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Title: Will Third Party Certification Improve Quality Of Plastic Pipe?
Author: E. J. Escolas
Source: American Gas Association 1970
Year Published: 1970
Abstract: Will third party certification improve quality of plastic pipe? A thought provoking question very definitely. The listener can assume that either plastic pipe is so good that little can be done to improve upon its manufactured qualities, or that it is so bad that the industry is desperately seeking ways to obtain a quality product. The answer to these assumptions is Maybe! The consensus is a definite Yes! Dr. Frank W. Reinhart, technical director, Plastics Pipe Institute, in a paper presented before the American Water Works Association Annual Conference at Cleveland, June 4, 1968, made the following statement regarding the technical development of plastic pipe and fittings since 1962: The increase in quality of thermoplastic pipe and fittings has been due to: (1) improved extrusion and molding machinery and techniques used to form plastic pipe and fittings, (2) improvements in plastic piping materials, (3) policies and procedures used to develop recommended hydrostatic design stresses, (4) the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) inspection and certification programs, and (5) the increase in quality and quantity of the standards for plastic piping.

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