Mobile X-Ray Inspection Van Appendix A .pdf

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Mobile X-Ray Inspection Van - Requirements

Threshold (T) Objective (O)

1 Technical Require-ments

1.1 Gross Vehicle Weight Rating Not to exceed 9,500 lbs

1.2 Engine: Automatic overdrive transmission with a steer-

ing column shifter

1.3 Gauges: Standard from manufacturer

1.4 Separate battery to operate the generator and any low

voltage circuits added to the coach, charged by alterna-tor and generator

Chassis battery and 2 additional batteries

1.5 X-Ray equipment power input: separate inputs, genera-

tor supplied and shore power at 120 volt, 20 amp

120 volt, 20 amp

1.6 Amphenol plugs and sockets, or equivalent 2 2

1.7 Generator batteries 2 2

1.8 Paint Schematic: OEM White: Base Coat/Clear Coat

1.9 Fuel tank filler neck cap: Secured to the filler neck to

protect against loss, with permanently attached (with screws or rivets) embossed plate affixed next to the tank filler opening in the body, identifying the type of fuel

1.10 Fuel type: Gasoline or diesel

1.11 Fuel system for the vehicle engine and generator: Con-

form to all requirements (49 CFR 571.301) and utilize the chassis manufacturer’s furnished auxiliary connec-tions according to manufacturer’s technical require-ments for the connection of the generator fuel lines.

Generator fuel pick-up line should allow drainage of ve-hicle fuel to be no less than 1/4 tank.

Conform to all require-ments (49 CFR 571.301)

1.12 Maximum vehicle dimensions in an over-the-road driv-

ing configuration: Length 250”, width 96” without mir-rors, height 98” (including auxiliary climate control sys-tem if roof-mounted)

Maximum dimensions in over-the-road driv-ing configuration:

L: 250” W: 96” (without mirrors) H: 98”

1.13 Maximum vehicle dimensions while deployed for in-

spection: Length 250”, width 176” (with no awnings ex-tended), height 98”

Maximum dimensions while deployed for in-spection:

L: 250” W: 176” (with no awn-ings extended) H: 98”

1.14 Retractable awning: Installed on each side of the vehicle to shade entire inspection area.

Electric Awning

1.15 Tunnel specification: Capable of scanning objects at a

maximum of 39.4” (1m) wide by 39.4” (1m) high

Object dimensions maximum for tunnel:

W: 39.4” H: 39.4”

1.16 Auxiliary climate control system: Low profile if roof

mounted (vehicle height not to exceed 96”), capable of cooling/heating, the x-ray unit, and other sensitive components during operation as required.

Vehicle height not to exceed 96”

1.17 No windows in cargo area of conveyance

1.18 Back-up features: Rear View (back-up) Camera system

and monitor for use by the driver, audible when backing up

1.19 Emergency lighting: Single Level Linear-Super LED

light (Blue); mounted on the roof top of vehicle, front grill, and rear body panel; power-supplied control-mounted unit with a status display in the driver compartment; installed in full compliance with manufacturer’s guidelines. Law enforcement blue light package shall be visible 360 degrees around vehicle when viewed at 50” from ground level (approximate average eye level).

Law enforcement blue light package to be visible 360 degrees around vehicle when viewed at 50” from ground level Minimum 6 lights, must be 360 degrees viewable

1.20 Siren/ Public address system: Siren system shall include at a minimum two tones, the wail and yelp, plus PA sys-tem. The siren may be integrated with the lighting or separate and shall be integrated with the vehicle’s stand-ard horn button to activate the siren horn when powered.

1.21 Safety items: First aid kit capable of support two

personnel and two fire extinguishers (2.5 lbs. each). Fire Extinguisher labels on exterior of vehicle shall indicate location of the passenger compartment and rear compartment equipment.

1.22 Two overhead LED 12v DC lights over the inspection

tunnel and one on the upper rear of chassis to illuminate access to system for maintenance

Two (2) rear overhead LED 12v DC lights

1.23 Security alarm with two remotes (anti-theft); motion

sensor, if present, shall be capable of being disabled or

Alarm System with no motion sensor

Alarm System with settable motion sensor set to a low sensitive setting.

1.24 Hand-held rechargeable LED flashlight shall be charged

by vehicle electrical system to ensure light is available.

