IS : 10124 ( Part

1) - 1988

( Reaffirmed 1998 )

Indian Standard

SPECIFICATIONFOR
FABRICATED PVC FITTINGS FOR POTABLE
WATER SUPPLIES
PART

1 GENERAL

REQUIREMENTS

( First Revision )
Second Reprint NOVEMBER

UDC

1997

621.643.413.062.3[678.743.22]:696.117

@ Copyright 1989

BUREAU
MANAK

Gr3

OF

BHAVAN,

INDIAN

STANDARDS

9 BAHADUR
SHAH
NEW DELHJ 110002

ZAFAR

MARG

Juiy 1989

IS : 10124( Part1) - 1988

Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
FABRICATED PVC FITTINGS FOR POTABLE
WATER SUPPLIES
PART

GENERAL

First Revision )

0.

FOREWORD

0.1 This Indian Standard (Part 1 ) ( First Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on 20 June 1988, after the draft finalized
by the Sanitary Appliances and Water Fittings
Sectional Committee had been approved by the
Civil Engineering Division Council.
~0.2 The fabricated PVC fittings are to be used for
jointing to the PVC pipes covered by IS : 49851988*.
0.3 The requirements of fabricated PVC fittings
are covered in following thirteen parts of the
standard :
Part

1 General requirements
requirements

for

sockets

Part 2

Specific

Part 3

Specific requirements
ducers

for straight

Part 4

Specific requirements

for caps

Part 5

Specific requirements

Part 6

Specific requirements for flanged tail

pieces with metallic flanges

Part 7

Specific requirements
adaptors

Part 8

Specific requirements

Part 9

Specific requirements

re-

for equal tees

for

threaded

for 90 bends
for 60 bends

Part 10 Specific requirements

for 45 bends

Part 11 Specific requirements

for 30 bends

*Specification for unplasticized PVC pipes for potable

water supplies ( second revision ).

:REQUlREMENTS

Part 12 Specific requirements, for 22i0 bends

Part 13 Specific requirements

for I 1a0 bends

0.3.1 Part 1 of this series deals with the general

requirements
applicable to all fabricated PVC
fittings and specified requirements of different
types of fittings are covered in separate parts of
the standard.
This part was first published in
1982. The present revision has been taken up
to extend the size of fittings to 630 mm in line
with the sizes of pipes specified in JS : 49851988*.
0.4 In the formulation
of this standard,
due
weightage has been given to international co-ordination among the standards and practices prevailing in different countries in addition to relating it to the practices in the field in this country.
This has been met by deriving assistance from
Draft international
standard
IS0
727-1985
Fittings of
unplasticized
polyvinyl
chloride
( PVC-U ), chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (PVC-C )
or acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene
( ABS ) with
plain sockets for pipes under pressure - Dimensions of Sockets- Metric series, issued by the
International
Organization
for Standardization
( IS0 ).
0.5 For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied
with, the final value, observed or calculated,
expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall
be rounded off in accordance with IS : 2-19607.
The number of significant places retained in the
rounded off value should be the same as-that of
the specified value in this standard.
*Specification for unplasticized PVC pipes for pot&b
water supplies ( second revision ).
tRules for rounding off numerical values (revised).

Is : 10124 ( Part 1 ) - 1988

1. SCOPE

TABLE 1 SOCKET

1.1 This standard

( Part
I ) covers general
requirements
for materials,
sizes, methods of test
and inspection,
and marking of all types of fabricated PVC fittings for jointing with sbivent cement
to the PVC pipes covered in IS : 49851988*
for potable water supplies.
I.2 This specification
from 63 to 315 mm.

covers

the sizes of

All dimensions
NOMINAL Sizt

used for the fabrication

fittings for potable water supplies shall
to IS : 49851988*.

of PVC
conform

MINIMU~Z
SOCKET
LENGTH

(1)

(2)

