Standards for PE100 water & gas pipe Both ISO and EN Standards are available covering PE100 pipe. The relevant Standards are: ISO 4427-2: Plastics piping systems. Polyethylene pipes & fittings for...
PE & HDPE Pipe PE100 is the third generation of pipe grade PE. It has an optimum balance of three key properties: Minimum Required Strength (MRS) – this provides long-term strength and creep...
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Why choose PE compounds for pressure pipe ?
Simplicity or consistency The simplest way for any polymer producer to operate is to produce natural pellets for a wide range of applications...
Quality Materials List
PE100+ Quality Materials List is valid until December 2022. It is available online and a PDF version can be downloaded.
What range of pipe diameters is available?
PE100 can be manufactured in a wide range of polyethylene pipe diameters from 16mm to 2000mm. Even larger diameters are possible with the development...
What is SDR pipe and how does it influence the pressure rating of the pipe?
SDR pipe : "Standard Dimensional Ratio" The SDR pipe is the "Standard Dimensional Ratio" and refers to the geometry of the pipe. SDR is defined as...
Testing methods
Creep rupture strength - Internal pressure test Constant internal pressure at constant temperature The internal pressure test is standardised in ISO...
Pipe Bursting and Splitting
PIPE BURSTING / SPLITTING - TECHNIQUE Pipe bursting and pipe splitting are trenchless methods used to replace existing pipelines with PE100 in the...
Pipe Reaming
PIPE REAMING - TECHNIQUE Pipe reaming, also known as pipe eating, is a trenchless pipe replacement technique that removes the host pipe while at the...
Test Requirements
Requirements of the PE 100+ Association Firstly, the ready made compounds must conform to EN 1555-1 and ISO 4437, or EN 12201-1 and ISO 4427. Fully...