 2 538 Percentage elongation at falture ‘ 42. Requirements for coating 2 527. Coating resstwty 5 421 Minimum thickness 2 508 Heat ageing 5 422 Continuty 2 588 Light ageing 5 423. Bond strength 2 6 Marking 5 424 Impact strenath 2 Standards referred to 6 DIN 30.670 ‘Supersedes July 1980 edition atings for laboratory apparatus at a given irradiance, combines with pevioaic wetting, 23 Minimum coating thickness ‘The minimum coating thickness isthe requred thickness of coatings at any point 2.4 Continuity ‘The continuity of coatings is detined as its freedom from defects such as cracks oF pinholes, 2.5 Percentage elongation at failure The percentage elongation at failure isthe increase in the original gauge length of atest piece at the moment of fai- ure, expressed as a percentage of the original gauge length, 2.6 Bond strength For the purposes of this standard, the bond strength isthe force required to peel a strip of coating from the pipe under speciied conditions, Continued on pages 2 to 7 Eas Vea Ga Bat Fane Sa TON al Tr Gen Se NOTE DIN 30670 Engl Pree group 6Page 2 DIN 30870 2.7 Impact strength ‘The impact strength is defined as the impact energy coat ings can withstand under specifies conditions. 28. Coating resistivity ‘The coating resistivity isthe electrical resistance of coatings er unit area 2.9 Heat ageing For the purposes of this standard, heat ageing Is ageing of coatings by exposure to hot air ata given temperature toca Specified period 3 Designation Coatings shail be designatec as being of the normal (N) oF special (S) type [el subelauses 423, 42:5 and 428) and as being apalied to a narmal (n) or reinforced () thickness (ct suboiause 42.1), as folows Coating DIN 3067 = N-n Coating DIN 30670 - Nv Coating DIN 30670 ~ S-n Coating DIN 30670 - S-v 4. Requirements 4.1 Requirements for substrate immediately prior ta application of the coating, the surface Of the steel pipe (substrate) shal be clean (be. free from dit, Oil, grease, welding beads, moisise) and blasted to campy with standare preparation grade Se 2 as defined in DIN 55.928 Part 4 4.2 Requirements for costing 4.2.1 Minimum thickness ‘The minimum coating thickness shall be as species in table Table 1 Minimum thickness Nominal ze of pipe ff normal (0) coating pte _DN100 18 Over DN 100 up to _DN 250 20 (Over ON 250 to nelow ON 500 22 From ON 600 to below DN 800 28 From ON 600 30 The minimum coating thickness shall be 0.7 mm greater Crainforced’(s) type) where coatings wil be subjected 10 particularly high mechanical stress ‘Along any 1 m length of pipe, the coating thickness may De up to 109% less than the minimum requized, provided the ‘inner area doee not cover more than 5 cm! ‘The ends of pipes lees than DN 50D in size shall be fre trom adhesive over a length of 50 mm, those af a east ON S00 in Sze, over a length of 100 mm, uniess otherwise specified by the purchaser ‘The lengtn of uncoated pipe ends shall not excees 150 mm, unless otherwise specified by tne purchaser. 422 Continuity The coating shall be continuous (ie. free trom pinholes} ‘This requirement shal! be deemed satisieg if no breakéown in the coating Occurs during spark testing (et, subclause 532), 4.2.3 Bond strength When the coating is tested as specified in subclause 533, not more than 24 hours after application, the mean force requred to lit off shal, a} ata test temperature of (205), at least 35 N per fem of test piece width: b) ata test temperature of (50-+5)°C, be a least 154 oer Com of test piece wiath for type N coatings, and 251 per fom for type S coatings 4.24 pact strength When tested in accordance with subciause 53.4, the coat ing shall withstand 30 Impacts without any eletrical break ‘down sccureng, 42.5 Indentation nardness Wines tested in accordance with subsiause 8.35, the inden tation depth of type N coatings shall not exceed 0,2 mm aa temperature of (23 +2) °C, nor 03 mm at (50 2)°C. Inthe cage of ype $ coatings, t shall not exceed 0.3 mm at ater peyature of (70+ 2) °C. 426 Percentage elongation at failure ‘When tested in accordance with eubclause 5.36, the per- centage elongation at fale shall be at least 200%. 