149200 Pneumatic Tube System amendment 1.pdf

08/13/2021 100% Final Construction Documents Complete Unfinished Specialty Clinic Project Number 589A4-20-155

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SECTION 14 92 00

PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEM

Issued Amendment 1, dated 08/13/2021

PART 1 GENERAL

1.1. SUMMARY

A. Furnish all engineering, materials and labor for a complete computer controlled pneumatic tube distribution system tied into the existing facility system, hereinafter referred to as the "System".

B. All work shall be completed in a workmanlike manner, complete in all respects, including all items specified herein and as may be necessary for the satisfactory installation and operation of the specified System.

C. The types and locations of the stations in this specification shall be as indicated on the

Drawings and shall be in strict accordance with the standards established by the manufacturer.

D. The installer/manufacturer shall work with the General Contractor and all trades to ensure coordination for system right-of-way.

1.2. QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. The installer/manufacturer shall perform an electronic material transport survey to determine anticipated peak hour traffic requirements to which the proposed System shall be designed.

B. The installer/manufacturer shall regularly and presently manufacture, install and warrant the computer controlled material distribution equipment as specified herein as one of their principle products. The equipment furnished shall be the product of the installer/ manufacturer and shall be installed by skilled mechanics under supervision of the installer/manufacturer. The installer/manufacturer shall have a quality assurance program in place, demonstrable to the Owner.

C. The installer/manufacturer shall be totally responsible for the manufacture, installation and guarantee of the specified System.

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D. The installer/manufacturer shall maintain a training facility that shall include the specified equipment installed and operational for comprehensive hands-on maintenance instruction of Owner maintenance personnel. The training facility shall be separate from the installer/manufacturer’s manufacturing or development areas to prevent interruptions during the training process.

E. The installer/manufacturer shall have a service branch within 100 miles of the installation, and shall provide service within 24 hours of a call.

F. The installer/manufacturer shall maintain a 24 hour, 7 day per week toll-free phone number for contacting maintenance personnel who are factory trained in the specified

System. Response shall be 3 hours or less.

G. All electrical equipment shall be listed with Underwriter's Laboratory (UL) and all field wiring shall be in conformance with NEC requirements and local codes. UL listing shall be for all assemblies and components of assemblies. UL listing must be current prior to bid.

1.3. WORK INCLUDED IN THIS SECTION

A. The installer/manufacturer shall furnish and install all motor starters with properly sized thermal overload protection in each phase at the blower packages.

B. The installer/manufacturer shall be responsible for general contracting activities associated with the installation of the System as specified in a separate section.

C. The installer/manufacturer shall provide all PTS related cutting, coring, patching and fire-stopping of walls / floors penetrations; where/if required.

1.4. COORDINATION

A. Items described herein relate to the installation of the System, but are assignable to other trade contractors. The installer/manufacturer shall provide information as required to coordinate the Work.

B. General items.

1. Supply and installation of architectural enclosures for equipment as specified on the contract drawings or shop drawings.

2. Equipment fur-in to match existing surroundings.

3. A clear and unobstructed right-of-way space for system equipment.

4. Outside building wall, cutting, patching or painting.

5. Removal, repair or replacement of existing ceilings or walls to match existing surroundings.

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6. Removal, relocation and/or replacement of other mechanical equipment, fixtures, conduit, pipe, etc.

7. Hole cutting and sleeve setting in floors and walls.

8. Patching/fireproofing of sleeves and openings in floors, walls and ceilings where required.

9. Supply and installation of access panels where specified on contract drawings and/or shop drawing submittals.

10. Painting of exposed tube and unfinished exposed surfaces where required.

11. Unloading, safe, dry and adequate storage space for materials on the job site during construction.

12. Elevator, hoisting or crane services for equipment and personnel during construction.

13. Dust protection if required.

14. Sealing of sprayed fire-retarding insulation in close proximity to any system equipment.

15. Cleaning of all plaster, mortar, paint, and other debris in or on the system equipment resulting from other trades.

16. Repairing, replacing or repainting of equipment damaged by other trades.

17. A control center environment of 0% to 95% relative humidity and an ambient temperature of 10 degrees C to 40 degrees C.

18. Trenching, backfill, concrete/asphalt sawing, landscaping, repaving, etc. as required to install underground tubing and cabling.

C. Electrical items:

1. A 115 VAC single phase, 50/60 Hz power supply wired to terminals in a factory installed duplex receptacle within each station, transfer unit and blower package.

2. A local 208/230/460 VAC, three phase, 50/60 Hz power supply and disconnect switch wired to terminal strips in a factory supplied junction box on each blower package.

3. A local 105 to 125 VAC, single phase, 50/60 Hz dedicated power source to a duplex receptacle within 5’ of the system control center.

4. Temporary power to facilitate testing when required.

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5. Wiring, conduit and installation as required to connect a set of dry contacts from the building fire alarm system to terminal strips inside each blower package as shown on the shop drawings

D. Data Connections:

1. Provide a permanent active Ethernet network jack with available high speed internet access installed within 6 feet of the system control center.

