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Series 2100 Hydrant Security Check Valve

Specifications

AWWA C502 250 PSIG

A: CONSTRUCTION

  1. Check valves shall be manufactured from ductile iron meeting or exceeding ASTM A536.
  2. Check valve shall meet or exceed ANSI/AWWA C508, latest revision for use in water works service, and at a rated working pressure shall be 250 psig, test pressure shall be 500 psig.
  3. Check valves shall be Certified to NSF/ANSI 61 and NSF/ANSI 372. 
  4. The check valve disc shall be constructed of ductile iron. The design shall include an integral stainless steel shaft and nylon reinforcements fully encapsulated with EPDM rubber. 
  5. Body to bonnet fasteners to be Type 304 stainless steel.
  6. Exposed metallic rings are not allowed.
  7. No O-rings, bushings, or bearings are allowed.
  8. Valve shall exhibit an unobstructed flow area that is free of pockets.

B: DISC FEATURE

  1. Disc travel to closure shall not be more than 35◦ and shall seal with no leakage at pressures above 5 psig. 
  2. Disc shall be the only moving part. 
  3. Disc must be reversible such that either side will seal equally.
  4. Disc design shall eliminate the need for outside lever and weights or springs.
  5. Disc shall exhibit a full-waterway as defined by ANSI/AWWA C508 and a Type 2 full-waterway as defined by MSS SP-71.

C: COATINGS

  1. Valves to be coated with fusion-bonded epoxy on all internal and external cast ferrous surfaces.

D: USEAGE

  1. Valve to be designed for use in drinking water, sewage and fire protection systems as well as irrigation and backflow control systems.
  2. Valve to be suitable for buried service.

E: MANUFACTURER

  1. Valves shall be equal to AMERICAN Flow Control’s Series 2100 Ductile Iron Resilient Seated Check Valve.