42.7 Coating resistivity ‘When tested in accordance with subclause 537, the coat- ing resistivity, determined after conditioning the test piece in the test medium tor 100 days, shall be not less then 108 am? ‘The ratio of resistivity ater 100 days to that after 70 days shall be not less than 0, provided the resistivity is only ane power of 10 above that specified for 100 days of condition: ing 42.8 Heat ageing ‘When tested in accordance with subdause 5:38, the melt flow rate shall not deviate by more than 35 9 ofthe original value 4.29 Light ageing When tested in accordance with subelause 529, the melt flaw rate of the test pieces shall not devate by move than 35% ofthe original valuePage 4 DIN 30670 5 Testing 541 General Testing may be carries out by the manufacturer or by @ recognized test house ‘The manufacturer shall be responsible for ensuring con plance with the requirements specified in subclauses 4.19, 412 and 421 to 423, For each coating material and application process, the manufacturer shall provide proo! of camplance with the requirements specified in subciauses 42.6 to 4.29 at inter vals of at least three years Unless otherwise spectied below, samples sral be under- toad to be pipes or pipe sections. 5.2 Inspection documents Issuing a DIN 50.049 inspection document shall be tne sub- lect of agreement 5.3 Procedure 531 Coating thickness ‘The coating thickness chall be measured at points uniformly distributed along the length and about the circumference of the pipe, using = non-destructive (eg. magnetic) method wich permits measurements to be made to an accuracy of 10%. 532 Continuity “the coating shal be tested for continuity by means of spark testing, using commercialy avsilable high voltage equip ment complying with DIN VDE 0433 Part 2, the vottage of which te discharoec'is a sphere spark gap. the test voltage hall be 25 KV. The glectroce (e. 9, metal brush) shall bein Contact with the costing surface, since any a gap would falsity cesuts Wen a fault Is present, @ spark wil be seen, of the test equioment wil emit a signal Note. Spark testing is intended to reveal any siscontinuities in the coating, not to test the oreakcown resistance ‘of a continuous coating 53.8 Bond strength ‘The bond strengtn of the coating shall be determined by means of testing using one ofthe test assemblies strated in figures 1 and 2 or equivalent equipment. The coating shal be peeled of a right angles to the pipe surtace at arate of 10 minimin. Theee samples each shal be testes ata temper atute of (20:+5)°C and (0-5)°C, If one of the samples tail to meet the requirements, the test shail be repeated or tive further samples, none of which shal fa Using @ win motor saw, an incision shall be made in the ‘coating at least 20 mm but nat more than 80 mm wide, in the Geaction of the pipe circumference, down to the sub state, and anather cision made at right angles to the cus Just made. The tos giece so obtained shal be gripped, and f length of about 20 mm ited trom the pipe surface, Cisre ‘garding the frst and last 20 mm et test stip, the force uses 1 lt of the strip shall be continuousyy tecorded using, for ‘example, a dynamometer, The mean result abtained shall De expressed in N. Any test St"ip section (Getined as keing 25mm in length) for which the mean force applies (im the peeling mode) is mace than 25 % lower than the value spec thed in subclause 42:3 shall not be included inthe evalua For testing at (50-45)°0, the sample shall be incised as described above and heated to about 60°C The tempers ture ofthe external suace ofthe test piace shall be contin Lvously monitored using, fot axample, a fast-response con tact thermometer. Measurements shal stat being recorded ‘as soon as the temperature has dropped to SSC, and Me test completed before it reaches 45°C, 5.3.4 Impact strength ln the impact test, 2 spnere with a diameter of 25 nm shall bbe dropped onto the sample, which shal: be supported so that it does not yeld under the Impact of the faling welgnt. The test temperature ste be (23+2)%C, and the crop height approximately 1m. The ‘pact energy, , shall be equal to (5:@) J per mm of coating thiexness, witn 2 toler ance of 5a The factor ¢ (cf. tabie 2) accounts forthe eur vature of the pipe, it being permissible to recuce the impact ‘energy by this amount by reducing the mass of ne faking weight or the erop height Table 2 reine ous OW [9 From 200 | 10 650 below 200 | 08s Less than 65 | 070 ‘The faling weight shall be guided so as to minimize tition and so thatthe direction of fal normal to the pipe surtace. The pipe shal be subjected to impact 