Shall be capable of being unplugged for long term sys-tem storage. Shall be LED rechargeable

1.25 Safety hazard kit (including triangles and flares)

1.26 Full size spare tire

1.27 Two 25-foot external power cords with proper size wire

gauge to prevent line loss and ancillary connectors for U.S. power system to operate the HVAC and x-ray system

1.28 Branding: System shall be branded in accordance with

the U.S Customs and Border Protection Branding Guidelines

2 Drivabil-ity and

Handling

2.1 The X-Ray Van must meet all load bearing and operat-

ing standards for the class of vehicle supplied, including load leveling and anti-sway package.

3 X-Ray Source

3.1 Power Requirements: Dual View showing a vertical and

horizontal (DV) image views

Dual View

4 Imaging Capabili-ties

4.1 Dual View System variants imaging meeting ASTM

F792-17e1 standard

Dual View

4.2 Pseudo-Z color pallet support, e.g., “orange” for organic and “blue” for metallic materials

4.3 Organic stripping mode

4.4 Metallic stripping mode

4.5 Black and white/color modes

4.6 Enhanced penetration mode

4.7 Automatic edge enhancement imaging

4.8 Image review- last 25 images Last 25 images

4.9 Automatic image archiving/retrieval (10,000 images) Ability to archive 10,000 images

4.10 Operator shall be able to manually select images to be

saved in addition to the 10,000 automatically archived images

4.11 Enhancement of image contrast with lock capability

4.12 Digital zoom with lock capability

4.13 Reverse polarity of image contrast

4.14 Capable of discriminating, at minimum, metallic and

nonmetallic objects

5 X-Ray System Perfor-mance

5.1 Wire resolution: Minimum 36 AWG (American Wire

Gauge)

Minimum 36 AWG wire resolution

5.2 Minimum penetration: Equivalent to 24 mm or 0.94” steel

minimum

24mm or 0.94” steel minimum for penetra-tion

5.3 The system shall meet as a minimum the CBP criteria for

ASTM F792-17e1

Meet criteria for ASTM F792-17e1

6 Conveyor System

6.1 Features: Auto-stop, auto-return, emergency stop switches (at each tunnel opening and on operator’s workstation) and a continuous mode (forward and reverse)

6.2 Conveyor belt minimum dimensions should match tunnel

width 38”

W: 38” minimum di-mensions, should match tunnel width

6.3 Conveyor weight capacity: Objects up to 300 lbs. Max weight: 300 lbs

6.4 Conveyor belt height dimensions: Height from ground level 36” (+/- 4”)

Height from ground:

36” (+/- 4”)

6.5 Parcel passage (minimum): Length unlimited, width 38”, height 38”

6.6 Minimum conveyor speed: 0.20 m/sec (40 ft/min +-2ft/min) Min speed: 0.20 m/sec

6.7 Roller table width to match tunnel width dimension

6.8 Roller table shall be capable of being deployed with one

inch or less clearance next to any port infrastructure. Roller tables shall be attached and facilitate ease of set up.

6.9 Image counter to indicate system usage/total numbers of

scanned items

7 Computer Opera-tor’s Sta-tion

7.1 Operating System: Computers are to be equipped with and

operating system that is maintainable and upgradable to meet the DHS Sensitive Systems Policy Directive 4300A, Version 13.1, or current version, and CBP Information Sys-tems Security Policies and Procedures Handbook, HB 1400- 05D, Version 7.0, or current version.

7.2 Hard disk drive: Sized to store 50,000 images (100%

growth). Hard disk drive shall be encrypted.

To store 50,000 images

7.3 Flat panel: High-resolution, not be less than 4.5 lines per mm, non-interlaced, non-flicker, color monitors (minimum 17”) with adjustable viewing angle for monitors and include a privacy filter.

No less than 4.5 lines/ mm, non-interlaced, non-flicker, color mon-itors (minimum 17” for a single monitor for each view)

High resolu-tion single monitor to in-corporate Dual View images

7.4 Image format: Nonproprietary, such as, Unified File Format (UFF), Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG) or Bitmap (bmp), allows saving with discrete file names.

7.5 Installed monitor sunshade for direct sun viewing without awnings deployed. Exterior only controls and monitor(s) for X-ray system to include left and right positions, can be one set of controls that move from side to side without detach-ing them from the van.

7.6 Operator’s station must be configurable for right hand or left hand operations and shall be attached and facilitate ease of set up.

7.7 Ability to download selected images to DHS approved

secure USB drive from at least one operator station

7.8 Human

Factors Requirements

Access and egress to and from the operating station, work-space clearances at the operating station, and visual and reach envelopes at the operating station.

