Resources
Technical Resources
Adroit Piping Systems is committed to supporting reliable, compliant and best-practice outcomes across the Australian water infrastructure sector. This technical resource area brings together key industry guidance and standards relevant to plastic pipe manufacture, handling, installation and jointing.
Below you can access trusted POP Guidelines developed for the Australian piping industry. These documents provide practical, up-to-date guidance to support safe installation, correct handling and long-term system performance.
POP001: Electrofusion Jointing of PE Pipes and Fittings for Pressure Applications
Guidance for safe and reliable electrofusion jointing of polyethylene pipe systems, including preparation, quality requirements and key factors for successful fusion.
POP003: Butt Fusion Jointing of PE Pipes and Fittings
Best-practice guidance for butt fusion jointing of PE pipes and fittings, including recommended jointing parameters, procedures and quality considerations.
POP005: Packaging, Handling and Storage of Polyethylene Pipes and Fittings
Practical guidance for protecting PE pipes and fittings during transport, handling and storage to help maintain product quality before installation.
POP007: Flanged Joints for Polyethylene Pipe
Guidance on flanged joint types, installation practices, bolt torque considerations and dimensional information for PE pipe flange connections.
Standards
Adroit Piping Systems manufactures and supplies piping products with reference to applicable Australian and international standards. The standards below provide a useful reference point for product compliance, performance requirements, installation practice and quality assurance.
Australian Standards
- AS/NZS 2566 “Australian Standard Plastics Pipelaying Design.”
- AS/NZS 2129 “Flanges for pipes, valves and fittings.”
- AS/NZS 4087 “Metallic flanges for waterworks purposes.”
- AS/NZS 2033 “Installation of polyethylene pipe systems.”
- AS/NZS 4130, “Polyethylene (PE) pipes for pressure applications.”
- AS/NZS 5065 “Polyethylene and polypropylene pipes and fittings for drainage and sewerage applications.”
- AS/NZS 3500.1, “Plumbing and drainage water services.”
- AS/NZS 4129 “Fittings for polyethylene (PE) pipes for pressure applications.”
- AS/NZS 4020 “Testing of products for use in contact with drinking water.”
- AS/NZS 4158 “Thermal-bonded polymeric coatings on valves and fittings for water industry purposes.”
- AS/NZS 4331.1 “Metallic flanges Part 1: Steel flanges” (identical to ISO 7005-1).
- AS/NZS 4680 “Hot-dip galvanized (zinc) coatings on fabricated ferrous articles.“
- AS/NZS 4131, “Polyethylene (PE) compounds for pressure pipes and fittings.”
International Standards
- ASME B31.1 “Power Piping.”
- ASME B31.3 “Process Piping Design.”
- ASTM F1055 “Standard Specification for Electrofusion Type Polyethylene Fittings for Outside Diameter Controlled Polyethylene and Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX) Pipe and Tubing.”
- ASTM F2620 “Standard Practice for Heat Fusion Joining of Polyethylene Pipe and Fittings.”
- ANSI B16.5 “Pipe Fittings and Flanged Fittings.”
- ANSI/ASTM B16.5 “Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings.”
- ISO 9624 “Thermoplastics pipes for fluids under pressure – Mating dimensions of flange adaptors and loose backing flanges.”
- ISO 4437 “Plastic Piping Systems for the Supply of Gaseous Fuels – Polyethylene (PE)” – Australian Standard 4130.
- ISO 4427 “Plastics Piping Systems – Polyethylene (PE) Pipes and Fittings for Water Supply.”
- ISO 12176 “Plastics Pipes and Fittings – Equipment for Fusion Jointing Polyethylene Systems.”
- ISO 13479 “Standard for Polyolefin Pipes.” It covers how to test these pipes for crack growth. The test checks how well the pipes resist slow crack growth when they have notches.
- ISO 21138-1 “Plastics Piping Systems for Non-pressure Underground Drainage and Sewerage.” It focuses on structured-wall piping systems made from PVC-U, polypropylene (PP), and polyethylene (PE).
- ISO 16770 “Determination of environmental stress cracking (ESC) of polyethylene – Full-notch creep test (FNCT).”
- ISO 9080 “Testing of Plastic Pipes and Ducting Systems.” It helps find the long-term strength of thermoplastic materials in pipe form by using extrapolation.
- EN 12814-3 “Testing of welded joints in thermoplastics semi-finished products. Tensile creep test.”
- DIN PAS 1075 “Pipes Made From Polyethylene For Alternative Installation Techniques – Dimensions, Technical Requirements And Testing.”
- CEN TR 1295-2 “Structural Design of Buried Pipelines.” This covers different loading conditions and summarises the design methods used in various countries.
