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Group 'ROUP © 0LUMBING Plumbing SUPPLY supply FITTINGS fittings #ONTENTS Contents ASME A112Standards StandardsCommittee Committee on on Plumbing Plumbing Materials Materials and and Equipment Equipment VI vi ASME A112 ASME A112.18.1 Project Project Team Team on on Plumbing Plumbing Fixture viii ASME A112.18.1 Fixture Fittings Fittings VIII Technical Committee on Plumbing Plumbing Fittings Fittings XI Technical Committee on xi ASME/CSA Joint Fittings XIV ASME/CSA JointHarmonization HarmonizationTask TaskGroup Groupon on Plumbing Plumbing Fittings xiv Preface Preface XV xv 3COPE 1 Scope Reference 2EFERENCE publications PUBLICATIONS 2 $EFINITIONS and AND abbreviations ABBREVIATIONS Definitions 3.1 Definitions 3.1 Definitions Abbreviations 7 3.2 3.2 Abbreviations Design $ESIGN requirements REQUIREMENTS 7 4.1 Supply 4.1 Supplyfittings fittings 7 4.1.1 Rated 4.1.1 Ratedpressure pressure 4.1.2 Rated Rated temperatures temperatures 4.1.2 4.1.3 Seating Seatingmembers members 4.1.3 4.2 Servicing 4.2 Servicing 4.3 Installation 4.3 Installation 4.4 Threaded connections 4.4 Threaded connections 4.5 Connections 4.5 Connectionsother otherthan thanthreaded threadedconnections connections 4.6 Accessible designs 4.6 Accessible designs 4.7 Backflow 10 4.7 Backflow prevention prevention Cover 4.8 Cover plates plates and and escutcheons escutcheons 10 4.8 4.9 Toxicity and 4.9 Toxicity and lead lead content content 10 4.10 Frost-proof 4.10 Frost-proof faucets faucets and and hydrants hydrants 10 4.11 Shower sprays, and showers 4.11 Shower heads, heads, body body sprays, and hand-held hand-held showers 10 4.11.1 General General 4.11.1 10 4.11.2 High-efficiency High-efficiency shower shower heads hand-held showers showers 4.11.2 heads and and hand-held 10 4.12 Cross-flow Cross-flow 4.12 11 4.13 Fittings electrical features 4.13 Fittings incorporating incorporating electrical features 11 General 4.13.1 General 4.13.1 11 4.13.2 Testing Testing 4.13.2 11 4.14 Materials Materials 4.14 12 4.15 Automatic Automatic compensatingvalve valvetemperature temperature control control 4.15 compensating 12 4.16 Lawn 4.16 Lawn faucets faucets 12 4.17 Flexible 4.17 Flexiblewater water connectors connectors 12 PROCEDURES S 0ERFORMANCE Performance REQUIREMENTS requirements AND and TEST test procedures 12 5.1 General 5.1 12 General 5.1.1 Preconditioning 5.1.1 Preconditioning 12 5.1.2 Installation for for testing testing 12 5.1.2 Installation 5.1.3 Testconditions conditions 12 5.1.3 Test Orderof of tests tests 5.1.4 5.1.4 Order 12 5.2 Coatings 5.2 12 Coatings December 2012 $ECEMBER ``,`,,`,,``````,`,`,``,,`,,``-`-`,,`,,`,`,,` - iii III !3-% ASME!#3! 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Group 'ROUP © 5.2.1 General General 12 5.2.1 5.2.2 Corrosion Corrosion(all (allsubstrates substrates and and coatings) coatings) 5.2.2 12 5.2.3 Adhesion Adhesion 5.2.3 13 5.2.4 Decorative Decorativeorganic organic coatings coatings 5.2.4 14 5.3 Pressure 5.3 Pressure and and temperature temperature 15 5.3.1 dynamic seals seals 5.3.1 Static Static and and dynamic 15 5.3.2 Burstpressure pressure 5.3.2 Burst 15 5.3.3 Cross-flowcheck checkvalves valves 15 5.3.3 Cross-flow 5.3.4 Hoseassemblies assemblies 5.3.4 Hose 16 5.3.5 5.3.5 Ball Ball joints joints 16 5.3.6 Diverters 5.3.6 Diverters 16 endpoint pointdevices devices 5.3.7 Aerators Aeratorsand andother otherend 17 5.3.7 5.4 Flow 5.4 Flow rate rate 17 5.4.1 Supply 5.4.1 Supply fittings fittings 17 5.4.2 Test Testprocedure