ASTM F1548-94

Standard Specification for the Performance of Fittings for Use with Gasketed Mechanical Couplings Used in Piping Applications

SCOPE
1.1 This specification defines classification, materials, test requirements, inspection certification, marking and packaging of fittings for use with gasketed mechanical couplings complying to Specification F1476.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Jun-2001
• ICS: 47.020.30 - Piping systems
• Technical Committee: F25 - Ships and Marine Technology

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM F1548-01 - Standard Specification for the Performance of Fittings for Use with Gasketed Mechanical Couplings Used in Piping Applications
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001
• Referred By: ASTM A395/A395M-99(2022) - Standard Specification for Ferritic Ductile Iron Pressure-Retaining Castings for Use at Elevated Temperatures
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1155-10(2019) - Standard Practice for Selection and Application of Piping System Materials
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 1548 – 94 An American National Standard
Standard Specification for
the Performance of Fittings for Use with Gasketed
Mechanical Couplings Used in Piping Applications
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1548; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
TABLE 1 Specification Equivalency Table
1. Scope
1.1 This specification defines classification, materials, test
Spec. Ref. U.S. Designation British ISO
requirements, inspection certification, marking and packaging
Number ASTM Standard Standard
of fittings for use with gasketed mechanical couplings com-
1 A 47 6681 5922
plying to Specification F 1476.
2 A 48 1452 —
3 A 53 3601 —
4 A 153 729 1459, 1460, 1461
2. Referenced Documents
5 A 216 3100 —
2.1 ASTM Standards:
6 A 234 1640 Pt. 1 —
7 A 312 3605 —
NOTE 1—See Table 1 for equivalency listing of applicable, equivalent
8 A 403 1640 Pt. 2 —
specifications.
9 A 536 4772 2531, 4179, 8179
10 A 743 3100 —
A 47 Specification for Ferritic Maleable Iron Castings
11 B 26 1490 3522, 7722
A 48 Specification for Gray Iron Castings
12 B 75 2871 —
A 53 Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped,
13 B 210 1471 209
14 B 369 3071 —
Zinc-Coated Welded and Seamless
15 B 584 1400 —
A 153 Specification for Zinc Coating (Hot-Dip) on Iron and
16 B 633 1706 2081
Steel Hardware
ANSI
A 216 Specification for Steel Castings, Carbon Suitable for
Fusion for High-Temperature Service
17 B36.10 3600 4200
A 234 Specification for Piping Fittings of Wrought Carbon 18 B36.19 3600 4200
Steel and Alloy Steel for Moderate and Elevated Tempera-
ANSI/AWWA
tures
A 312 Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic 19 C151/A21.51 4772 2531, 4179, 8179
20 C606 — —
Stainless Steel Pipe
A 403 Specification for Wrought Austenitic Stainless Steel
MILITARY
Piping Fittings STANDARDS
A 536 Specification for Ductile Iron Castings
21 MIL-A-8625 — —
A 743 Specification for Castings, Iron-Chromium, Iron-
22 MIL-T-704 — —
Chromium-Nickel, Corrosion-Resistant for General Appli- 23 MIL-STD-45662 5781 —
cation
B 26 Specification for Aluminum-Alloy Sand Castings
B 75 Specification for Seamless Copper Tube 6
General Applications
B 210 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy
B 633 Specification for Electrodeposited Coatings of Zinc
Drawn Seamless Tubes
on Iron and Steel
B 369 Specification for Copper-Nickel Alloy Castings
F 1476 Specification for the Performance of Gasketed Me-
B 584 Specification for Copper-Alloy Sand Castings for
chanical Couplings for Use in Piping Applications
2.2 ANSI Standards:
B 36.10 Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel Pipe
This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-25 on Ships and
Marine Technology and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee 25.13 on Piping
B 36.19 Stainless Steel Pipe
Systems.
Current edition approved August 15, 1994. Published October 1994.
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.02.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.05.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.06. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.07.
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F 1548