30 times, the distance between two points of impact being at least 30 mm, Folow ing that, a test voltage of 25 KV shall be applied, and it shal bbe checked whether breakdown oxcurs 53.5 Indentation hardness Indentation hardness testing shall be carried out on thvee test pieces, taken from coating not mere than 2mm thick, ‘which nas been removed trom the pipe and treed af ache ‘ive (it May be necessary to abrade the reverse side ofthe test piece to obtain the required thickness) If one of the test pieces falls to meet the requirements. the test shall be repeated on five further test pieces, nore of which sha fai The jedentor shall be 8 250 g metal rod to which an addi- tional weight can be attached. & metal pin witha fat face 4,8 mam in diameter (or 2.5 mm? in area), shal be fited ean wall at the lower end of the rod. The total mase of the ascembly shall be 2.5 kg (corresponding to a pressure of 10 Nim? For measurement of indentation depth, a penetrometer with ial gauge, which permits measurements to be made “a.an faccuracy of 0,1 mm, is requis ‘esting shall be carried out at tomporatures of (28:42) %C and (60 = 2)°C, the higher tomporature being (70 = 2)°C in ‘he case of type § coatings, using @temperature-controlled water bath, itnecessary After canaitioning the test piece for ‘one Nour at the test temperature, the indentor (without the adaitional weight) srall be siowly and caretuly lowered on the test piece, and the zero value set at the penetrometer withia five seconds. Following this, the additional weignt Shall be attaches to the indemtor anc, after 26 hours, the death af penetration read trom the penetrometer 5.3.6 Percentage elongation at fare ‘The coating of thwee pipes shall be tested for elongation at failure, from which five tt pieces each shall be taken. The 1st pieces shall nave the form of specimen no. 3 (if neces ‘sary, hl that size) or nd 4, as spectied in DIN 53 455, One test lece per pige shall be permits fo tail In the case of extrudes coatings, tat pieces shal be taken titner by neutralizing the adhesive or by heating the pipe to ‘a maximum af 80°C. In the case of fused coatings, test pieces shall be taken after the pine has been heated 10 a ‘maximum of 100°C.“Testing shall be performed as described in DIN 53.455, at @ temperature of (232)°C and a cate of 80 mmimin (or 25 moimin in the case of hal-size test pieces) 52.1 Coating resistivity Treee test pieces having @ minimum test area of 0.03 me shall be tested, hone ot which shall fa, {sodium chloride solution with a concentrator of 0 mol shall be used as the test medium, The test equipment shall bbe mage up of a counterelectrode witha eurtace area of rot less than 10 em?, a de. cource with an outpul voltage of not Jes than 50 V, an ammeter and a voltmeter. The test pieces shall be exposed to the test medium for 100 days at 8 tem- perature of (23 + 2)SC, in one of the ways described below. 8) The pipe shalibe placed horizontaly ina plastic contain ‘er with lateral openings of suitable size The space be- ‘ween container walls and test piece shall be sealed with @ non-conductive materal. The test mecium shal bbe poured in, covering the pipe to a depth of at jeast 100 mm, ©) Plastic pipe sections shall be bonded to the surtace of the sample (pipe oF pige section) using a non-candue- tive adnesive. The former shall then be filed with the test meaium ©) One end of a pipe val be seaies with non-conavetive material go that the steel surface is notin cortact with ‘the test medium. The pipe shall then be placed vertically in'a vessel containing the test medium, The pipe may be ‘removed from the medium and watted with an electeo: Iyte solution to measure resistivity The coating shall be tested for continuity (cf subclause 5.32) betare being tested for cesistivity, For the purposes of measurament, the positive pole of the ‘de. soutee shall be connected to the steel pine, and the negative pole 10 the counterelectrode, which shal then bs immersed in the test medium. The coating resistivity, yin Am? shall be caleviated from the following equation us where U_ ig the voliage between countarelectiode and stea! pipe, inv: Sis the test area, in ev 1 ig the Intensity of current fowing through tne coating ina, ‘The curronttlowing through the de. source is equal to that Nlowing through the coating if tnere are only neglaible leak age currents