procedure 5.4.2 17 5.5 Operating requirements 18 5.5 Operating requirements 5.6 Life Life cycle cycle 5.6 19 5.6.1 5.6.1 Performance Performance requirements requirements 19 5.6.2 Testprocedures procedures 5.6.2 Test 20 5.6.3 Fittingsand andother othercontrol controldevices devices 21 5.6.3 Fittings 5.7 Resistance 23 5.7 Resistance to to installation installation loading loading 5.7.1 Bending Bending strength strength 23 5.7.1 Threadtorque torquestrength strength 5.7.2 Thread 5.7.2 23 24 5.8 Resistance 5.8 Resistance to to use use loading loading 24 5.8.1 Operatingcontrols controls 5.8.1 Operating 5.8.2 Maintenanceofofinstalled installedposition position 24 5.8.2 Maintenance 5.8.3 Swingspout spoutstrength strength 24 5.8.3 Swing 5.9 Backflow 25 5.9 Backflow prevention prevention 5.9.1 General 5.9.1 General 25 5.9.2 Fittingswith withplain plain outlets outlets 5.9.2 Fittings 25 outlets 5.9.3 Fittingswith withsubmersible submersible outlets 26 5.9.3 Fittings 5.10 Lawnfaucets faucets 5.10 Lawn 28 5.10.1 Performance requirements requirements 5.10.1 Performance 28 5.10.2 Test procedure procedure 5.10.2 Test 28 5.11 5.11 Alternative materials Alternative materials test test 29 5.11.1 Performance requirements requirements 5.11.1 Performance 29 5.11.2 Test procedure procedure 5.11.2 Test 29 5.12 5.12 High-efficiency High-efficiencyshower showerheads headsand and hand-held hand-held showers showers 29 5.12.1 General 5.12.1 General 29 5.12.2 5.12.2 Flow Flow rate rate 29 5.12.3 Spray Spray force force 5.12.3 30 Spray coverage coverage 5.12.4 Spray 5.12.4 31 Markings, -ARKINGS packaging, PACKAGING and AND installation INSTALLATION instructions INSTRUCTIONS 32 32 6.1 General 6.1 General 6.2 Temperature identification identification 6.2 Temperature 32 32 6.3 Packaging 6.3 Packaging 6.4 6.4 High-efficiency High-efficiencyshower showerheads headsand andhand-held hand-heldshowers showers 33 !NNEXES Annexes A (informative) — and rounding ! (informative) — Unit Unit conversion conversion and rounding criteria criteria 47 B (normative) " —Tests Testsby by fitting fitting type type (normative) — 48 Iv IV December 2012 $ECEMBER © The 4HE American !MERICAN Society 3OCIETY of OF Mechanical -ECHANICAL Engineers %NGINEERS © © 2012 CSA #3! Group 'ROUP © 0LUMBING Plumbing SUPPLY supply FITTINGS fittings 4ABLES Tables maximum flow flow rates — — Minimum Minimum and and maximum rates 34 — Operating — Operating requirements requirements 35 — Life — Lifecycle cycletest test 35 — — Thread Thread torque torquestrength strength 36 &IGURES Figures — — Deck-mounted Deck-mounted lavatory lavatoryand and sink sinksupply supplyfittings fittings 36 — Dimensions — Dimensionsfor for1/2-14 1/2-14NPSM NPSMshanks shanks 37 — Discharge — Discharge capacity capacity test test schematics schematics 38 — — Bending Bending loads loadson onsupply supplyfittings fittings 39 Set-up for for back hidden check check valve valve test S — — Set-up back siphonage siphonage and and hidden test 40 — for check valve leakage — Set-up Set-up for check valve leakage test test 41 fixture — — Spray Spray force-balance force-balance test test fixture 42 — — Spray Spray force force test test fixture fixture set-up set-up 43 — fixture 44 — Spray Spray coverage coverage test test fixture — Spray fixture set-up ring 10 — Spray coverage coverage test test fixture set-up ring 45 — Spray fixture set-up 11 — Spray coverage coverage test test fixture set-up 46 December 2012 $ECEMBER VV !3-% !#3! 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