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Iplex Pipelines (Australia) Pty Ltd PRODUCT APPRAISAL REPORT PA 1625
IPLEX PREMIUM PVC-U DWV PIPES AND FITTINGS FOR NON-PRESSURE DRAINAGE APPLICATIONS
AS/NZS 1260:2009 PVC-U pipes and fittings for drain, waste and vent applications
Publication Date: 14 June 2017
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Document History
The following information indicates the changes made to this document.
Date Version File Location
8 May 2018 Peer Review Draft
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14 June 2017 Publication
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Peer Reviewers
Name/Title Organisation Date
Product Appraisal Technical Advisory Group WSAA 29/5/2017
Expert Panel WSAA 29/5/2017
Alan Whittle WSAA Contractor 5/5/2017
Carl Radford, Product Appraisal Manager WSAA 8/5/2017
Approvals
Name/Title Signature Date
Carl Radford, Product Appraisal Manager Carl Radford 14/6/2017
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Overview of WSAA
The Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) is the peak industry body representing
the urban water industry. Our members provide water and sewerage services to over 20
million customers in Australia and New Zealand and many of Australia's largest industrial
and commercial enterprises.
Based around our vision of 'customer driven, enriching life', WSAA facilitates collaboration,
knowledge sharing, networking and cooperation within the urban water industry. We are
proud of the collegiate attitude of our members which has led to industry-wide approaches
to national water issues.
WSAA can demonstrate success in the standardisation of industry performance monitoring
and benchmarking, as well as many research outcomes of national significance. The WSAA
Executive retains strong links with policy makers and legislative bodies and their influencers,
to monitor emerging issues of importance to the urban water industry.
WSAA was formed in 1995 as a non-profit organisation to foster the exchange of information
between industry, government and the community, and to promote sustainable water
resource management.
The urban water industry is commited to anchoring its services to customers' values, and to
enrich communities where water services have broad economic, environmental and social
values. In line with this our main activities focus on four areas:
1. influencing national and state policies on the provision of urban water services and
sustainable water resource management
2. promoting debate on environmentally sustainable development and management of
water resources and the community health requirements of public water supplies
3. improving industry performance and establishing benchmarks and industry leading
practices for water service processes; and
4. fostering the exchange of information on education, training, research, water and
wastewater management and treatment and other matters of common interest.
Copyright
This document is copyrighted. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act
1968, no part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
means, electronically or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission
of Water Services Association of Australia Limited.
2 THE APPLICANT ......................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 The Supplier .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 The Manufacturer .................................................................................................................................................. 5
3 THE PRODUCT ........................................................................................................................................................... 6
4 SCOPE OF THE APPRAISAL ..................................................................................................................................... 7
13 OUTCOMES OF EXPERT PANEL PRODUCT REVIEW......................................................................................... 10
14 FUTURE WORKS .................................................................................................................................................... 10
15.1 Issue of Report .................................................................................................................................................. 10
15.2 Limits on Reliance on Information and Recommendations................................................................................ 10
15.2.1 Disclaimer of liability ................................................................................................................................... 10
15.2.2 Intellectual Property and other rights .......................................................................................................... 11
15.2.3 Need for independent assessment ............................................................................................................. 11
15.3 No Updating ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
15.4 No Warranty ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
APPENDIX A - QUALITY CERTIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................... 13
APPENDIX B - WSA PRODUCT SPECIFICATION ...................................................................................................... 34
APPENDIX C - SUPPLIER CONTACTS ....................................................................................................................... 36
APPENDIX D - NATA LABORATORY TEST RESULTS .............................................................................................. 37
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1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Iplex Pipelines, a long established Australian pipe and fittings manufacturing company, has
been producing PVC-U products for sewer and sanitary drains for over 40 years.
Iplex has manufacturing sites located around Australia, producing drainage waste and vent
(DWV) pipes at Osborne Park, W.A., Reservoir, Vic., Chipping Norton, N.S.W. and
Strathpine, Qld. Fittings are manufactured at Elizabeth, S.A.
This Appraisal covers DWV pipes with elastomeric seal joints in sizes DN 150 to DN375 and
pipes with solvent weld joints in sizes DN 100 to DN 300, manufactured in accordance with
AS/NZS 1260:2009 PVC-U pipes and fittings for drain, waste and vent applications. A
complete range of compatible fittings is also included.
Pipes are manufactured with a solid wall, solid core sandwich construction or foam core
sandwich construction. Fittings may be injection moulded or fabricated from pipe.
Pipe stiffness ratings are SN10 for DN 100 and SN8 for larger sizes. Fittings stiffness ratings
are minimum SN8.
Rubber ring joint pipes are provided in 6 metre lengths while solvent weld pipes are available
in 3 m or 6 m lengths.
