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ASME A112 Standards Committee on Plumbing Materials and Equipment VI

ASME A112.18.1 Project Team on Plumbing Fixture Fittings VIII

Technical Committee on Plumbing Fittings XI

ASME/CSA Joint Harmonization Task Group on Plumbing Fittings XIV

Preface XV

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$EFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

1. Definitions

2. Abbreviations

$ESIGN REQUIREMENTS

1. Supply fittings

   1. Rated pressure

   2. Rated temperatures

   3. Seating members

2. Servicing

3. Installation

4. Threaded connections

5. Connections other than threaded connections

6. Accessible designs

7. Backflow prevention

8. Cover plates and escutcheons

9. Toxicity and lead content

10. Frost-proof faucets and hydrants

11. Shower heads, body sprays, and hand-held showers

    1. General

    2. High-efficiency shower heads and hand-held showers

12. Cross-flow

13. Fittings incorporating electrical features

    1. General

    2. Testing

14. Materials

15. Automatic compensating valve temperature control

16. Lawn faucets

17. Flexible water connectors

0ERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND TEST PROCEDURES

1. General

   1. Preconditioning

   2. Installation for testing

   3. Test conditions

   4. Order of tests

2. Coatings

   
   

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   1. General

   2. Corrosion (all substrates and coatings)

   3. Adhesion

   4. Decorative organic coatings

3. Pressure and temperature

   1. Static and dynamic seals

   2. Burst pressure

   3. Cross-flow check valves

   4. Hose assemblies

   5. Ball joints

   6. Diverters

   7. Aerators and other end point devices

4. Flow rate

   1. Supply fittings

   2. Test procedure

5. Operating requirements

6. Life cycle

   1. Performance requirements

   2. Test procedures

   3. Fittings and other control devices

7. Resistance to installation loading

   1. Bending strength

   2. Thread torque strength

8. Resistance to use loading

   1. Operating controls

   2. Maintenance of installed position

   3. Swing spout strength

9. Backflow prevention

   1. General

   2. Fittings with plain outlets

   3. Fittings with submersible outlets

10. Lawn faucets

    1. Performance requirements

    2. Test procedure

11. Alternative materials test

    1. Performance requirements

    2. Test procedure

12. High-efficiency shower heads and hand-held showers

    1. General

    2. Flow rate

    3. Spray force

    4. Spray coverage

-ARKINGS PACKAGING AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. General

2. Temperature identification

3. Packaging

4. High-efficiency shower heads and hand-held showers

!NNEXES

! (informative) — Unit conversion and rounding criteria

" (normative) — Tests by fitting type

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— Minimum and maximum flow rates

— Operating requirements

— Life cycle test

— Thread torque strength

&IGURES

— Deck-mounted lavatory and sink supply fittings

— Dimensions for 1/2-14 NPSM shanks

— Discharge capacity test schematics

— Bending loads on supply fittings

— Set-up for back siphonage and hidden check valve test

— Set-up for check valve leakage test

— Spray force-balance test fixture

— Spray force test fixture set-up

— Spray coverage test fixture

— Spray coverage test fixture set-up ring

— Spray coverage test fixture set-up

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