Install Instructions
Table Of Contents
- ProPress stainless approved fluids
- ProPress stainless approved gases
- Dimensional data
- ½" Stainless Steel, ASTM A312 flow rate, velocity, loss
- ¾" Stainless Steel, ASTM A312 flow rate, velocity, loss
- 1" Stainless Steel, ASTM A312 flow rate, velocity, loss
- 1¼" Stainless Steel, ASTM A312 flow rate, velocity, loss
- 1½" Stainless Steel, ASTM A312 flow rate, velocity, loss
- 2" Stainless Steel, ASTM A312 flow rate, velocity, loss
- 2½" Stainless Steel, ASTM A554 flow rate, velocity, loss
- 3" Stainless Steel, ASTM A554 flow rate, velocity, loss
- 4" Stainless Steel, ASTM A554 flow rate, velocity, loss
- Fitting friction loss equivalent length of tube (feet)
- MSS SP-58 or the maximum spacing and minimum rod sizes
- Minimum distance between press fittings
- ProPress standard jaws clearance requirements
- ProPress standard jaws clearance requirements between tube, wall, and floor
- ProPress compact jaws clearance requirements
- ProPress compact jaws clearance requirements between tube, wall, and floor
- ProPress rings dimensions
- ProPress rings with V1 actuator clearance requirements
- ProPress rings with V2 actuator clearance requirements
- ProPress rings with V1 actuator clearance requirements between tube, wall, and floor
- ProPress rings with V2 actuator clearance requirements between tube, wall, and floor
- ProPress rings with C1 actuator clearance requirements between tube, wall, and floor
- ProPress XL-C rings dimensions
- ProPress XL-C rings clearance requirements
- ProPress XL-C rings clearance requirements between tube, wall, and floor
- Minimum distance between existing soldered or brazed fitting and ProPress fitting
- Minimum distance between soldered fitting and ProPress fitting
- Minimum insertion depths for ProPress Stainless ½" to 2"
- Insertion depths for ProPress Stainless ½" to 2" no-stop couplings
- Minimum insertion depths ProPress Stainless 2½" to 4"
- Insertion depths for ProPress Stainless 2½" to 4" no-stop couplings
- About this Document
- Disclaimer
- Product Information
- Handling Instructions
- Installation Instructions
- Limited warranty
Product Information
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IM-PP 599834 0320 ProPress Stainless
2.4 Product Description
2.4.1 Overview
ProPress 304 FKM and ProPress 316 systems consists of stainless steel press
ttings for stainless steel tubing and the corresponding press tools. Stainless
ttings are designed to be used with only Viega’s stainless steel tubing.
ProPress Stainless ttings have the following listings and certications:
■ ABS: American Bureau of Shipping Type Approval
■ ASME B31.1: Power Piping
■ ASME B31.3: Process Piping
■ ASME B31.9: Building Services Piping
■ BV: Bureau Veritas Type Approval
■ Canadian Registration Number (CRN): 13492.5 A/B/C
■ DNV GL: Det Norske Veritas Germanischer Lloyd Type Approval
■ UL/ANSI 213: Standard for Rubber Gasketed Fittings for Fire-
Protection Service
■ ULC/ANSI ORD-C213: Canadian Standard for Rubber Gasketed
Fittings for Fire-Protection Service
■ LR: Lloyd’s Register Type Approval
■ UL/ANSI 852: Standard for Metallic Sprinkler Pipe for Fire Protection
Services (304 FKM only)
■ UL 1254F: Outline of Investigation for Rubber-Gasketed Fittings and
Metallic Pipe for Commercial Cooking Equipment Protection Extinguishing
System Units (304 FKM, ½" ttings only) NKK: Nippon Kaija Kyokai Type
Approval IAPMO PS-117: Press and Nail Connections (316 only)
■ ICC-ES LC1002: Press-Connection Fittings for Potable Water Tube
and Radiant Heating Systems (316 only)
ProPress 304 FKM and ProPress 316 ttings comply with the following
codes and standards:
■ ASME B31: Code for Pressure Piping
■ ASTM A312: Standard Specication for Seamless, Welded and Heavily
Cold Worked Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes
■ ASTM A403: Standard Specication for Wrought Austenitic Stainless
Steel Piping Fittings (316 only)
■ ASTM A554: Standard Specication for Welded Stainless Steel Mechanical Tubing
■ IAPMO Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC) (316 only)
■ ICC International Mechanical Code (IMC) (316 only)
■ National Building Code of Canada (NBCC) (316 only)
■ NFPA 13: Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems (304 FKM only)
■ NFPA 13D: Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One-
and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes (304 FKM only)
■ NFPA 13R: Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in Low-
Rise Residential Occupancies (304 FKM only)
■ NFPA 17A: Standard for Wet Chemical Extinguishing Systems (304
FKM, ½" ttings only)
2.4.2 Listing, Certications, and/or Recognitions
2.4.3 Codes and Standards