Poly Pipe Weld Testing of Butt and Electrofusion welded pipes.

LMATS regularly performs  NATA accredited Poly Pipe Weld testing to ISO 13953 and ISO 13954.

• ISO 13953 – Polyethylene (PE) pipes and fittings, Determination of the tensile strength and failure mode of test pieces from a butt-fused joint

• ISO 13954 – Plastics pipes and fittings — Peel decohesion test for polyethene (PE) electrofusion assemblies of nominal outside diameter greater than or equal to 90 mm of plastic pipes and fittings.

  

LMATS Poly Pipe Weld testing services

• Poly Pipe Butt Weld Tensile Testing
• Poly Pipe Electrofusion Decohesion and Debonding
• Poly Pipe Electrofusion Weld Tensile Peel
• Using our latest computer-controlled waterjet cutting machine the test samples are quickly and accurately produced thus giving our customers a very fast turnaround in their reports
• The  LMATS  Waterjet cutting machine:-
  - Has a fine  hair-thin pure waterjet, ideal for cutting soft materials,
  - And also having the strength to cut through the hardest of materials,
  - while maintaining the accuracy and quality of the cut with the infinite control of pressure up to 60,000 psi [4,150 bar].
  
  
  

Poly Pipe Butt Fusion Weld ISO 13953Poly Pipe Peel DeCohesion Test ISO 13954

Why Use LMATS

The  LMATS  advantage of using Waterjet cutting technology:-

• Fast turnaround of results Next day reporting available! 
• Poly Pipe wall thickness is not a problem, whether it is 3mm or 80mm LMATS limits testing to 150mm. The waterjet cutting technology enables LMATS to have a fast turnaround time
• The Waterjet cutting machine has a capacity of cutting up to 250mm thick
• No heat-affected zone (HAZ) in the plastic Poly Pipe sample
• Highly accurate and repeatability cutting 
• The  LMATS  Waterjet Cutting machine has an Accuracy / Repeatability of 0.0025"[0.064 mm] and Linear Straightness of ±0.005 in/3 ft [±0.13 mm/m].
• No distortion used cold cutting technology, thus eliminating changes in mechanical properties of the specimen due to thermal effects
• Large cutting deck (1,300 mm x 1,300 mm) to accommodate the largest Poly Pipe Weld test sample.