along the surface between the test area and OIN 30670 Page § the steel at the pipe ends. Leakage current earthing com- plying with DIN VDE 0303 Part shail be provided where the Inlensity of measuring current, J, is high, The results of measurement are only correct ifthe leakage current inten: sity is substantay lower than 1 5.3.8 Heat ageing Heat ageing shall be carried out using an oven with forced Circulation The test pieces, which have been taken from the Coating and treed of adhesive, shall be not more than 2 mm tbick (It may be necessary to abrade the reverse side of the test piece to obtain the required thickness) Type N test pieces shall be subjected to ageing at a temperature of {00°C for 100 days (2400), and type S test pieces, for 200 days (4800 ‘The test pieces shall be removed trom the oven at intervals (of 400 8, ang the met flow rate determined in accordance with DIN 83 735, using condition O for type N, and concition Tor type § tas! pieces 5.9. Light ageing To determine the resistance of coatings to light ageing, the changes in the melt flow rate of test pieces shal be deter ‘mined attr a specified period of exposure to fitered xenon are ragation and periodic wetting, in accersance wth DIN 59 387, test condition 14% Sampling shall be carried out in accordance with DIN $3 738, using condition D for type N, and condition T for type § test pieces Test pieces which have been vemoved fom the pipe and treed of adhesive shall be not nore than ‘2mm thick (It may be necessary to abrade the reverse side Of the tast piece to obtain the required thickness) Belore exposure and after a raciant exposure of about 12.G.lm@, the melt fow rate shail de determmied in accord ance with DIN 53 735, Evaluation shall be made after total radiant exposure of Teli? 6 Marking Stee! pipes as covered in this standard shall be clearly and slurably marked with at least the folowing particulars: fa) manufacturer's mark or registeres trade mark by DIN number: 2) symbol denoting type of coating (N or S) and thickness (nor v) (ct. clause 3) Example (Mark) ~ PE coating DIN 90 670 —N-nPage 6 DIN 30670 Standards referred to ‘Astifcial weathering and ageing of plastics and elastomers by exposure to fitered xeq0n arc radiation DIN 2428 Seamiess steel pipes and tubes; dimensions and mass per unit length DIN 2488 Welded steel pipes and tubes; dimensions and rass DIN 30674 Part 1 Polyethylene coatings for ductile iron pipes DIN 50049 laspection documents for the delivery of metalic materials DIN 53387 Din 53 455 Tensile testing of plastics Din 83735 Determination of melt flow rate of thermoplastics DIN 55.928 Pan 4 and testing of surfaces Corrosion protection of tee! etructures by the application of oxganie or matali coatings: preparation IN VDE 0903 Part 3 Testing of materials used in electrical engineering; measurement of electrical resistance of non-metalic DIN VDE 0439 Part 2 High-voltage generation and measurement; voltage measurements using sphere gaps (one sphere earthes) ASTM G 8-90 Previous editions DIN 30670: 02:74, 0780 Amendments ‘Test method for cathodic dstonding of pipeline coatings ‘The folowing amendments have been made to the July 1980 ecition 12} A coating type suitable for service temperatures yp to 70°C (type S) has been inchided for the fst time. 'b) The metnod ot coating application is no longer of relevance. ©) Ditferent requirements have been made for coatings of greater thickness 4) The methed for determining bond strength has been amended @) The test for resistance to light ageing has been brought into line with DIN 63.387, and now includes wetting Explanatory notes ‘hie standard has been jointly prepared by Technical Com: mittee A&S2 of the Noemenaussenu6 Gastecnik (Gas Technology Standards Commitee). the Normenausschuf Wassenvesen (Water Practice Standards Committee), the Normenausschu8 Rohe, Rohrverbingungen und Rohe ‘gen (Pipes, Pipe Joint Assombies andi Pipelines Standards Committee) and the Normenausschud Kunstectfe (Plastics Standards Committee). ‘The aim of this standard is to ensure that polyethylene pipe coatinas provide adequate protection against the mechan’ cal, thermal and chemical stresses occuring in service, teansit and storage. and during installation Pipes are coated by the extrusion of plastics sineving or sheeting, or by the fusion of polyethylene powder A coating thickness