Kembla American Standard Copper Tube ASTM B88
Kembla ASTM B88 copper tubes are suitable for general plumbing purposes, both hot and cold, sanitation, and general engineering applications. It is produced in hard drawn temper and in supplied in diameters from ¼” to 10” nominal size, and in a variety of wall thicknesses to meet Type K, L & M wall thicknesses. Standard lengths of 5.8m are manufactured to facilitate ease of containerisation. MM Kembla holds stock in Port Kembla, Australia, and has a range of distributors around the world for immediate delivery. All tubes are third party certified and Test Certificates are supplied with all deliveries for each product upon request, and are warranted with a 25 Year Guarantee.
Kemlag Plus® and Kemline Plus® pre-insulated polyethylene covered copper tubes are suitable for a variety of applications including burying in corrosive soils, laying under floors and concrete slabs (where approved), chasing into walls, exposed or aggressive environments and for reducing noise transmission. The covering is all Low Smoke Halogen Free (LSHF) and is suitable for continuous operating temperatures up to 90°C.
Kemlag Plus® insulation is internally grooved to entrap air and provide a thermal barrier. It is suitable for both hot and cold water plumbing and is useful in preventing condensation. Kemline PLus® is suitable for cold water applications and may be concealed or exposed to aggressive environments and is also suitable for gas line installations.
- Plumbing
- Gas Fittings
- Drainage & Sanitation
- Central Heating
- General Engineering
- Backed by MM Kembla’s reputation for quality, reliability and service for over 100 years
- Independently certified ASTM B88 – Standards Mark Licence SMKP21866
- 25 Year Manufacturer’s Warranty
- Manufactured to ASTM B88 and strict MM Kembla internal quality standards and specifications
- Ability to handle high working pressures and extreme high and low temperatures (max service temperature of 200°C)
- Superior flow rates due to low surface roughness
- Minimal linear expansion and space requirements
- Less bracketing/supports required than other piping systems
- Excellent thermal conductivity – perfect energy efficient exchange of hot or cold fluids
- Hygienic – fights and inhibits the proliferation of harmful bacteria and pathogens, ensuring high quality drinking water
- Contains no additives, volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) or pigments and synthetic compounds
- Strong & Reliable – provides protection to external damage, punctures, corrosion and system failure and is resistant to vermin attack
- 10 times stronger than plastic pipe materials
- UV resistant – suitable to be used in direct sunlight
- Fire Resistant – Does not burn or support combustion, spread flame or emit toxic fumes during fire
- Seamless Phosphorous Deoxidised Copper Tube, made of 99.90% Copper (Alloy C12200)
- Available in sizes ¼” up to 10”
- Available as ‘Hard Drawn’ straight lengths
- 5.8m lengths for easy containerisation and stock available at our Port Kembla, Australia warehouse
- Kemlag Plus® and Kemline Plus® pre-insulated polyethylene covered copper tubes are suitable for a variety of applications including burying in corrosive soils, laying under floors and concrete slabs (where approved), chasing into walls, exposed or aggressive environments and for reducing noise transmission. The covering is all Low Smoke Halogen Free (LSHF) and is suitable for continuous operating temperatures up to 90°C
- How do you know you are using Kembla copper tube? Look for MM Kembla on the tubes inkmark or contact us and reference the 7 digit production code on the tube.
25 Years
MM Kembla’s manufacturing processes and quality systems are built upon over 100 years of experience in manufacturing copper tube in Port Kembla, Australia. An intensive ISO 9001 certified quality control system is applied to all MM Kembla ASTM B88 copper plumbing tube to ensure all MM Kembla seamless copper tube is made from high residual phosphorous deoxidised copper classified as C12200 Alloy and conforms to ASTM B88 certification requirements.
MM Kembla warrants that if any installation using MM Kembla copper tube becomes defective or fails and MM Kembla is notified of the details and is satisfied that the defect or failure was a result of a manufacturing defect and not the result of faulty specification, installation or incompatible environment, MM Kembla will replace or repair the defective goods and make good the installation.