2. Provide a permanent Ethernet jack located inside the station housing for each station on the same IT network as the system control center.

3. Provide a permanent Ethernet jack located within 6 feet of each system blower and transfer unit on the same IT network as the system control center.

1.5. SUBMITTALS

A. Shop drawings which show tube routings on architectural floor plans, tubing riser diagram, electrical riser diagram, right-of-way, methods of suspending and anchoring tubing, station details, equipment locations and detailed dimensions of all major components.

B. Installer/manufacturer's marked literature showing illustrations, data and description of system to be furnished.

C. Single User Software License form with submittal for signing by the Owner and installer/manufacturer.

1.6. WARRANTY

A. The installer/manufacturer shall guarantee all components to be free from defects in material and workmanship, under normal use, for a period of 24 months.

B. Defective material shall be repaired or replaced at no additional cost to the Owner.

C. Specifically excluded from this warranty are failures resulting from normal wear, improper operation, improper maintenance or lack of prescribed owner preventive maintenance of the System.

D. Signed acceptance or use of the System by the Owner shall commence the warranty period.

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PART 2 PRODUCTS

2.1. EQUIPMENT

A. Line material:

1. Tubing shall be 6” outside diameter, 16 gauge, cold rolled, electric welded steel, flash removed, degreased and hot dip galvanized.

2. Bends shall be formed of same material on a center line radius of not less than 48 inches. The cross-section shall be free from wrinkles and distortions. No expanded bends shall be allowed in the System.

3. All cut ends shall be square, deburred and mandreled round.

4. Solid steel slip sleeves or split steel gasketed bolted sleeves shall be used for tubing joints. Split sleeves shall be used at all connections of serviceable equipment. All sleeves shall be of the same gage as the tubing.

5. Slip joints shall be sealed with a suitable airtight compound.

6. Tubing shall be supported with suitable hangers and supports as follows:

a. Minimum every ten (10) feet of straight tubing,

b. At every floor of vertical runs,

c. At each end of each bend, and

d. At equipment connections

7. Hangers shall be pre-threaded, zinc plated rod attached to the building structure.

Tear-drop hangers fastened to the rod shall support the tubing.

B. Transfer Units:

1. Transfer units enable a transmission tube connection from one tube to any one of several tubes, providing the tubing network for routing carriers between stations.

2. Transfer units shall be installed with split sleeves and sway braced against motion.

3. Transfer units shall be located to allow for complete and clear access to service mechanical and electrical components.

4. The offset through the transfer unit shall be gradual using a curved tube section.

5. All transfer units component position sensing and carrier sensing shall be by non-contact sensors.

6. All visible metal surfaces shall be galvanized steel, aluminum, or finished with a factory painted electrostatically applied, baked-on, powder coat finish.

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7. Transfer units shall be provided as required in 1 to 2 ports, 1 to 4 ports and 1 to 6 ports.

C. Stations:

1. Stations shall consist of dispatch equipment, receive equipment and electrical controls enclosed in a sheet metal housing.

2. Stations shall be up send, down receive.

3. All mechanical and electrical components shall be front accessible and removable for repair or replacement.

4. Electronic control units shall be solid state plug-in type for fast replacement and shall be interchangeable with units in other stations.

5. All component position sensing and carrier sensing shall be by non-contact sensors.

6. All visible metal surfaces shall be factory painted with an electrostatically applied, baked-on, powder coat epoxy. Bright metal finish parts shall be stainless steel, brushed aluminum or chrome plated.

7. The dispatcher shall hold one carrier at a time.

8. The receiver shall be independent of the dispatcher.

9. The dispatcher shall enable a carrier to be staged for dispatch while a carrier is incoming to a station.

10. When station’s receiver becomes full, that station’s receive and dispatch functions shall be disabled. A message on the station display and at the system control center shall indicate the full condition. The condition shall automatically reset upon carrier removal from receiver.

11. Stations shall provide air-cushioned carrier arrival at the receive slidegate.

12. Multiple address capability:

a. Multiple addresses enable a station to be shared by several departments. Each station shall have the capability for up to six discrete addresses.

b. Each address shall correspond to a Remote Personal Indicator (RPI). An RPI is a recessed, wall mounted visual and audible signal device with reset switch, located remote from the station.

c. Carriers received via the automatic carrier redistribution feature shall not activate RPI’s.

d. Stations with RPI’s shall be located as indicated on the drawings.

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13. Each station shall be equipped with one IQ or color Nexus touch screen operator control panel per dispatcher. All interaction with the station by the user will be through the touch screen interface.

a. Touch screen shall be not less than 10 inches in size measured diagonally.

b. Resolution shall be not less than 800x600 pixels (SVGA)

c. The touch screen interface shall contain the following:

1) Common screen areas including the following information:

a) A message box for displaying system messages

b) An area to display the Last Sent station address

c) An area to display the current date and time

d) An area to display the station address

e) A “Speed Dials” button used to display the Speed dials screen

f) A “Features” button to provide access to system special features.

g) A “View Directory” button

h) A Help button to display operator help

2) Four user interface screens selectable from on-screen buttons:

a) “Send Keypad” Screen containing the following:

i. A numeric keypad containing the numbers 0 through 9

ii. A backspace button.

iii. A Send normal button

iv. A Send Secure button

v. A Send Slow button

vi. A Send Empty button

vii. An area to display the entered station address and station name.

b) “Speed Dials” screen shall contain the following

i. 12 quick dial buttons enabling one button dispatch to programmed destinations.