2.3 ANSI/AWWA Standards: 2081 Metallic Coatings—Electroplated Coatings of Zinc on
C 151/A21.51 Ductile-Iron Pipe, Centrifugally Cast in Iron or Steel
2531 Ductile Iron Pipes, Fittings and Accessories for Pres-
Metal Molds or Sand-Lined Molds, for Water and Other
Liquids sure Pipe Lines
3522 Cast Aluminum Alloys—Chemical Composition and
C 606-87 Grooved and Shouldered Joints
2.4 Military Standards: Mechanical Properties
4179 Ductile Iron Pipes for Pressure and Non-Pressure
MIL-A-8625 Anodic Coatings, for Aluminum and Alumi-
num Alloys Pipelines—Centrifugal Cement Mortar Lining—General
Requirements
MIL-T-704 Treatment and Painting of Material
4200 Plain End Steel Tubes, Welded and Seamless—
MIL-STD-45662 Calibration System Requirements
General Tables of Dimensions and Masses Per Unit
2.5 British Standards:
Length
BS 729 Specification for Hot Dip Galvanized Coatings on
5922 Malleable Cast Iron
Iron and Steel Articles
7722 Aluminum Alloy Castings Produced by Gravity, Sand,
BS 1400 Specification for Copper Alloy Ingots and Copper
or Chill Casting, or by Related Processes—General Con-
Alloy and High Conductivity Copper Castings
ditions for Inspection and Delivery
BS 1452 Specification for Flake Graphite Cast Iron
8179 Ductile Iron Pipes—External Zinc Coating
BS 1471 Specification for Wrought Aluminum and Alumi-
num Alloys for General Engineering Purposes—Drawn
3. Terminology
Tube
3.1 Definitions:
BS 1490 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum Alloy
3.1.1 fabricated fitting—a fitting constructed by welding
Ingots and Castings for General Engineering Purposes
together sections of pipe or tube.
BS 1640 Pt. 1 Wrought Carbon and Ferritic Alloy Steel
3.1.2 fitting—a device used in a piping system to change
Fittings
pipe direction, size, split or combine flows, or adapt to other
BS 1640 Pt. 2 Wrought and Cast Austenitic Chromium—
joining methods.
Nickel Steel Fittings
3.1.3 grooved end—type of fitting or pipe end having a
BS 1706 Method for Specifying Electroplated Coatings of
groove for use with grooved mechanical couplings (Type I) as
Zinc and Cadmium on Iron and Steel
defined in F 1476.
BS 2871 Specification for Copper and Copper Alloys—
3.1.4 pipe—hollow tubular product conforming to Table 1
Tubes
Specification Reference Nos. 17, 18, 19 and 12, Nominal
BS 3071 Specification for Nickel—Copper Alloy Castings
Dimensions, or O.D. tube.
BS 3100 Specification for Steel Castings for General Engi-
3.1.5 plain end—type of fitting or pipe end for use with a
neering Purposes
gasketed mechanical coupling (Type II) that is plain end as
BS 3600 Specification for Dimensions of Steel Pipe for the
defined in Specification F 1476.
Petroleum Industry
3.1.6 tangent—a section of straight pipe or tube integral to
BS 3601 Specification for Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes
or welded to the end(s) of a fitting.
with Specified Room Temperature Properties for Pressure
3.1.7 wrought fitting—a fitting made by shaping or shaping
Purposes
and welding.
BS 3605 Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes and Tubes for
Pressure Purposes
4. Classification
BS 4772 Specification for Ductile Iron Pipes and Fittings
4.1 These fittings are classified into the following design
BS 5781 Measurement and Calibration System
types:
BS 6681 Specification for Malleable Cast Iron
4.1.1 Type I—Grooved end.
2.6 International Standards Organization:
4.1.2 Type II—Plain end.
209 Composition of Wrought Products of Aluminum and
5. Ordering Information
Aluminum Alloys. Chemical Composition (Percent)
1459 Metallic Coatings—Protection Against Corrosion by 5.1 Orders for fittings under this specification shall include
Hot Dip Galvanizing—Guiding Principles
the following:
1460 Metallic Coatings—Hot Dip Galvanized Coatings on 5.1.1 Specification designation, title, number and year of
issue.
Ferrous Materials—Determination of the Mass Per Unit
Area—Gravimetric Method 5.1.2 Quantity.
5.1.3 Size and appropriate suffix (Example 8 in. IPS, 76.1
1461 Metallic Coatings—Hot Dipped Galvanized Coatings
on Fabricated Ferrous Products—Requirements mm O.D.).
5.1.4 Fitting description (90° Elbow, Tee, Cross, etc.).
5.1.5 Type (I, II)—Type I must include groove style (that is,
10 Standard, End Seal, AWWA Rigid, AWWA Flexible, or
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