Specialists in municipal and infrastructure castings. Built around the standard.
QX is particularly focused on castings that keep drainage, access and municipal infrastructure working. The standard is part of the sourcing requirement from the beginning.
Four families of infrastructure castings.
Drainage
- Channel gratings
- Drainage gratings
- Linear drainage components
- Kerb drainage components
- Gully gratings
- Stormwater drainage castings
Manhole & access
- Manhole covers and frames
- Access covers and frames
- Inspection chamber covers
- Recessed, hinged, lockable covers
- Watertight and gastight covers
Municipal & utility
- Gully tops
- Surface boxes, valve boxes
- Utility covers
- Water and sewerage castings
- Telecommunications covers
- Road infrastructure castings
Sanitary & water
- Drainage components
- Sewerage access components
- Water infrastructure castings
- Inspection access products
- Utility infrastructure castings
Know the load class before you source.
EN 124-1 gives the general construction principles, classification, design principles, performance requirements and test methods. EN 124-2 covers tops made from cast iron. Pick a class to see its test load and what the permanent set limit means for your clear opening.
Filter the standards by market or product.
EN 124-1
General principles, classification, design principles, performance requirements and test methods for gully tops and manhole tops.
EN 124-2
Gully tops and manhole tops made from cast iron, for pedestrian and vehicular applications. Load classes A 15 to F 900 as applicable.
BS EN 124
The UK adoption of the EN 124 family. Product-specific requirements are matched to the correct part and application.
AS 3996
Access covers and grates for vehicular and pedestrian areas, including grey and ductile iron. AS 3996:2019 with subsequent amendments.
EN 1433
Drainage channels for vehicular and pedestrian areas. QX supports the relevant cast components: channel gratings, linear drainage and kerb drainage.
BS 5834
Relevant UK requirements for surface boxes, guards and underground chambers, where applicable.
BS 750
Relevant UK requirements for underground fire hydrants and associated surface box frames and covers, where applicable.
EN 1253
Relevant requirements for gullies for buildings.
EN 1563 · ISO 1083
EN-GJS grades. ISO 1083 defines grades and requirements for spheroidal graphite cast irons and is referenced by AS 3996.
ISO 185 · EN-GJL
Grey cast iron grades and requirements where specified.
Customer-specific
Municipal authority, utility, project and purchaser-specific technical requirements and testing.
Access covers and grates.
QX can support sourcing against AS 3996 requirements.
- Access covers, grates and frames
- Ductile iron products
- Grey iron products where applicable
- Load and dimensional requirements
- Testing
- Identification
- Documentation
Which standard applies to your casting? Start with the drawing.
Tell us the product, the destination market and the specification. QX will confirm what has to be established for the project.
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