Accommodate person-nel ranging in body size from the 5th per-centile female to the 95th percentile male.

7.9 Warning signals

Warning signals shall consist of distinctive complex sounds of ex-ceptional attention-get-ting value and be pre-sented at a level of at least 15 dBA above the ambient noise environ-ment, but shall not ex-ceed 140 decibels peak (dBP) for overall signal sound.

7.10 Audio warning signal persistence

Audio warning signals shall persist until resto-ration of normal condi-tions or warning is acknowledged.

7.11 Different audio signals When several different

audio signals are to be used to alert a user to different types of con-ditions, discriminable differences in intensity, pitch, beats and har-monics, or temporal patterns shall be pro-vided.

7.12 Maintenance removal and replacement Equipment shall be

configured for removal and replacement by one person where per-mitted by structural, functional, and weight limitations

7.13 Maintenance features Equipment shall in-

clude physical features (e.g., supports, guides, size or shape differ-ences, fastener loca-tions, alignment pins) to preclude improper mounting.

7.14 Maintenance access Equipment design and

installation shall pro-vide the maintainer with complete visual and physical access and a favorable work-ing level for all parts of a system on which maintenance is per-formed, including work-stand interfaces, support equipment in-terfaces, access open-ings, adjustment points, test points, servicing points, and connec-tions.

7.15 Safety Emergency shutdown

devices, lockable con-trols, electrical cutout switches, warning signs, or guards shall be used to ensure safety of personnel when it is necessary to perform maintenance on or near a live or working system.

7.16 Removable components: There shall be no major

operator removeable components. All operator re-movable components, e.g. two (2) fire extinguish-ers, one (1) flashlight, and, excluding one (1) re-moveable tire, shall weigh less than 13.6 kg each, or 30 pounds each. Roller tables shall fold down and be stowable and shall be permanently attached to the X-Ray Van.

Removable compo-nents to be handled by one person should weigh less than 13.6 kg (30 lbs).

8 Operational Environment

8.1 Operating temperature (ambient temperature, not equipment temperature)

32 F - 120 F, (optional cold weather package to operate to 10 F)

8.2 Storage ambient temperature. -0 F - 140 F

8.3 Relative humidity 10%-90%

(noncondensing)

8.4 Human

Factors Requirements

Operational environment.

Equipment shall be ca-pable of being re-moved, replaced, re-paired, assembled, and disassembled in its op-erational environment by personnel wearing any clothing and equip-ment appropriate to the environment and maintenance concept, including CBRNE or other mission-required PPE clothing.

8.5 Interior temperature Within work environ-

ments occupied during extended periods of time including mobile personnel enclosures, heating shall be pro-vided to maintain inte-rior dry bulb tempera-ture above 10 °C (50 °F).

8.6 Interior air velocity Air velocities shall not

exceed 30 meters per minute (m/min) (100 ft/min) (0.5 me-ters per second [m/s] or

1.7 feet per second [ft/s]) at any measured position in the space.

8.7 The acoustical environment shall not cause injury, fatigue, interfere with voice or other audio communications, or de-grade system effectiveness.

Operator station noise levels shall not exceed 75 dB(A)

8.8 Interior free volume Components on the in-

terior of the vehicle shall accommodate op-eration and mainte-nance by users in all clothing and equipment configurations

8.9 The HVAC system relative humidity The HVAC system

shall be capable of providing and main-taining a relative hu-midity within a range from 30 percent mini-mum to 70 percent maximum with 40 per-cent to 45 percent pre-ferred.

The tempera-ture/humidity design goal shall be be-tween 21 °C and 25 °C (70 °F and 77 °F) and 45 per-cent humidity.

8.10 Removal and replacement of stowed items.

Stowed items shall be capable of being re-moved and replaced without having to re-move or replace other stowed items or com-ponents of the system.

9 Electri-cal/Gen-erator Power

9.1 Electrical

Power

External Power Dual 20A standard out-lets 120VAC +/-10% , single phase 60 Hz

9.2 Auxiliary

power unit

(generator)

Contained within the vehicle and accessible from the out-side mounted to the transporter complying with all safety specification mandated by applicable government publica-tions

9.3 Remote start switch in the generator compartment, start

switch on the generator unit and near the X-Ray control workstations.

9.4 Fuel drawn from transport fuel tank (gasoline or diesel)

9.5 2-20A, 115V external power outlets available on Generator of External Power

9.6 Capable of operating on external or generator power

9.7 Fuel feed installed so that it cannot empty the main vehicle fuel tank