AS/NZS 2537.

1:2011
AS/NZS 2537.1:2011

Australian/New Zealand Standard™

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Mechanical jointing fittings for use with

crosslinked polyethylene (PE-X) for
pressure applications

Part 1: Plastics piping systems for hot

and cold water installations—
Crosslinked polyethylene (PE-X)—
General (ISO 15875-1:2003, MOD)
 AS/NZS 2537.1:2011
This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical
Committee PL-006, Polyolefin Pipe Systems. It was approved on behalf of the
Council of Standards Australia on 23 March 2011 and on behalf of the Council of
Standards New Zealand on 18 March 2011.
This Standard was published on 13 April 2011.

The following are represented on Committee PL-006:

Certification Interests (Australia)

Energy Networks Association
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Engineers Australia
Master Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers New Zealand
National Plumbing Regulators Forum
New Zealand Water and Waste Association
Plastics Industry Pipe Association of Australia
Plastics New Zealand
Plumbing Products Industry Group
Water Services Association of Australia

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR AS/NZS 2537.1.
 AS/NZS 2537.1:2011

Australian/New Zealand Standard™

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Mechanical jointing fittings for use with

crosslinked polyethylene (PE-X) for
pressure applications

Part 1: Plastics piping systems for hot

and cold water installations—
Crosslinked polyethylene (PE-X)—
General (ISO 15875-1:2003, MOD)

Originated in Australia as part of AS 2537—1982.

Previous edition, part of AS 2537—1994.
Jointly revised in part and redesignated AS/NZS 2537.1:2011.

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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
Committee PL-006, Polyolefin Pipe Systems to supersede, in part, AS 2537—1994, Mechanical
jointing fittings for use with crosslinked polyethylene (PE-X) pipe for hot and cold water
applications.
This Standard is an adoption with national modifications and has been reproduced from
ISO 15875-1:2003, Plastics piping systems for hot and cold water installations—Crosslinked
polyethylene (PE-X), Part 1: General and its Amendment 1 (2007) which is added at the end of
the source text. The modifications and additional requirements for application of ISO 15875-1
in Australia and New Zealand are set out in Appendix ZZ.
The design pressure (p D) of fittings complying with this Standard is applicable at the service
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conditions specified in Table 1 of ISO 15875.1. For example, Class 1/10 bar and Class 2/10 bar
fittings are suitable for continuous use at pressures up to 1.0 MPa and temperatures to 60°C or
70°C respectively and these fittings satisfy the requirements for hot and cold water plumbing
applications specified in AS/NZS 3500. For PE-X pipes complying with AS/NZS 2492, the PN
classification is determined at 20°C and is de-rated at elevated temperatures. Therefore, the
design pressure of fittings to this Standard is not numerically the same as the PN rating of PE-X
plumbing pipes.
Where there is a need to retest and/or change the marking of a product already complying with
AS 2537—1994, this will be required to be completed within 2 years of the publication of the
revised Standard.
The objective of this Standard is to specify the general aspects of mechanical jointing fittings
made for use with crosslinked polyethylene pipes in hot and cold water applications.
Other parts of AS/NZS 2537 are:

AS/NZS
2537.2 Part 2: Plastics piping systems for hot and cold water installations—Crosslinked
polyethylene (PE-X)—Fittings (ISO 15875-3, MOD)
2537.3 Part 3: Plastics piping systems for hot and cold water installations—Crosslinked
polyethylene (PE-X)—Fitness for purpose of the system (ISO 15875-5:2003,
MOD)
2537.4 Part 4: Plastics piping systems for hot and cold water installations—Crosslinked
polyethylene (PE-X)—Guidance for the assessment of conformity
(ISO/TS 15875-7:2003, MOD)
2537.5 Part 5: Plastics pipes and fittings—Crosslinked polyethylene (PE-X) pipe systems
for the conveyance of gaseous fuels—Metric series—Specifications—
Fittings for mechanical jointing (including PE-X/metal transitions)
(ISO 14531-3:2006, MOD)
As this Standard is reproduced from an international Standard, the following applies:
(a) Its number does not appear on each page of text and its identity is shown only on the
cover and title page.
(b) In the source text ‘this part of EN ISO 15875’ should read ‘this part of AS/NZS 2537’.
(c) A full point substitutes for a comma when referring to a decimal marker.
The term ‘normative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the appendix to
which it applies. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral part of a Standard.
 ISO 15875-1:2003(E)

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Contents CONTENTS
Foreword................................................................................................................................................
Page v
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... vi
1 Scope.............................................................................................................................................. 1
2 Normative references.................................................................................................................... 1
3 Terms and definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms........................................................... 1
3.1 Terms and definitions................................................................................................................... 1
3.1.1 Geometrical terms and definitions.............................................................................................. 1
3.1.2 Terms and definitions related to service conditions ................................................................... 3
3.1.3 Terms and definitions related to material characteristics........................................................... 4
3.2 Symbols........................................................................................................................................ 4
3.3 Abbreviated terms ........................................................................................................................ 5
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4 Classification of service conditions............................................................................................ 5

5 Material........................................................................................................................................... 6
5.1 General......................................................................................................................................... 6
5.2 Influence on water intended for human consumption .................................................................. 6
5.3 Reprocessable material ............................................................................................................... 7
Bibliography .......................................................................................................................................... 8

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NOTES
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