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The drinking water tube with internal tin plating

Contents COPATIN® — the internally tin-plated drinking water tube 1 KME 2 Applications 4 Benefits 5 Availability 6 Hygiene 8 Processing & Connection 9 Production/Quality Management 10 Training & Advice 11 Brand Quality 12

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COPATIN® — the drinking water tube with internal tin plating

COPATIN® is our brand name for seamlessly extruded drinking

water copper tube with internal tin plating. The tube is given a

high-quality tin plating using a special KME process. This makes

it suitable for all drinking water.

COPATIN® tubes are diffusion-proof, UV-resistant, age-proof

and can withstand high levels of mechanical stress. The tin

plating guarantees constant drinking water quality at the tap

and ensures excellent corrosion protection. Drinking water

analyses are not required when COPATIN® tubes are used.

COPATIN ®

Keeping drinking water pure.

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With production facilities in Germany, France, Italy, the UK, Spain and China,

KME is one of the world's leading manufacturers of semi-fi nished goods and

copper and copper alloy products. A large part of the copper products for the

construction industry is designed for the domestic plumbing industry.

KME has a wide range of specially designed and fi nished tubes for all domestic

plumbing applications. KME’s product and system solutions fulfi ll all quality stan-

dards, and are reliable and easy to assemble. This, combined with an extensive

range of services, makes KME a competent partner for all its customers.

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COPATIN® — Copper and Tin Tubes

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COPATIN®

Plumbing

Heating

Gas

Liquefied gas

Oil

Rainwater

Solar

Sprinkler

Extinguishing water

COPATIN® is the premium tube for transporting drinking water and was especially developed for this kind of application. Installations with COPATIN® guarantee best drinking water quality. The main benefit of COPATIN® is that it can be used with all drinking water qualities.

COPATIN® tubes combine the positive properties of copper and tin: Copper allows for good processing, while tin brings outstanding hygiene properties. COPATIN® fulfils all the requirements of the drinking water laws and regulations — with no restrictions.

The system is completed with tin-plated COPATIN® press fittings from Viega. Both products bear the DVGW inspection mark. KME and Viega provide warranties for COPATIN® in accordance with the warranty agreements with the German Central Association Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning (ZVSHK).

• universal suitable for all drinking water• fast clean joints with COPATIN® press fittings• safe outstanding corrosion protection• reliable fulfils all the requirements of the drinking water laws and

regulations – with no restrictions.• flexible connection technology according to DVGW-GW 2 and/or DIN 1988

COPATIN ® — Copper & Tin

COPATIN® — Responsibility for Our Drinking Water

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COPATIN® is the premium tube from KME for all drinking water and rainwater systems. It can be used in heating technology and as gas pipe. The seamlessly extruded copper tube has internal, high-quality tin plating. This refines the surface (bronze), which guar-antees constant drinking water quality at the tap and ensures outstanding corrosion protection. According to DIN 50930, Part 6, tin-plated copper tubes are expressly suit-able for all drinking water properties according to German drinking water regulations. Therefore, when COPATIN® is used, no drinking water analysis is required.

Copper tube according to EN 1057• With quality marks RAL and DVGW DV 7210AS2096• Cu-DHP, R 290 (hard), in straight lengths• Cu-DHP, R 220 (soft), in coils• Internal tin plating• For unrestricted use with water according to the German drinking water regulations

Availability• in 5 m lengths, 12 x 1 mm to 108 x 2.5 mm• in 25 m coils, 12 x 1 mm to 22 x 1 mm

COPATIN®

The drinking water tube with internal tin plating

COPATIN® — registered trademark of KME Germany GmbH & Co. KG

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Complete Product Range

Straight lengths (5 m)

Article No.

DimensionsOuter diameter x

wall thickness Strength Weight (kg/m)

Permittedworking

pressure*Water volume

(l/m)

7011623 12.0 x 1.0 R 290 0.308 104 0.0797074951 15.0 x 1.0 R 290 0.391 82 0.1337011625 18.0 x 1.0 R 290 0.475 67 0.2017011626 22.0 x 1.0 R 290 0.587 54 0.3147011627 28.0 x 1.0 R 290 0.755 37 0.5317011628 35.0 x 1.2 R 290 1.134 35 0.8357011629 42.0 x 1.2 R 290 1.369 29 1.2327073649 54.0 x 1.5 R 290 2.202 28 1.9637073896 76.1 x 2.0 R 290 4.144 31 4.0837073897 88.9 x 2.0 R 290 4.859 26 5.6617073898 108.0 x 2.5 R 290 7.374 27 8.332

Coils (25 m)

Article No.

