ASTM A888:15 pdf download.Standard Specification for Hubless Cast lron Soil Pipe and Fittings for Sanitary and Storm Drain, Waste, and Vent Piping Applications.
8.2.1 Branch Fittings—The branch shall he placed toward the observer and the outlet end of the run lower than the branch.
8.3 The fitting illustrated in Fig. 3 has a right-hand inlet. Left-hand fittings have these openings on the side opposite to that shown. Inlets on fittings shall be made with or without spigot bead and positioning lug.
9. Coating
9.1 The pipe and fittings shall be uniformly coated with a material suitable for the purpose that is adherent, not brittle, and without a tendency to scale. The coating shall not contain asbestos above current MSDS reportable levels. Material safety data sheets shall be furnished by the coating manufacturer when requested. The coating shall be evenly and smoothly applied to all surfaces, except in threaded openings.
9.2 Pipe and fittings shall not he coated with paint containing lead which exceeds levels above 0.06 0/ (600 ppm).
9.2.1 The manufacturer shall annually prepare and submit samples to a qualified laboratory for test in accordance with Practice E1645.
9.3 Pipe and fittings shall not be coated with paint containing levels of volatile organic hazardous air pollutants (VOHAPs), which exceed levels of 2.6 lb (0.31 kg/L) of VOHAPs per gallon of solids.
9.3. I A coating shall be sampled at the point of application, in its original state, not after the coating has been cured.
9.3.2 The manufacturer shall annually prepare and submit samples to a qualified laboratory for test in accordance with Practice D3960.
9.4 The manufacturer shall prepare and submit samples when changing sources of supply or the coating manufacturer changes formulations for the coating.
9.5 Records shall be maintained for a period of seven years. 9.6 Copies of the coating test shall be furnished when requested.
10. Sampling
10.1 Chemical and mechanical tests shall be made regularly and at sufficiently close intervals for adequate determinations of the significant chemical constituents and properties of the cast iron. A specimen taken from a finished product often does not produce the same results as a specimen formed by the
method used for sample preparation and is not acceptable for the purposes of testing to this standard. Records of chemical analysis shall be maintained by the manufacturer. Copies of these analyses shall be furnished to the purchaser when requested.
10.2 A lot shall consist of one of the following:
10.2. 1 All the metal poured froni a single heating is a batch type furnace.
10.2.2 All the metal from two or more batch type melting furnaces poured into a single ladle or a single casting.
10.2.3 All the metal poured from a continuous melting furnace for a given period of time between changes in charge.
ASTM A888:15 pdf download
