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Field Essentials.
For distributors and contractors: the tape, wire, lube, keys, clamps, rods and plugs that finish a waterworks job.
✓ Six product pages ✓ Item numbers by size
Pick the product.
Six pages, each with item numbers by size.
Also called specialty products and essentials, or extended range products.
Pipe lube and polywrap
Pipe joint lubricant, 2 lb to a 55 gal drum. For polyethylene encasement, ask your regional team.
Tracer wire and marking tape
Detectable marking tape in APWA colors, 2 to 12 in. wide, barricade tape, and copper tracer wire in 500 ft rolls.
Valve wrenches and tools
Gate valve keys, curb keys and gate valve extensions, plus valve box pads and valve markers.
Socket clamps
Steel socket clamps for underground cast iron and ductile iron water pipe, 3 to 24 in., with or without washers.
Rod couplings, rods and sleeves
Rod couplings, restraining and all thread rod, hex bolts, nuts, washers, zinc caps and OMNI-SLEEVE hubs.
DUC-LUG, eye bolts and plugs
DUC-LUG and MJ eye bolts for tie rods, DMPLUG pipe plugs, valve box and meter pit plugs, and valve box alignment devices.
The rest of the job.
Marking tape and tracer wire over the line, lube on the joints, rod and DUC-LUG for the restraint, plugs in open pipe, keys for the valves.
209 item numbers
On the six pages. The five OMNI-SLEEVE items are on the Import Fittings price list; the rest are priced by request.
24 in.
Socket clamps and DMPLUG pipe plugs run to 24 in. on the price list.
Figures from the Extended Products price catalog (rev. 7/29/26) and the Import Fittings price list (1/5/26).
Spec sheets.
The spec sheets behind these pages.
Detectable and barricade tape
Tape construction, colors and legends. Spec sheet, April 2024
Foam plugs
DMPLUG, valve box plug and meter pit insulation plug. Information sheet, March 2020
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Valve operating wrenches spec sheet (PDF) |
Valve wrenches and gate valve extensions |
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Socket clamp spec sheet (PDF) |
Socket clamp sizes, I.D. and bolts, 3 to 24 in. |
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Threaded rods spec sheet (PDF) |
HSLA, stainless 304 and 316 threaded rod: grades and properties |
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Zinc cap information sheet (PDF) |
Zinc anode caps, 5/8 and 3/4 in. |
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DUC-LUG spec sheet (PDF) |
DUC-LUG material, sizes and installation |
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MJ eye bolt spec sheet (PDF) |
MJ eye bolt material and dimensions |
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DMPLUG spec sheet (PDF) |
DMPLUG sizes and the inside diameters each one fits |
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Valve box plug spec sheet (PDF) |
Valve box plug |
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4 mil high density cross-laminated polyethylene: test values and tube sizes |
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8 mil polyethylene spec sheet (PDF) |
8 mil polyethylene encasement film: material, colors and tube sizes |
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V-BIO polyethylene film data sheet (PDF) |
V-BIO enhanced polyethylene film: properties and tolerances |
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Pipe joint lubricant spec sheet (PDF) |
Pipe joint lubricant: temperature range and properties |
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PVC pipe wrap spec sheet (PDF) |
PVC pipe wrap tape for corrosion protection |
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Hydraulic cement plug spec sheet (PDF) |
Hydraulic cement plug: mixes and set times |
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Pricing |
Every item on these pages except OMNI-SLEEVE, which is on the Import Fittings price list. Add items to a quote list or ask your regional team |
Questions about these products.
Short answers. The product pages have the detail.
By request. Add items to a quote list on any product page, ask your regional team, or call 800.999.2550 with the item numbers. OMNI-SLEEVE is the exception: it is on the Import Fittings price list.
With the gaskets: FLANGE-PAK flange gasket and bolt packs, by size.
Some items have no item numbers on these pages, such as polyethylene encasement, companion flanges, coatings and hydraulic cement. For those, ask your regional team.
Your waterworks distributor. SIGMA sells through waterworks distributors, and your distributor sets your price. For a quote or contract pricing, ask your regional team.
Have the spec in hand?
Your regional team can match these parts to the pipe, fittings and restraints on your job.