BS 1640-4:1968
Superseded
A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.
A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.
Hardcopy , PDF
31-12-2008
English
21-03-1968
Co-operating organizations
Foreword
Specification
1 General
1.1 Scope
1.2 Size and size identification
1.3 Pressure ratings
1.4 Materials
1.5 Manufacture
1.6 Heat treatment
1.7 Descaling
1.8 Repair of defects
2 Dimensions and tolerances
2.1 Dimensions
2.2 Tolerances
3 Workmanship, marking, inspection, testing and
certificate
3.1 Workmanship and finish
3.2 Marking
3.3 Inspection
3.4 Test facilities
3.5 Prototype bursting tests
3.6 Non-destructive testing
3.7 Intercrystalline corrosion test
3.8 Hydrostatic testing
3.9 Certificate
Appendix
A Information to be supplied by the purchaser
Tables
1 Materials and material identification symbols
2 Tolerances
3 Outside diameter and nominal wall thickness of
steel pipe
4 Dimensions of elbows and return bends
5 Dimensions of 90 deg long radius tangent elbows
6 Dimensions of equal tees
7 Dimensions of reducing tees
8 Dimensions of reducers (concentric and eccentric)
9 Dimensions of caps
10 Dimensions of lap-joint stub ends
Figures
1 Welding end for wall thicknesses from 3.2 mm to
22.2 mm inclusive
2 Welding end for wall thicknesses greater than
22.2 mm
3 Typical examples of off-square tolerance X checked
against reference planes
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