of {mm ig adequate Tor corresion protection, & greater thickness increases the resistance to mechanical stresses, The specications given here account for both higher demands in practice (in terms of mechanical stength and thermal stability) and recent developmen in polyethylene imaterais research. Type S coatings should be used wnere service temperatures are high and where high mechanical strength is reauired ‘The classication of polyethylene coatings into normal ana fointorcad coatings (the latter being 0,7 mm thicker) has proved expedient in practice and apples to both types of Coating In the previous ecition, the peel test (cl. subclause 523) ‘was sunplemented by a test involving the suspension of a weight. The latter is no longer specified, since test results fare nat reproducible. This ection specifies thatthe peel test ‘be carried out at ambient anc elevated temperature, Testing at low temperatures can be dispensed with, singe bond strength usualy increases as temperature cecreases.Adhe- Sives which become brite at low temperatures are no) longer used in practice because they do not meet the te quirements for adequate bond strength at 50°C. Both fused and extruded coatings are required to have the same value of percentage elongation at faliure, which just- fies their being covered together here, ‘The heat ageing test at 100°C is intended to give an incioa- tion of tha minimum resistance of the coating to thermal stressas in storage and in service. Testing is accelerated land represente severe coraitions, Since type S coatings are ‘expected to conform to higher demands in service, the heat ageing test shal be carved out for twice as lang as or the ormal type. “Testing for resistance to light ageing is also accelerated, and shal be carrieé aut in aecordance with DIN 59.387. Ths is intended to prevent differences in test equipment fom Influencing test results, Wetting the test pieces is intended to prevent the formation of deposits on the test piece Sur face, which might falsity test results Experience gathering in transperting, laying and servicing pipes with polyethylene coating has shawn that a high bond! strength is necessary to avoid mechanical damage to the pipes. Based on experience end extensive research, t has also buen shown that bona strength may deciine over tine, fegarcless of the ambient conaitions, ane that coating may ‘isbond entirely if dsmaged. However this invaives neither an increased risk of corrosion (e.9. underusting) nor an Increase in the protective current density requirement in cathodic corrosion protection. ond strencth is note significant factor with regard to the protection the coating proviaes against corrosion, as long fs the thickness and quality of the coating meet the require ments spediied here. However, t's desirable thatthe coat- ing adhere well over large areas to avoid mechanical dar- age during pipelaying Therefore, except for the determina {ton of coating resistivity, no other elsctrochemical tests are incluces here. Determination of resistance to blistering is itrelovant Because such does not accur in the coating materialscovered nese. Similarly, determnstion af catnocie diebond! ing is not included, since this test does nek provide relevant information with regard to tne quality of polyethylene coat ings and their lone-term corrosion protection. Should dete mination of cathocic disbanding be cequited, Amencan Standard ASTM G 820 specifies that the method described ‘in Of 30871 be used. The values obtained, however, are ‘only reproducible forthe test eancitions specified therein, ‘The responsible technical committee agrees that it would be useful 10 determine tne tear resistance of polyethylene International Patent Classification B29 ¢ 638 03 B 7109 F16L S700 F161 58/08 G01 8 21100 G01 M 19100) DIN 30670 Page 7 ‘coatings To this end, 2 number of studles nave been con- ‘ducted under vanous test conditions, but i has not been possible to obtain practical, reprocucibie results Work in this regard ig continuing Poigaletines otmer than polyethylene (8. polypropylene) may also be used to coat steel pipes and fittings. However, since some of the characteristics of these materials difer| considerably from polyethylene, their properties cannot be determined in accorsance with ths sendard. Its intended to prepare separate standards for these materiale,