DimensionsOuter diameter x

wall thickness Strength Weight (kg/m)

Permittedworking

pressure*Water volume

(l/m)

7011614 12.0 x 1.0 R 220 0.308 104 0.0797011616 15.0 x 1.0 R 220 0.391 82 0.1337011618 18.0 x 1.0 R 220 0.475 67 0.2017011620 22.0 x 1.0 R 220 0.587 54 0.314

R220=soft.R290=hard

* ThemaximumpermittedworkingpressurewascalculatedonthebasisofsoftcoppertubeswithRm=200N/mm2andasafetyfactorof3.5ataworkingtemperatureof100°C.Thepermittedworkingpressurerelatestothecoppertube.notthejoint.

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HygieneCompared to other materials, copper has hygienic advantages that are especially important in drinking water installations. As experience and recent studies have shown, the formation of legionella and other harmful bacteria caused by unfavourable operating conditions is dramatically reduced when copper is a part of the system. Aditionally, there are no temperature-related limitations for thermal disinfecting as in other materials. With copper, the normal use of disinfecting agents in water such as chlorine is also possible in the concentrations typical for drinking water, even short-term high-chlorination processes of up to 12 hours cause no problems whatsoever.

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COPATIN® tubes can be connected with press fittings or capillary fittings (soldered). COPATIN® tubes are cold pressed with the specially designed COPATIN® press fittings. With the extensive range of press fittings available, joints, bends and connections in a drinking water system can be installed very quickly, reliably and economically. The COPATIN® system is also approved for gas lines according to TRGI '86/'96.

In combination with galvanised steel tubes for drinking water, the universally applicable flow rule stating that noble metals always follow non-noble: In the direction of flow, COPATIN® must be in-stalled after galvanised steel.

The COPATIN® system accessories enable the tubes and fittings to be processed quickly, cleanly and reliably. The electro-hydraulic or battery-operated press tools are equipped with the required pressure clamps adjusted to suit the tube diameters in the system.

COPATIN® Processing and Connection Techniques

COPATIN®

Soldering

Brazing

Pressing

Welding

Clamping

Insertion

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KME defi nes quality as a responsibility that is to be met by its employees. Effective improvement is an on-going process that is practiced day in, day out at every work-place. The commitment of each and every employee to quality is vital in order to ensure that we only put the best copper tubes on to the market. And it is thanks to their continued dedication that KME quality management systems fulfi ll the ISO 9000 standard, among many other trade standards and regulations. At KME, we know that you can only have fully satisfi ed customers in the long term if you achieve complete reliability in the production processes and the quality of the fi nished products.

On the basis of this responsibility, KME offers all contractors reliable warranty agreements. The manufacturers' system alliance with the ZVSHK (German Central Association Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning) and the BHKS (Federal Industrial Association for Heating, Air Conditioning and Sanitary Engineering/Technical Buildings Systems) guarantees maximum reliability.

Reliability is top priority — from the raw material to the finished KME copper tube.

Modern tube manufacturing is an extensive, high-tech process. At KME, all stages from the fi rst processing steps with the raw mate-rial through to delivery of the fi nal product run smoothly as part of a single quality chain.

The starting products are refi ned copper billets delivered from continuous casting plants. These are heated to 950 °C and processed into hollows for further pro-cessing by hot pressing or hot skew rolling. Reciprocating rolls then perform the subsequent cold forming. Hard, half-hard and soft copper tubes are produced for domestic plumbing in multi-stage cold-drawing processes.

Manufacture

Quality and Reliability

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Manufacture

KME Plumbing Tubes — Training and Advice

High-quality brand name products have to be processed properly so that quality standards and reliability can be guaranteed. As a leading manufacturer of brand name copper tubes in Europe, KME not only offers the widest product range, but also the best support.

We pass on our many years of experience with copper plumbing tubes to con-tractors in the plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning industries in numerous seminars. The content of the seminars is always up to date and can be used in practical application. In addition to theoretical fundamentals, the seminars also deal with practical planning and installation of plumbing and heating systems with brand name copper tubes. Our specialist seminars are held by experienced trainers. They also offer extensive advice for all issues relating to KME brand name copper tubes.

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WICU® EcoSANCO®

Brand Name Quality from KME

Brand name tubes from KME prove their reliability in many different applications — the smooth SANCO® tube for all domestic plumbing applications, the heat insulated WICU® Eco tube in heating and hot water systems, the innovative, flexible and lightweight Q-tec® tube for all domestic plumbing applications and underfloor heating systems, the internally tin-plated HYPOPLAN® tube system in wall heating systems.

HYPOPLAN®

Sales & Service

All COPATIN® products are sold through traditional channels — from the manufacturer to plumbing, heating and air conditioning wholesalers and from there to the trades.

If you have any questions, our staff in the Plumbing Tubes division will be pleased to help you.

KME Germany AG & Co. KGPlumbing TubesKlosterstraße 2949074 OSNABRÜCKGERMANY

Tel. +49 541 3 21 - 2061/-2062/-2067Fax +49 541 3 21 - 82010www.kme.cominfo-rohre@kme.com

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