COPATIN®
KME Germany GmbH & Co. KG
COPATIN®
[GB]
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
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-finished 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 finished tubes for all domestic
plumbing applications. KME’s product and system solutions fulfill all quality standards, 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® — Responsibility for Our Drinking 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
• reliablefulfils 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®
Plumbing
Heating
Gas
Liquefied gas
Oil
Rainwater
Solar
Sprinkler
Extinguishing water
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COPATIN®
The drinking water tube with internal tin plating­
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 guarantees constant drinking water quality at the tap and ensures outstanding corrosion
protection. According to DIN 50930, Part 6, tin-plated copper tubes are expressly suitable 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
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Complete Product Range
Straight lengths (5 m)
Article No.
Dimensions
Outer diameter x
wall thickness
7011623
7074951
7011625
7011626
7011627
7011628
7011629
7073649
7073896
7073897
7073898
12.0 x1.0
15.0 x1.0
18.0 x1.0
22.0 x1.0
28.0 x1.0
35.0 x1.2
42.0 x1.2
54.0 x1.5
76.1 x2.0
88.9 x2.0
108.0 x2.5
Strength
Weight
(kg/m)
Permitted
working
pressure*
Water volume
(l/m)
R 290
R 290
R 290
R 290
R 290
R 290
R 290
R 290
R 290
R 290
R 290
0.308
0.391
0.475
0.587
0.755
1.134
1.369
2.202
4.144
4.859
7.374
104
82
67
54
37
35
29
28
31
26
27
0.079
0.133
0.201
0.314
0.531
0.835
1.232
1.963
4.083
5.661
8.332
Strength
Weight
(kg/m)
Permitted
working
pressure*
Water volume
(l/m)
R 220
R 220
R 220
R 220
0.308
0.391
0.475
0.587
104
82
67
54
0.079
0.133
0.201
0.314
Coils (25 m)
Article No.
Dimensions
Outer diameter x
wall thickness
7011614
7011616
7011618
7011620
12.0 x1.0
15.0 x1.0
18.0 x1.0
22.0 x1.0
R 220 = soft. R 290 = hard
* The maximum permitted working pressure was calculated on the basis of soft copper tubes with Rm = 200 N/mm2 and a safety factor of 3.5 at a working temperature of 100 °C.
The permitted working pressure relates to the copper tube. not the joint.
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Hygiene
Compared 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® Processing and Connection Techniques
COPATIN®
Soldering
Brazing
Pressing
Welding
Clamping
Insertion
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 installed 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.
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Manufacture
Modern tube manufacturing is an extensive,
high-tech process. At KME, all stages from
the first processing steps with the raw material through to delivery of the final product
run smoothly as part of a single quality chain.
The starting products are refined copper
billets delivered from continuous casting
plants. These are heated to 950 °C and
processed into hollows for further processing 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 colddrawing processes.
Quality and Reliability
KME defines 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 workplace. 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 fulfill the ISO 9000
standard, among many other trade standards and regulations. At KME, we know that
you can only have fully satisfied customers in the long term if you achieve complete
reliability in the production processes and the quality of the finished 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.
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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 contractors 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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SANCO®
WICU® Eco
HYPOPLAN®
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.
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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. KG
Plumbing Tubes
Klosterstraße 29
49074 OSNABRÜCK
GERMANY
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Fax+49 5413 21 - 82010
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