Kembla Copper Plumbing Tube ASTM B88 – Product Tables
Kembla ASTM B88 copper tubes manufactured to Type K are available in a hard drawn temper and sizes ¼” to 8″ in 5.8m lengths and contain the greatest wall thickness of the ASTM B88 range for the highest safe working pressures.
| Item Code | Nominal Outside Diameter (inch) | Actual Outside Diameter (inch) | Actual Wall Thickness (inch) | Actual Outside Diameter (mm) | Actual Wall Thickness (mm) | kg per 5.8m length | Safe Working Pressure (kPa) * | Pack Qty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T17908 | 1/4" | 3/8" | 0.035 | 9.52 | 0.89 | 1.25 | 7,390 | 100 |
| T17823 | 3/8" | 1/2" | 0.049 | 12.7 | 1.24 | 2.32 | 7,760 | 100 |
| T17827 | 1/2" | 5/8" | 0.049 | 15.88 | 1.24 | 2.96 | 6,120 | 100 |
| T55780 | 5/8" | 3/4" | 0.049 | 19.05 | 1.24 | 3.60 | 5,050 | 100 |
| T17700 | 3/4" | 7/8" | 0.065 | 22.22 | 1.65 | 5.53 | 5,850 | 100 |
| T17331 | 1" | 1-1/8" | 0.065 | 28.58 | 1.65 | 7.24 | 4,490 | 50 |
| T70166 | 1-1/4" | 1-3/8" | 0.065 | 34.92 | 1.65 | 8.95 | 3,640 | 50 |
| T17487 | 1-1/2" | 1-5/8" | 0.072 | 41.28 | 1.83 | 11.77 | 3,390 | 30 |
| T61380 | 2" | 2-1/8" | 0.083 | 53.98 | 2.11 | 17.84 | 2,980 | 30 |
| T76334 | 2-1/2" | 2-5/8" | 0.095 | 66.68 | 2.41 | 25.24 | 2,730 | 25 |
| T80332 | 3" | 3-1/8" | 0.109 | 79.38 | 2.77 | 34.59 | 2,640 | 20 |
| T53709 | 4" | 4-1/8" | 0.134 | 104.78 | 3.40 | 56.18 | 2,460 | 10 |
| T26396 | 5" | 5-1/8" | 0.160 | 130.18 | 4.06 | 83.45 | 2,360 | 5 |
| T61050 | 6" | 6-1/8" | 0.192 | 155.58 | 4.88 | 119.86 | 2,370 | 5 |
| T20440 | 8" | 8-1/8" | 0.271 | 206.38 | 6.88 | 223.70 | 2,520 | 1 |
*Safe Working Pressures are based on annealed temper for temperatures up to 50°C
Slightly thinner in wall thickness than Type K, Kembla ASTM B88 copper tubes manufactured to Type L are available in a hard drawn temper and sizes ¼” to 10” in 5.8m lengths.
