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Scope of application

The DVS 2210-1 technical code includes fundamentals for the design, calculation, prefabrication and assembly of industrial piping made of thermoplastics and laid above ground.

Section 7 of the technical code deals with tests, inspections and acceptances, including the internal pressure test on the completed pipe system. For reasons explained in greater detail in Section 2 below, it has been decided to refer to the internal pressure testing of thermoplastic pipe systems in a separate supplement. The whole scope of Section 7.5 of the DVS 2210-1 technical code is being replaced with the publication of the DVS 2210-1 technical code, Supplement 2.

The scope of application of the internal pressure test recommendations given in Supplement 2 can also be transferred to those areas of application and materials that are not expressly listed in Section 1.1 or 1.2 of DVS 2210-1.

Buried piping that is made of thermoplastics and whose joints can be inspected visually during the test can be included in the scope of application. If the testing of buried piping is subject to other rules or regulations, exclusively these must be applied (e.g. DIN 1988-2).

If the scope of application is extended, the user must ensure that the recommendations made in the DVS 2210-1 technical code and in Supplement 2 are taken into appropriate consideration. The recommendations for carrying out an internal pressure test according to Supplement 2 do not exclude the application of other technical codes, guidelines, standards and similar documents or any modified testing conditions.