Hydraulic PVC Pipe

AWWA C900/C905 PVC pipes for buried use in fire protection systems offer the following benefits.
    • UL Listed and FM approved for fire protection applications
    • Hydraulic advantage (larger internal cross-section)
    • 100% mechanical installation. Quick and easy connection (no qualified personnel or machinery required).
    • Wide range of accessories is available. No anti-push concrete blocks are required.
    • Water-filled pipes repairing is allowed
    • Allowed in explosive environments
    • Reduced thermal expansion
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CONNECTION ACCESSORIES FOR PVC PIPES AWWA C900/C905

Mechanical anti-push connections and restrictors:

Mechanical thrust restraint devices that are attached to the pipe wall and attach to the back of a coupling collar on the fitting or pipe socket.

Ductile iron accessories

Connections in Thrust joint, Spigot, Mechanical Joint and Flange (elwobs, tees, laterals of 45, adapters MJxFlanje…)

Joints for internal restriction

Rieberlok restrictor joints with stainless steel teeth

Mechanical joint gaskets

A unique product that provides an exceptional clamping system for mechanical seal accessories, valves, hydrants and all kinds of PVC pipe.

Connections with restraint system

TUF Grip 1500 works with Ductile Iron, PVC and HDPE pipes

Mechanical joint

Unique product that provides an exceptional fastening system with mechanical seal accessories, valves, hydrants and all kinds of PVC and Iron pipe.

What is a PVC Pipe in a fire protection network?

The pipe is primarily intended for use in transporting potable water in buried installations. The standard describes dimension ratios (DRs) 14, 18, and 25 for nominal pipe sizes ranging from 4 in. (100 mm) through 12 in. (300 mm).

Pipe outside diameters (ODs) conform to those established for CI-equivalent ODs (CIOD). Pressure classes range from 165 psi (1,140 kPa) to 305 psi (2,100 kPa).

The ratio of a pipe’s specified average outside diameter to its specified minimum wall thickness. For US customary units, the specified average outside diameter is used for establishing pipe DR. For SI units, the minimum specified average outside diameter is used.

Fabricated fittings comprise single or multiple segments of PVC pipe cut into wedge shapes, or otherwise prepared to accept leg insertions, and joined under factory-controlled conditions to form an essentially homogeneous structure. Reinforcement may be applied and permanently bonded to the outside surfaces of the fitting.