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Standard Dimension Ratio (SDR) New Products

The pressure rating of a pipe (PN) is determined by

the diameter, wall thickness and material type and Technical information
is expressed as
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PN - Pipe pressure rating at 20° C (MPa x 10)

The basic polyethylene (PE) material types used for

pipe production ar PE63, PE80 and PE100, the number
indicating the long term strength.

The pipe serie (S) is expressed as

outside diameter - wall thickness

S = --------------------------------------
2 x wall thickness

The Standard Dimension Ratio (SDR) is introduced

to describe the pipe, in combination with the material
type.

min. outside diameter

SDR = -------------------------- = 2S + 1
min. wall thickness

The higher the SDR, the thinner the pipe and the lower
the pressure rating.

HDPE pressure pipes according to EN 12201,

EN 13244 and DIN 8074/75
Examples of relationship between PN, MRS, S and SDR
at 20° C with the value of C=1,25
SDR S PE63 PE80 PE100
41 20 PN 2,5 PN 3,2 PN 4
33 16 PN 3,2 PN 4 PN 5
26 12,5 PN 4 PN 5 PN 6(1)
21 10 PN 5 PN 6(1) PN 8
17,6 8,3 PN 6 -- --
17 8 -- PN 8 PN 10
13,6 6,3 PN 8 PN 10 PN 12,5
11 5 PN 10 PN 12,5 PN 16
9 4 -- PN 16 PN 20
7,4 3,2 -- PN 20 PN 25
6 2,5 -- PN 25 --
(1) actual calculated values are 6,4 bar for PE 100
and 6,3 bar for PE 80

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