Speed dial buttons can be programmed locally by users or set at the system control center and downloaded.

In addition to destination, buttons can programmed with an attribute of “STAT”, “Secure”, “PIN Secure” or “Slow” (if System equipped with variable speed blowers)

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c) “Features” screen shall contain the following:

i. An “Administrative Functions” button used to program station settings and provide access to maintenance functions.

ii. An “Emergency Shutdown” button used to immediately shutdown the System.

iii. A “View Transaction History” button providing access to a list of the last 30 dispatches.

Transaction entries shall show station number, station name, date and time of dispatch.

iv. A “View Incoming Carriers” button providing access to a display showing the total number of carriers inbound to the station.

v. A “Traffic Forwarding” button to enable carrier traffic to be forwarded to another station.

vi. A “Track Transactions” button to enable tracking of dispatched transactions.

vii. A “Call Empty” button to enable empty carriers to be called from storage (System must be equipped with empty storage tubes)

viii. An “Audio Settings” button to allow access to set volume and audible alarm settings for station full, surplus and carrier arrival conditions.

ix. A “Setup Speed Dials” button to allow station speed dials to be locally programmed.

d) “Directory” screen shall contain the following:

i. A list of system stations including station name and number.

ii. Scroll buttons to move up and down through the list.

iii. The ability to select a station on the list by touching the screen and pressing enter to initiate a transaction to the station.

D. Recessed single dispatcher stations:

1. Recessed single dispatcher stations shall include one dispatch chamber and an integral receive bin. The receive bin shall provide open storage nominally for seven carriers.

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2. The station shall be designed to be wall recessed enabling all non-operator accessible equipment to be concealed behind walls. A trim frame shall be provided to conceal the joint between the wall and the station housing.

3. To minimize damage, stations shall be installed in two phases; a housing in the initial stages of construction, and a mechanical/electrical finish kit after construction work in the area is substantially complete.

4. Recessed single dispatcher stations shall be equipped with locking access doors; if requested.

a. Doors are spring loaded, and self closing.

b. Locking action provided by an electromagnet.

c. Doors are controlled by the IQ or Nexus control panel and are locked by default.

d. Doors are unlocked by entering an authorized PIN code or by swiping a valid security card (if station is equipped with a reader).

5. Recessed stations shall be located as indicated on Drawings; Work 2004, Point of Car

1349 and Lab 1130.

E. Carriers and liners:

1. Sealed carriers:

a. Provide four sealed carriers per station.

1) Clear molded plastic.

2) Full access side opening.

3) Bi-directional.

4) Replaceable wear bands which also serve as the hinges.

5) Easy open positive closure latches.

6) Compression gasket which seals the carrier halves when closed.

7) Capable of carrying: specimens, medications, x-ray film, 1,000 ml IV bags with up to 100 ml's additives.

2. Provide thin carrier liners for cushioning large items.

3. Provide full carrier liners for cushioning small items.

4. Provide Zip ‘n Fold bags for immobilizing carrier contents.

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PART 3 EXECUTION

3.1. INSTALLATION

A. The System and components shall be assembled and installed in strict accordance with contract documents, applicable codes and regulations, approved shop drawings, and installer/manufacturer's recommendations.

B. The System and components shall be anchored and fastened to building construction as required for a stable, secure installation. All exposed parts of the System and finish components shall be closely fit and joined to provide a neat uniform appearance.

3.2. SYSTEM TESTING AND ACCEPTANCE

A. Prior to a formal system performance test, the installer/manufacturer shall perform preliminary tests, verifying all components are in fully operational condition for carrier dispatch and receive between all possible station combinations.

B. The installer/manufacturer shall provide written notification to the Architect/Engineer thirty (30) days in advance of the scheduled system performance test. The installer/ manufacturer shall provide all personnel, equipment and instruments required for such examination.

C. In the presence of the Architect and Owner, the installer/manufacturer shall perform all operational tests, inspecting system components and verifying that the equipment is installed and operating in proper condition, according to the intent of the contract.

D. The Owner's representative shall sign a written statement indicating that the System has been turned over and accepted by the Owner.

3.3. INSTRUCTIONS

A. Operator training:

1. The installer/manufacturer shall train the Owner’s training staff on-site in the use and operation of the System. Training shall be provided for one person per station with a minimum of ten.

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7. Hangers shall be pre-threaded, zinc plated rod attached to the building structure. Tear-drop hangers fastened to the rod shall support the tubing.

5. Recessed stations shall be located as indicated on Drawings; Work 2004, Point of Car 1349 and Lab 1130.