Designation:D6261−14(Reapproved2022)StandardSpecificationforExtrudedandCompressionMoldedBasicShapesMadefromThermoplasticPolyester(TPES)1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6261;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONThisspecificationisintendedtobeameansofcallingoutmechanicalgradeplasticproductusedinthefabricationofenditemsorparts.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversrequirementsandtestmethodsforthematerial,dimensions,andworkmanship,andtheprop-ertiesofextrudedandcompressionmoldedplate,rodandtubularbarmanufacturedfromthermoplasticpolyester.1.2Thepropertiesincludedinthisspecificationarethoserequiredforthecompositionscovered.UsetheclassificationsystemgiveninSection4todescriberequirementsnecessarytoidentifyparticularcharacteristicsimportanttospecializedapplications.1.3Thisspecificationallowstheuseofrecycledplastics2(seeSection4).1.4Thevaluesarestatedininch-poundunitsandareregardedasthestandardinallpropertyanddimensionaltables.Forreferencepurposes,SIunitsarealsoincludedinTable1andTableS-TPESonly.1.5Thefollowingprecautionarycaveatpertainsonlytothetestmethodportionssectionsofthisspecification.Thisstan-darddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappropriatesafety,health,andenvironmentalpracticesanddeterminetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.NOTE1—ThereisnoknownISOequivalenttothisstandard.1.6Thisinternationalstandardwasdevelopedinaccor-dancewithinternationallyrecognizedprinciplesonstandard-izationestablishedintheDecisiononPrinciplesfortheDevelopmentofInternationalStandards,GuidesandRecom-mendationsissuedbytheWorldTradeOrganizationTechnicalBarrierstoTrade(TBT)Committee.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:3D256TestMethodsforDeterminingtheI...