Details of the product range covered by this Appraisal is detailed in Table 1.
Iplex DWV pipes and fittings are covered by ISO Type 5 product certification StandardsMark
licences to AS/NZS 1260.
All Iplex sites hold ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System licences.
The product range included in this Appraisal report meets the requirements of WSA PS 230
Polyvinyl Chloride, Unplasticised (PVC-U) Pipes and Fittings for Non-Pressure Applications
– Sewerage and Drainage and are therefore considered as ‘fit for purpose’.
1.1 Recommendations
It is recommended that WSAA members, subject to any specific requirements of the member,
accept or authorise the Iplex Pipelines range of Premium DWV pipes and fittings as detailed
in this report for use in non-pressure wastewater applications provided the design,
installation, acceptance testing etc are in accordance with the relevant WSAA codes,
Australian Standards AS/NZS 2032 and AS/NZS 2566 and manufacturer’s installation
requirements.
2 THE APPLICANT
Iplex Pipelines (Australia) Pty Limited ABN 56 079 613 308
2.1 The Supplier
Iplex Pipelines (Australia) Pty Limited.
2.2 The Manufacturer
Iplex Pipelines Australia Pty Limited is a wholly owned business unit of the Australian Stock
Exchange listed company Fletcher Building Limited. The company has operations in every
Australian state. Iplex manufactures and supplies plastics and metallic pipe and conduit for
applications including plumbing, irrigation, mining, industrial and chemical processes,
electrical, telecommunications, gas, stormwater, sewer, raw, recycled and drinking water.
Products manufactured to Australian Standards include PVC-U pipes and fittings for
stormwater, rainwater, DWV, pressure and electrical applications; ApolloBlue™ PVC -O,
Rhino® PVC-M; BlackMax™ and SewerMax™ PP pipes; POLIplex® and Millennium™ PE
pipes; K2™ PE-X and Pro-fit® PB plumbing systems and K1™ MLP consumer gas piping.
The company also supplies a range of DI pipes and fittings, SS clamps and off -takes, valves
and tapping bands. Additionally, Iplex is the Australian distributor of Flowtite™ GRP pipes
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manufactured in South Australia. Iplex is the only Australasian manufacturer of AS/NZS 4130
polyethylene pressure pipe and fittings in sizes as large as DN 2000.
Iplex’s Australian manufacturing plants are strategically located close to major development
and population regions in Innisfail (foundry), Townsville (extrusion), Brisbane (extrusion),
Toowoomba (extrusion), Sydney (extrusion), Albury (extrusion), Adelaide (injection moulding
and fabrication) and Perth (extrusion).
Iplex Pipelines is an Australian pioneer in plastics pipe and fittings production with more than
50 years’ experience. The company commenced operations in Adelaide in 1962 as Iplex
Plastics and has variously operated as Hardie Iplex Plastics, James Hardie Pipelines and
now Iplex Pipelines. Iplex Pipelines is a foundation member of the Plastics Industry Pipes
Association of Australia (PIPA) and was an active member of earlier industry organisations
including AusPoly.
As part of its ongoing commitment to the development of Standards for plastics pipe and
fittings, Iplex personnel serve on Standards Australia and PIPA technical committees and
Australian Pipelines and Gas Association (APGA) working groups. The company also
participates in ISO activities related to plastics pipes and fittings product and testing
Standards. In addition to WaterMark®, StandardsMark™ and ApprovalMark™ third-party
product certification, all operations are conducted under a quality management system,
certified to ISO 9001 by SAI Global, (Licence QEC 0037) or by ApprovalMark (Licence AMI-
QM 78003).
To support the application of its extensive product range, Iplex employs professional
engineers to assist users, clients, designers and asset owners with appropriate product
selection and pipeline design. Iplex publishes comprehensive engineering design guides that
are available for download via its website. The Iplex PocketENGINEER® is a web portal
where following registration, users can freely access design software to simplify mechanical,
hydraulic, civil and chemical resistance aspects of pipeline design>
3 THE PRODUCT
This appraisal is limited to Iplex Pipelines DWV pipe and fittings system
(a) that either meet or exceed the minimum stiffness class as specified in WSA PS - 230.
(b) in sizes ≥ DN100 as used in sewer infrastructure.
Pipes are manufactured with a solid wall, solid core sandwich construction or foam core
sandwich construction. Fittings may be injection moulded or fabricated from pipe.
Refer to Table 1 for a summary of DWV pipe and fittings included in this appraisal. For more
detail refer to the accompanying StandardsMark and ApprovalMark Schedules, Appendix E,
Iplex Pipelines DWV pipe and fittings system product catalogue and Iplex website