material transition. Consult
the
pipe manufacturer
for
the
particular application.
Gaskets
Gaskets required
for
ductile iron
or
gray cast-iron
flanged
joints
are 3.2 mm
(V
8
in.) thick,
and
those
for
steel
flanges
can be
either
1.6 mm
(Vi
6
in.)
or 3.2 mm
(V
8
in.) thick (see
"Gaskets"
in
Sections
4-3 and 4-4
for
details).
Thickness
Temperatures exceeding
871 to
927
0
C
(1600
to
170O
0
F)
erode
the
ductility
and
strength
of
ductile
iron,
so, if
they
are
used
at
all, welds must
be
made
with
great care
to
avoid overheating. Hence,
flanges
for
pipe made
in the
United States
are
screwed
to the
barrel
by the
pipe manufacturer.
The
thinnest allow-
able
DIP for
threaded barrels
is
Class
53. The
thick-
ness
of
Class
53 DIP is
given
in
Tables
B-I
and B-2
(Appendix
B).
Spools (short lengths
of
pipe)
can
sometimes
be
obtained with integrally cast
flanges
that
may
permit Class
50
pipe
to be
used. Flanges
for
ductile
iron
or
gray iron valves
and fittings are
always
cast integrally. Some European manufacturers
do
weld
flanges to DIP
barrels,
and
this practice permits
the use of
Class
50
instead
of
Class
53
pipe.
Steel pipe
can be
obtained
in a
very wide range
of
thicknesses
and
diameters
[9].
Flanges
are
welded
to the
barrel
of
steel pipe. Thicknesses
for
carbon steel
vary
from
Schedule
10 to
Schedule
160 and
from
"standard"
to
"double extra heavy." Standard weight pipe
is
shown
in
Tables
B
-3
and
B
-4
(Appendix
B).
Standard weight
and
Schedule
40 are
identical
for
diameters
up to and
including
250 mm (10
in.).
All
larger sizes
of
standard
weight pipe have
a
wall thickness
of 9.5 mm
(
3
/
8
in.)
Depending
on
pipe size
and
internal pressure,
steel
pipe
may
have
to be
reinforced
at
tees, wyes,
and
other openings.
As
discussed
in
Section 4-4, rein-
forcement
can be one of
three kinds: collar, wrapper,
or
crotch.
Linings
and
Coatings
Considering
its low
cost, long
life,
and
sustained
smoothness (see
"Friction
Coefficients"
in
Section
3-2), cement-mortar lining
for
both ductile iron
and
steel pipe
is the
most
useful
and the
most common.
Standard thicknesses
for
shop linings
are
given both
in
Table
4-6 and
(for DIP)
in
Tables
B-I
and
B-2.
Pipe
can be
lined
in
place with
the
thicknesses given
in
Table
4-7
after
cleaning. Although cement mortar
is
normally very durable,
it can be
slowly attacked
by
very
soft
waters with
low
total dissolved solids con-
tent (less than
40
mg/L),
by
high
sulfate
waters,
or by
waters undersaturated
in
calcium carbonate.
For
such
uses,
carefully
investigate
the
probable durability
of
cement mortar
and
consider
the use of
other linings.
The
marble test [10]
is a
simple, accurate,
and
inex-
pensive means
for
determining
the
calcium carbonate
saturation. Sulfate
and
total dissolved solids
are
also
easily tested
in
almost
any
water laboratory. Because
the
standard, shop-applied mortar
linings
are
rela-
tively thin, some designers prefer
to
specify
shop lin-
ings
in
double thickness.
In
specifying mortar lining, match
the
pipe
ID
with
the
required valve
ID,
particularly
with
short-body
butterfly
valves
in
which
the
valve vane protrudes into
the
pipe.
If the ID is too
small,
the
valve cannot
be
fully
opened.
Table 4-6. Thickness
of
Shop-Applied
Cement-Mortar
Linings
Lining
thickness
Nominal
pipe
diameter
Ductile
iron
pipe
3
Steel
pipe
b
mm
in. mm in. mm in.
100-250
4-10
1.6
1
A
6
6.4
V
4
300 12 1.6
V
16
7.9
5
/
16
350-550
14-22
2.4
3
/
32
7.9
5
/i
6
600
24 2.4
3
/
32
9.5
3
/
8
750-900
30-36
3.2
V
8
9.5
3
/
8
1050-1350
42-54
3.2
V
8
12.7
V
2
>1350
>54 — — — —
a
Single
thickness
per
AWWA
C104.
Linings
of
double
thickness
are
also
readily
available.
b
Per
AWWA
C205.