Squeeze Roll Applicator Spec Sheet[1].doc

Maine Department of Transportation

Bid Request

For

Maine Department of Transportation

SQUEEZE ROLL APPLICATOR

SPECIFICATION PURPOSE & INTENT – GENERAL

The attached specifications require providing all things necessary, or proper for, or incidental to the furnishing and delivery of the bid item (or items) and associated equipment to Fleet Service/MaineD.O.T., Augusta. The aforementioned bid item shall be of heavy-duty design and construction for extreme service or application. All things not expressly mentioned in these specifications, but involved in carrying out their intent, are required by these specifications and the vendor shall perform the same as though they were specifically mentioned, described and delineated.

The bid item (or items) and all associated equipment shall be furnished complete and in readiness for use as required by the terms of these specifications and in strict accordance therewith. The bid item (or items) and all equipment furnished shall be the manufacturer's current or 2009 listed and published stock model, or models which meet or exceed all the applicable requirements of these specifications. All design, materials and workmanship shall in every respect be in accordance with the best current practices in the industry and all materials used shall be new.

The bid item or items shall be in full compliance with any and all Federal and State of Maine, rules, regulations or codes. Any and all bids or accessory items furnished by the vendor, distributor and/or manufacturers shall be installed in accordance with the highest standards of the industry, full compliance of all applicable Federal and State of Maine rules, regulations or codes and must be completely inspected and serviced prior to delivery.

Fleet Service/MaineD.O.T. reserves the right to expect replacement of any item, component or associated equipment from the vendor, distributor or manufacturer, at no cost to Fleet Service for failure to perform. Fleet Service also reserves the right to require training for operation or maintenance and repair where necessary at no additional cost.

All Warranties and Guarantees are to become effective the date the State of Maine places the bid item (or items) into service.

Since the continuous operation of the bid item (or items) as specified is of the utmost importance and sometimes of an emergency nature, it is necessary that the successful bidder be in a position to render prompt parts and if necessary, service. The successful bidder and subcontractor (if any) must maintain and/or have access to parts inventory within the State of Maine. The parts inventory shall be applicable to the bid item (or items) supplied to the State of Maine and must be of sufficient quantity and variety to offer a level of parts availability of 95% within 48 hours from time of order by MaineD.O.T. Availability of normally expendable items such as filters, belts, hydraulic lines and hoses shall not exceed 24 hours. Bidder shall attach a proposal program for parts and service availability for evaluation. Review of the bidder's ability to provide prompt parts and service will be a determining factor in the award of bid. Upon award of bid and before delivery of bid item (or items) MaineD.O.T must receive a complete list of parts containing part description, manufacturer's part number etc. for the entire item or items including any or all accessories which are supplied as part of the bid. This does not relieve the bidder from supplying parts manuals or repair manuals as required in the individual specification. The manufacturer’s manual must be supplied at time of bid.

During the term of the manufacturer's warranty Fleet Service reserves the right to perform any and all warranty work "in house" to meet operational needs or demands with the exception of major engine, transmission and axle rebuild or repair. Fleet Service will recover all parts and labor cost (labor time as allowed by manufacturer's rate manual Fleet Service standard labor rate at the time of repair) by billing the manufacturer and/or dealer. O.E.M. parts may be supplied at no cost by the manufacturer or dealer and will not be billed by Fleet Service, or may be purchased by Fleet Service on the open market to meet operational demands. Any and all defective parts will be returned to the manufacturer or dealer upon request. Additionally Fleet Service will perform no other paper work other than what is necessary for Fleet Service to track the cost of warranty repair through its own billing system. Manufacturers, dealers or vendors who are selected to any equipment, vehicles or accessories to Fleet Service, must place Fleet Service on a mailing list to provide warranty recalls and/or technical updates or service bulletins to the Fleet Manager’s Office of Fleet Service, 105 Capitol St., Station #26, Augusta, Maine 04333.

A paint code and/or name of brand, color and part number of paint must be supplied in order to match paint color.

Either before or after final acceptance any vehicle or equipment which does not meet these requirements may be rejected in whole or returned for correction at no cost.

SQUEEZE ROLL APPLICATOR

The following specification is intended to describe a heavy duty laminator for applying Various grades of reflective sheeting to sign blanks up to 60” wide.

