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SVENSK STANDARD
SS-EN 1277:2004
Fastställd 2004-01-09
Utgåva 2

Plaströrsystem – Självfallsledningar i mark av

termoplast – Metoder för provning av täthet hos
tätningar av elastomertyp

Plastics piping systems – Thermoplastics piping

systems for buried non-pressure applications –
Test methods for leaktightness of elastomeric
sealing ring type joints

ICS 23.040.01; 23.040.80

Språk: engelska
Publicerad: februari 2004
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official English version of EN 1277:2003.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 1277

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM December 2003

ICS 23.040.80 Supersedes EN 1277:1996

English version

Plastics piping systems - Thermoplastics piping systems for

buried non-pressure applications - Test methods for
leaktightness of elastomeric sealing ring type joints

Systèmes de canalisations en plastiques - Systèmes de Kunststoff-Rohrleitungssysteme - Erdverlegte

canalisations thermoplastiques pour applications enterrées Rohrleitungssysteme aus Thermoplasten für drucklose
sans pression - Méthodes d'essai d'étanchéité des Anwendungen - Prüfverfahren für die Dichtheit von
assemblages à bague d'étanchéité en élastomère elastomeren Dichtringverbindungen

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 3 March 2003.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
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EN 1277:2003 (E)

Foreword
This European Standard (EN 1277:2003) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN /TC 155,
"Plastics piping systems and ducting systems", the secretariat of which is held by NEN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2004,, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at
the latest by June 2004.
Annex A is normative.
This document supersedes EN 1277:1996.
The modifications are:
— The deflection of the socket is now permitted to be greater than specified if by deflecting the spigot to the
specified amount the socket, without applying load to it, is deflected to more than specified. The reason
is that experience with testing large diameter pipes in accordance with the 1996 version has shown that
for some pipe designs a deflection of 10 % of the spigot resulted in a deflection larger than 5% of the
socket without applying any load to it. This is the major reason for the revision.
— A support for the profiles under the deflection device, see Figure 2, are specified in cases where there is
a risk that the profiles are deflected too much when deflecting the spigot or socket.
— Figure 4 has been added to clarify the description of the deflection devices.
— The procedure for determining and applying the deflection has been described in more details, see 6.2.
— A number of editorial changes including a more logic order of the description of the test equipment and
test procedure have been introduced.
The material-dependent parameters and/or performance requirements are incorporated in the System
Standard(s) concerned.
This standard is one of a series of standards on test methods, which support System Standards for plastics
piping systems and ducting systems.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands,
Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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1 Scope
This European standard specifies three basic test pressures for determining the leaktightness of elastomeric
sealing ring type joints for buried thermoplastics non-pressure piping systems.
Unless otherwise specified in the referring standard, the methods pressures used are the following:

— p1: internal negative air pressure (partial vacuum);

— p2: a low internal hydrostatic pressure;
— p3: a higher internal hydrostatic pressure.
It also describes four test conditions under which the test can be executed, as follows:
A: without any additional diametric or angular deflection;
B: with diametric deflection;
C: with angular deflection;
D: with simultaneous angular and diametric deflection.
These conditions can be applied individually or in combination. The applicable selection of the method(s)
and the condition(s) should be specified in the referring standard.

2 Principle
A test piece assembled from pipes and/or fittings is subjected to a specific initial internal negative air
pressure, p1 followed by a low specific initial internal hydrostatic pressure, p2 and a higher internal
hydrostatic pressure, p3.
During testing the joint may be subjected to diametric and/or angular deflection(s). The referring product
standard shall specify which of the test pressures and deflection conditions have to be carried out.
Each pressure is maintained for a specific period during which the joint is monitored for leakage (see
clause 6).
NOTE 1 It is assumed that the following test parameters are set by the standard making reference to this standard:
a) the test pressure(s), p1 [see item d) of 6.1], p2 [see item f) of 6.1] and p3 [see item g) of 6.1], as applicable, and the
percentage of loss of partial vacuum [see item d) of 6.1];
b) the required diametric and/or angular deflections and their combination with each other and/or the test pressure(s)
NOTE 2 As a consequence of the revision of EN 1277:1996 a modification of test parameters given in referring
European Standards on thermoplastics underground drainage and sewerage pipes published before this European
Standard may be required (see annex A).

3 Apparatus

3.1 General
The apparatus shall consist of a jig or any other arrangement capable of:
a) applying the specified diametric and/or angular deflection;
b) applying the specified test pressure(s), positive or negative;
c) maintaining the test assembly in the required position throughout the test;
d) resisting the forces resulting from the mass of the water in the test assembly and from the applied
hydrostatic test pressure(s) during the test period.
The apparatus shall not otherwise support the joint against the internal test pressure.

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A typical arrangement, allowing angular and diametric deflection, is shown in Figure 1.

3.2 Apparatus
The apparatus shall include the following items which all shall be capable of resisting the forces and
pressures generated during the test.
3.2.1 End sealing devices, having a size and using a sealing method appropriate to seal the non-jointed
ends of the test assembly. The devices shall be restrained in a manner that does not exert longitudinal
forces on the joint at positive pressures;
3.2.2 Hydrostatic pressure source, connected to one of the sealing devices, or to the test piece, and
capable of applying and maintaining the specified pressure [see items f) and g) of 6.1];
3.2.3 Negative air pressure source, connected to one of the sealing devices, or to the test piece, and
capable of applying and maintaining the specified internal negative air pressure for the specified time. See
item d) of 6.1;
3.2.4 Arrangement, capable of venting air from the assembly;
3.2.5 Pressure measuring devices, capable of checking conformity to the specified test pressure (see
item d), f) and g) of 6.1).
When testing with diametric deflection is required the following items shall also be included:
3.2.6 Mechanical or hydraulic device, capable of applying the necessary diametric deflection to the
spigot [see item b) of 6.1] and acting on a beam which is free to move in the vertical plane square to the axis
of the pipe. For pipes with a diameter equal to or greater than 400 mm, each beam can be elliptically shaped
to suit the expected shape of the pipe when deflected as required, see Figure 4. The length of the beam or
the curved part of the beam shall be greater than the contact area with the deflected spigot.
The width, b1, see Figure 1, shall depend upon the external diameter, de, of the pipe as follows:
— b1 = 100 mm for de ≤ 710 mm;
— b1 = 150 mm for 710 mm < de ≤ 1000 mm;
— b1 = 200 mm for de > 1000 mm.
3.2.7 Mechanical or hydraulic device, capable of applying the necessary diametric deflection to the
socket [see item b) of 6.1] and acting on a beam which is free to move in the vertical plane square to the axis
of the socket.
The length of the beam or the curved part of the beam shall be greater than the contact area with the
deflected socket.
For pipes with a diameter equal to or greater than 400 mm, each beam may be elliptically shaped to suit the
expected shape of the socket when deflected as required, see Figure 4;
The width, b2, shall depend upon the external diameter, de, of the pipe as follows:
— b2 = 30 mm for de ≤ 110 mm;
— b2 = 40 mm for 110 mm < de ≤ 315 mm;
— b2 = 60 mm for de > 315 mm.
When there is a risk that the stiffening elements (profiles) of a structured wall pipe or socket will deflect more
than 0,1 times the profile height, the clamps shall be modified so they will come into contact with the pipe
wall between the profiles when the profile is deflected to between 0,9 times and 0,95 times the profile height,
(see Figure 2).
Such modifications shall be made from wood or less flexible materials.