Cambridge Phase 1-LR 940513""' IN TALLATIO GUIDE'
for OMNI-FLEX GASKETS
A. Carefully remove 9~,sk~t~ from carlo~s by grasping CORNERS and
pulling ~ently. If p&rts are Intertwined carefully un,angle them first.
lt. Loop O^$KE'r CORNER over an upper BOX CULVERT CORNER, ~-'.
grasp the ~po~lle GASKET ~RNER (uppe0 and gently stretch
OvCr Opposite BOX CO~NER (uppe0. Continue until entire gasket
te I~stalle~ against I~ ~e ~houl~er.
C. ~uple-up unlll outer Joi~l ~ falls within limits ct chaR, below,
back.fill.
)ON'TI
I -- Spread tl~e square corners by pul~ing on ~he eonnucbng legs.
~-- Overcampru~ gasket. (See Clqart below). Joints ShOUld be Shimmed
when using powerfut ~ng forceS. (tuggera,
3-- Re-use a p~eviously * l~Itllbd parL Several days may be required
for It to recovsr.
OtK~M dOINTS:
Slip g~$Kel Over the {ongue, pueh~ng It up against the ahoulder. Couple.
up tO the Joint ~ap ~hown, ~.
CHA~I (OUTER JOINT GAP)
' YHIflrIU ON
HOTE: Omni-Flex may lag ~t the bottom of the jolnt due to Iow stretch, App!y liquid nails (or similar
......... " "' ........... :,¢'~7, and press in[o positio¢,
non.lnjut!ou~ edhesive) ~,.'~' ,-,, ,". c.;n,-:: ,1I,,,'., ' "... .......
SUGGeSTeD SPeCIFICATiON
ONNI-~LBX GASKETS
seals for concrete joints on ~ulver~ a~d stor~ drainage
condui~ s~all k~ OHN~-~gX rubber gaskets aa manufactured by
Delta-SOuthwest, ~nc., Fort Worth, Texas, or approvod equal.
They shal! be ~nufactu~ed from extruded cloned-cellula=
~ubber~ the base p~l~er ~ng a blend o~ nitrile and vinyl
meeting the ~F~tcal requirements of ASTM D10S6, Class 2C1,
and me,ting ~ka chemical resis~ance requirements of AA~HTO
cochlea wl~ · ~atu~al akin.
Gask~ c~oss-soctional diameters and installation practico~
mhlll be in aeee~danc~ with the manufacturer's ~eco~en-
dations. The ~en~rac~o~ shali ~uruish and v~e l~e=nal
tuggers or pulle~s o~ sv~icien~ strength to maintain ~rope~
~ A Y-- I 3--94 F R I I 4 : 4 T D o ~ d e.-J ~ A n d e ? son & A s s ¢ . P . I 0
S i nc · r_9.m ly,
~ublic works/=~gin~ring Services
LK/;q
June 7, 19~1
1~. Joe Terry
Tulsa, 01~ ].al~o~l~a 74101
tie: OMHI-¥'LI"-X G~ekets
D~sr Joe ~
~n refe=sncu to you= request fo= information regarding
experience u~ing OM~II-FL~X ga~a~s a~ manufactured.by Delta Pip'
9roducts, ~{%¢,, .W% usa t~is prO~uo~ ~XO!US~Vely as the gu~ke
for Join= mealin~ an~ We~ =0 =ha OMHI-FLEX. In coopers=ion
the .local ~ipe manufacturers we shoD-b~pted each diameter of
We have also e~cou=age~ physical an~ chemical testin~ of
feel ~ha~ ~he OMNI-FLEX "ga~k~-'ha-~"he'i~%d' to solve the Dackfi
infiltration problem =ha~ we et..~erienced p~aviou~ly. Of
~nuary 28, l~g~
***RECENT MA~OR PRO~IECT$***
(i} DFW AIRPORT AU'rMORI'FY: Berna~'d Johnson Engineers - Bill Glasgow,