16
20
25
32

14.0

16.0
19.0
22.0
26.0
31.0
37.5
43.5
51.0
61.0
68.5
76.0
86.0
96.0
106.0
118.5
131.0
146.0
163.5
183.5
206.0
231.0
256.0
286.0
321.0

40
50

3. SIZE OF FITTING

63
75
90
110
125
140
160
180
200
225
250
280
315
355
400
450
500
560
630

3.1 The sizes of fittings

shall be designated
by
diameters of the pipe given in IS :
4985 - 1988* with which they are to be used.
the nominal

4. SOCKET
LENGTH
AND
MID-POINT
OF SOCKET
4.1 The minimum
( see Fig. I ) shall

DIAMETER
LENGTH

socket
be as

length
given

length,

and

AT

of any fitting
by expression:

L=0.5D+6mm
where
L

= socket

D E nominal
inside
diameter
of fitting
(corresponding
to the outside diameter
of the pipe covered in IS : 4985-1988* ).

4.1.1 The socket length is applicable to socket

fittings for pipes of any diameter under pressure.
The minimum socket lengths based on the formula
in 4.1 for socket diameters are given in Table 1.

MEAN SOCKET INTERNAL

DIAMETERAT MID-POINT
OF SOCKET LENGTH

Min

MUX

(3)
16.1
20.1
25.1
32.1
40.1
50.1
63.1
75.1
90.1
110.1
125.1
140.2
160.2
180.2
200.3
225.3
250.4
280.4
315.4
355.4
400.4
450.4
500.4
560.4
630.4

(4)
16.3
20.3
25.3
32.3
40.3
50.3
63.3
75.3
90.3
110.4
125.4
140.5
160.5
180.5
200.6
225.7
250.8
280.9
316.0
356.0
401.0
451.0
501.0
561.0
631.0

4.1.3 Out-of-Roundness
Tolerances of Socket
Inside Diameter -- The maximum
out-of-roundness tolerances
(maximum
diameter-minimum
diameter ) shall be:

4.1.2 The maximum

and minimum
dimensions
of mean inside diameter at mid-point
of socket
depth shall comply with those given in Table 1.
NOTE 1 - The mean inside diameter of the socketed
portion of the fitting is defined as being the arithmetical
mean of two diameters measured at 90 to each other at
the mid-point of socket length using the same crosssection.
The diameter of the socket may be decreased
from mouth to root; for pipe sizes 63 to 75 mm, the total
included angle of taper shall not exceed 0 40. and for
pipe sizes 90 mm and above, the total included angle of
taper shall not exceed o30.

D, or

a) equal

to 0.007

b) equal
mm)

to 0.2 mm (if 0.007 D is less than

0.2

NOTE Out-of-roundness
tolerances of socket inside
diameter shall not apply to fittings of nominal pressure
rating 0.25 MPa (Class 1 ), 0.4 MPa (Class 2 ) and
0.6 MPa ( Class 3 ).

5. TESTS
AND PERFORMANCE
REQUIREMENTS

NOTE 2 - Only the manufacturer

of fabricated PVC
fittings is equipped to measure the socket inside diameter.
Since the socket length is a minimum only (no tolerance
is given to this dimension), it is not practical, other than
for the manufacturer, to establish the exact position of
the mid-point of the socket. He can therefore, tool up
to measure his own fittings but such equipment will not
necessarily give the correct figures for a fitting of other
manufacturer.

5.1 Opacity - When tested by the method described in Appendix A, the wall of the fitting shall
not transmit more than 0.2. percent of the visible
light falling on it.
5.2 Short

Term Hydraulic Test - When tested

by the method given in Appendix B, the fittings
shall withstand

*Specification for unplasticized

water supplies (second revision).

in millimetres.

fittings

2. MATERIAL

2.1 The pipes

DIMENSlONS

( C/UU.WS4.1.1 and 4.1.2, and Fig. I )

PVC pipes for potable

a pressure

of 4.2%

times the

working pressure for one hour without failure.

2

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