Fusible PVC Pipe
Product advantages include:
- PVC is today's most widely utilized pipe material in the United States
- Fusible PVC pipe provides a monolithic, fully restrained, gasket free, leak-free piping system
- High tensile strength (ASTM D638) of the fused joint (up to 7000 psi) allows for higher safe pulling stresses and consequently longer trenchless pull-in lengths
- Reduced wall thickness for given pressure requirement translates into highest flow per outer diameter (OD) dimension
- PVC has superior stiffness (modulus) compared to other plastic pipe which limits long term deformation under soil load
- PVC material properties have low time dependencies - the properties do not change over time - i.e no pull-in relaxation period
- Standard waterworks fittings are used to tap, connect and change direction on Fusible PVC pipe systems - eliminating the use of expensive transition fittings or fused-on fittings
- PVC resists hydrocarbon permeation better than other thermoplastic pipe systems
- PVC is more resistant to water disinfectant induced oxidation than other thermoplastic pipe systems
- PVC has been used for over 50 years - owner and contractor familiarity of the pipe is well established
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