Specifications
AWWA C502 250 PSIG
A: CONSTRUCTION
- Check valves shall be manufactured from ductile iron meeting or exceeding ASTM A536.
- 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.
- Check valves shall be Certified to NSF/ANSI 61 and NSF/ANSI 372.
- 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.
- Body to bonnet fasteners to be Type 304 stainless steel.
- Exposed metallic rings are not allowed.
- No O-rings, bushings, or bearings are allowed.
- Valve shall exhibit an unobstructed flow area that is free of pockets.
B: DISC FEATURE
- Disc travel to closure shall not be more than 35◦ and shall seal with no leakage at pressures above 5 psig.
- Disc shall be the only moving part.
- Disc must be reversible such that either side will seal equally.
- Disc design shall eliminate the need for outside lever and weights or springs.
- 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
- Valves to be coated with fusion-bonded epoxy on all internal and external cast ferrous surfaces.
D: USEAGE
- Valve to be designed for use in drinking water, sewage and fire protection systems as well as irrigation and backflow control systems.
- Valve to be suitable for buried service.
E: MANUFACTURER
- Valves shall be equal to AMERICAN Flow Control’s Series 2100 Ductile Iron Resilient Seated Check Valve.