| Item Code | Nominal Outside Diameter (inch) | Actual Outside Diameter (inch) | Actual Wall Thickness (inch) | Actual Outside Diameter (mm) | Actual Wall Thickness (mm) | kg per 5.8m length | Safe Working Pressure (kPa) * | Pack Qty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T86976 | 1/4" | 3/8" | 0.030 | 9.52 | 0.76 | 1.09 | 6,250 | 100 |
| T86985 | 3/8" | 1/2" | 0.035 | 12.7 | 0.89 | 1.71 | 5,360 | 100 |
| T75345 | 1/2" | 5/8" | 0.040 | 15.88 | 1.02 | 2.47 | 4,970 | 100 |
| T24459 | 5/8" | 3/4" | 0.042 | 19.05 | 1.07 | 3.14 | 4,350 | 100 |
| T62963 | 3/4" | 7/8" | 0.045 | 22.22 | 1.14 | 3.92 | 3,980 | 100 |
| T62980 | 1" | 1-1/8" | 0.050 | 28.58 | 1.27 | 5.65 | 3,390 | 50 |
| T76017 | 1-1/4" | 1-3/8" | 0.055 | 34.92 | 1.40 | 7.65 | 3,020 | 50 |
| T25501 | 1-1/2" | 1-5/8" | 0.060 | 41.28 | 1.52 | 9.85 | 2,790 | 30 |
| T25705 | 2" | 2-1/8" | 0.070 | 53.98 | 1.78 | 15.14 | 2,490 | 30 |
| T24945 | 2-1/2" | 2-5/8" | 0.080 | 66.68 | 2.03 | 21.39 | 2,300 | 25 |
| T17949 | 3" | 3-1/8" | 0.090 | 79.38 | 2.29 | 28.77 | 2,170 | 20 |
| T31314 | 4" | 4-1/8" | 0.110 | 104.78 | 2.79 | 46.38 | 2,000 | 10 |
| T23281 | 5" | 5-1/8" | 0.125 | 130.18 | 3.18 | 65.82 | 1,840 | 5 |
| T23337 | 6" | 6-1/8" | 0.140 | 155.58 | 3.56 | 88.20 | 1,720 | 5 |
| T20430 | 8" | 8-1/8" | 0.200 | 206.38 | 5.08 | 166.66 | 1,840 | 1 |
| T20434 | 10" | 10-1/8" | 0.250 | 257.18 | 6.35 | 259.59 | 1,860 | 1 |
The thinnest and most economical, Kembla ASTM B88 copper tubes manufactured to Type M are available in a hard drawn temper and sizes ¼” to 6” in 5.8m lengths.
KEMBLA® ASTM B88 COPPER TUBE (TYPE M)
| Item Code | Nominal Outside Diameter (inch) | Actual Outside Diameter (inch) | Actual Wall Thickness (inch) | Actual Outside Diameter (mm) | Actual Wall Thickness (mm) | kg per 5.8m length | Safe Working Pressure (kPa) * | Pack Qty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T84380 | 1/4" | 3/8" | 0.025 | 9.52 | 0.64 | 0.93 | 5,340 | 100 |
| T12191 | 3/8" | 1/2" | 0.025 | 12.7 | 0.64 | 1.26 | 3,920 | 100 |
| T75780 | 1/2" | 5/8" | 0.028 | 15.88 | 0.71 | 1.76 | 3,390 | 100 |
| T23729 | 5/8" | 3/4" | 0.030 | 19.05 | 0.76 | 2.27 | 3,030 | 100 |
| T72252 | 3/4" | 7/8" | 0.032 | 22.22 | 0.81 | 2.83 | 2,790 | 100 |
| T23780 | 1" | 1-1/8" | 0.035 | 28.58 | 0.89 | 4.02 | 2,310 | 50 |
| T61825 | 1-1/4" | 1-3/8" | 0.042 | 34.92 | 1.07 | 5.90 | 2,320 | 50 |
| T26787 | 1-1/2" | 1-5/8" | 0.049 | 41.28 | 1.24 | 8.09 | 2,270 | 30 |
| T73629 | 2" | 2-1/8" | 0.058 | 53.98 | 1.47 | 12.58 | 2,050 | 30 |
| T76562 | 2-1/2" | 2-5/8" | 0.065 | 66.68 | 1.65 | 17.49 | 1,880 | 25 |
| T83412 | 3" | 3-1/8" | 0.072 | 79.38 | 1.83 | 23.13 | 1,730 | 20 |
| T24182 | 4" | 4-1/8" | 0.095 | 104.78 | 2.41 | 40.21 | 1,720 | 10 |
| T15438 | 6" | 6-1/8" | 0.122 | 155.58 | 3.10 | 77.04 | 1,490 | 5 |
