AS 1646.1-2000

1 - AS 1646.1-2000 ELASTOMERIC SEALS FOR WATERWORKS PURPOSES - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
6 - 1.1 Scope
6 - 1.2 General
6 - 2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
7 - 3 DEFINITIONS
7 - 3.1 Backrind
7 - 3.2 Blister
7 - 3.3 Bloom
7 - 3.4 Buffing
7 - 3.5 Crazing
8 - 3.6 Cut
8 - 3.7 Cupping
8 - 3.8 Excessive trimming
8 - 3.9 Factice
8 - 3.10 Flash
9 - 3.11 Flow mark
9 - 3.12 Foreign material
9 - 3.13 Major imperfection
9 - 3.14 Minor imperfection
9 - 3.15 Mismatch
9 - 3.16 Nominal seal hardness
9 - 3.17 Off register
10 - 3.18 Offset
10 - 3.19 Parting line indentation
10 - 3.20 Porosity
10 - 3.21 Reclaim rubber
10 - 3.22 Scorch
10 - 3.23 Seal hardness
10 - 3.24 Surface depression
11 - 4 DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCES
11 - 5 EFFECT ON WATER
11 - 6 STORAGE
11 - 7 PURCHASING
11 - 8 ABBREVIATIONS
11 - 9 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
11 - 9.1 Splice Joint
11 - 9.2 Ozone resistance
12 - 9.3 Surface imperfections
12 - 9.3.1 General
12 - 9.3.2 Classification
12 - 9.4 Stress relaxation in compression
14 - APPENDIX A - MEANS FOR DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH THIS STANDARD
14 - A1 SCOPE
14 - A2 RELEVANCE
14 - A3 PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
14 - A4 TESTING
14 - A4.1 General
14 - A4.2 Sampling
15 - A4.3 Retesting
15 - A4.4 Rejection after retest
16 - APPENDIX B - PURCHASING GUIDELINES
16 - B1 GENERAL
16 - B2 INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE PURCHASER
16 - B3 CERTIFICATES
16 - B3.1 Certificate of compliance
16 - B3.2 Test certificate
17 - APPENDIX C - TEST FOR SPLICE STRENGTH OF PREVULCANIZED PROFILE ENDS AND JOINT
17 - C1 SCOPE
17 - C2 PRINCIPLE
17 - C3 APPARATUS
17 - C3.1 Elongation method
17 - C3.2 Stretch and twist method
17 - C4 TEST SPECIMEN
17 - C5 PROCEDURE
17 - C5.1 Elongation method
18 - C5.2 Stretch and twist method
18 - C6 REPORT
19 - APPENDIX D - GUIDANCE ON OZONE RESISTANCE
20 - APPENDIX E - DETERMINATION OF STRESS RELAXATION IN TENSION
20 - E1 SCOPE
20 - E2 PRINCIPLE
20 - E3 APPARATUS
20 - E3.1 Stress apparatus
20 - E3.2 Force measuring system
20 - E4 TEST PIECES
20 - E5 TEST CONDITIONS
20 - E6 PROCEDURE

Specifies the general requirements applicable to the suite of Standards AS 1646 for the use of elastomeric seals in water and sewerage systems.

This Standard specifies the general requirements applicable to the AS 1646 suite of Standards for the use of elastomeric seals in water and sewerage systems.Means for demonstrating compliance with this Standard are given in Appendix A.

First published as AS A139-1964.
Second edition 1972.
Revised and redesignated as AS 1646-1974.
Second edition 1984.
Third edition 1987.
Fourth edition 1992.
Revised and redesignated in part as AS 1646.1-2000.