~,' Wal:%s Const~'uc~t'BT¥ Company - Mike Ma~tln
O~kl~m Engineering (Inspection) - B41I Petersen
(Approximately ~35 Joints - ~2' X 12' Box Culve~s - Octobep~ 1992)
(2) ARIZONA D,O,T.- PHOENIX: ~ydro Conduit Corporation (Precester) - Keith
~one~ - 602't~-~b26
(380 Jo~n~s - g~ X 6' B~xes - Sep~embe~ - November, ~ggZ)
(3) C~T? O~ GR~O RAPIDS, ~ZCHZGAN CSO PRO~ECT: Consultant: Bl~ck & Ve~ch
~'~o~ O~'e') Sub-C~n~uT~:'" ~~'~ Thompson, Ca~ & Hu~
(~r~nd R~ptds)
(1~,18g Ft. of loxes - ~' X 4' ~hrough 16' IT' . Su~er, lg92)
(4) U.S. ~287 BY-PASS, EN~IS, 7BXAS: K & S Construction Company, Dallas, 7exes
) ex~'b'.o.'~., wmW-~hat~b)mm bt ~tr'tct
{g,ooo Ft. of Boxes & Pipe -January, lg93)
180 Days · No Dtie~sa ~oce~ b~ all sam?las,
360 Dayl · No ~lo:acio~ o~ ~e gaak~cs v~ ~o~ed upon di~assembling
~ASTM D30B3 requites ~ a 30 day test,
REPORT OF
PIPE INSUI.ATION TESTS
CUEN-ft Del~a $ouLhweat;, ~.uc,
For~ We~h, Te~a 76[40 CLIENT NO.; 5683600
~EP~T NO.: [066
REPORT OF TESTS
dayl, ~po~ ~%aev&l, che s~mples were evaluate~ fc~ distress.
Ln=~'~ls Eot
M I~I~Y- 1 ~-- ~l 4 ~ ~ I I 4 : 4~ Dowde~ ~ Ander son ~ Assc. P . 84
TO~~S ~T, DUSTY, HOT O~ COLD S~ACES
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ACCOMODA~S LI~-AND G~DE ADJUS~NTS
NON-TO,C, NON~H~~OUS, NON-STAINING ~.-..::
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NO ~SY, S~CKY SEALANTS TO P~USTRA'rE CONSTRUCTION C~WS
NO P1HCINO-T~THER (ON~PIECE'GAS~T~ SH~D TO ~ IOINT)
7UST SLIP OVE~ THE SPIGOT (OR BELL), CO~L~ & BAC~ILL
,, I IC AL -,'
FAST INSTALLATION IN ADVERSE CONDITIONS INCREASES LAY RAT
ELIMINATES THE NEED TO PRIME JOINT SURFACES
NO COST OVERRUNS (ONE PIECE PER JOINT)
CONTRACTOR: "We ruaarly doubled our b~d lay rate and our ditch crew thinks OMNI-FLEX'ts
MATERIAL
A CLO~ED-C]~E.L RUBBER IBXTRUSION MF-ETI~O R.M,A. STANDARD SBE--41, 8AE 718, AND A$~ D1056, TYPE C-I,
PROVID~ ~CELLEN~ ~SlST~CE AT ~NT ~MPE~~$ TO D~U~D ACIDS A~ PET~OLEGM
PRODUCTS COlOnY FOU~ ~ ~'~ $[WE~, WATER ~80~TION IS 5~ M.~UM (ASTM D 1056), ~ZONE
~$I$'I'~NCE ~1'8 ~TM D 114~, ~P~ ~U~S ~ AV~BLE, NO~: OVeR CO~R~$S~ON MAY
H.~L, S~ ~TA~TION O~DE FOR ~DI'i'ION~ ~FO~T[ON,
~I~ED WAR~NTY
Closed.cell el~tom~ have ~ fl~d in {t~l~ ~plications and should, w~ bdieve, provid~
· ~Led (see Ins[a[16flon O~de). 81nce we ~ve no ~l~l over 1~ ~p~ll~l~on ~ ustC w~
~ui~blllty for ~ p~cul~ ~pltcatlon. We ~r~y l{~t 0~ Ii~iH~ to the ~lacement co~t of ttem~ demon~a~ ;o ~e def.;ire,
This w~ranty ts ex~asiy in lieu of ~{ o~er w~u~;~, expre~ or implied, including ~m
~{A ~ ~~, INC. ~ D~YA-SO~~,
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~E ~ ~7-~3 PHONE (81 ~ 551-0777
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