1. Must have 1 hp dc motor with SCR variable speed control from 0 to 35 feet per minute.

2. Drive must be reversible and must have dynamic braking.

3.

Must include an emergency stop cable in front of laminating rolls in addition to a lighted emergency stop button on operator's console.

4.

Laminating rolls must be 6" by 64" long. Laminating gap adjustments must be controlled by single point hand wheel operation with digital display of actual gap opening. Must accommodate substrates up to 2 inches thick. Must also allow an additional 3" opening (total opening 5") for emergency release function.

5.

Laminating roll and liner separating roll must be mounted on pivoting plates raised and lowered by linear actuators, and must be factory aligned for precise parallel configuration at any laminating gap opening. Must include digital display of actual gap opening. Must have air cylinders for raising and lowering of top roll for ease of set-up and for emergency roll opening.

6.

Must have a heavy duty unwind shaft capable of accommodating sheeting film up to 5 feet wide x 500 feet long. Must have mechanical core locks for rapid loading and unloading of 3” id cores. Must have an air brake with regulator for precise sheeting tension control. Must include off/on air switch for ease of unlocking/locking unwind shaft during set-up.

7.

Must include a chain driven rewind shaft for take-up of the release liner. Take-up tension must be adjustable by air operated slip clutch with regulator. Must include off/on air switch for ease of unlocking/locking rewind shaft during set-up.

8.

All controls must be clustered and frame mounted on the control panel. Must include a frame mounted fused electrical disconnect.

9.

Both unwind and rewind shafts must be mounted in machined Nylatron or other self lubricating bearing blocks for immediate capture/release when loading and unloading sheeting cores. Top unwind shaft must be capable of 1" of lateral adjustment for precise positioning of the sheeting.

10.

Infeed shelf must support the sign blanks on adjustable roller assemblies, and must include two heavy duty edge guides for capturing and precise positioning of long sign blanks. Edge guides must be adjustable the full width of 60".

11.

Must include 5 foot long infeed conveyor with rollers on 12" centers. Conveyor must have an adjustable edge guide for precise alignment of sign blanks. Conveyor must include braces to attach conveyor to laminator frame.

12.

Outfeed conveyor must be 10 feet long with rollers on 12" centers. Outfeed conveyor must be configured for ease of manual separation of sign blanks or extrusions.

13.

Must be heavy duty construction throughout with 3" X 3" X .250" (minimum) tubular steel welded frame with a fused powder coat finish.

14.

Extrusion Package option must have a segmented bottom roll and edge wrap assembly with heat for processing "wrap-around" extruded sign blanks. Must have a minimum of 8 polyurethane soft wrapping wheels with individual air cylinders. Must have a minimum of 2 ceramic 500 watt edge heater elements. Edge heaters and wrapping wheels must be mounted on base plates that are adjustable for extrusion width.

15. Infrared Heater Bar option must have ceramic heater elements with heat shield and reflectors to minimize temperature variations during lamination. Must have an adjustable temperature control. For ease of threading and operations, the heater bar must be adjustable to three positions: preheat/normal, substrate heat, and inverted. The inverted or “park” position must include a limit switch that turns off the heater bar.

16. Warranty a.

Manufacture’s standard warranty will apply.

b.

Terms and conditions of warranty must be provided with bid proposal.

c.

Manufacture’s warranty will start with the in-service date.

17. General a.

The unit will be supplied with two (2) copies of the operator’s manual and two (2) copies each of parts and repair manuals.

b.

The unit will require a minimum of eight (8) hours of training on- site at a location of the Training will be scheduled and coordinated through the region superintendent.

c.

Be it known that these specifications are a minimum and that bids will be evaluated on based on price, warranty, manufacturers performance data, delivery schedule, parts availability and other items deemed appropriate.

d.

Bidders are required to provide sufficient information with their bid such as manufacturer’s brochures, etc. and to certify that they have service facilities in Maine, staffed with trained service technicians and stocked with repair parts for the equipment which is bid. Failure to provide this information may cause the bid to be rejected. The Maine DOT reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

e.

Exceptions to specifications shall be listed on a separate paper and noted as exceptions and submitted with bid proposal. If exceptions are not listed as such it shall be considered that the vendor will comply with all specifications as listed.

f.

Bidders shall supply a specification sheet with their bid proposals.

g.

All bid proposals will include shipping and delivery to Maine DOT Fleet Service, 105 Capitol St. Augusta Me. 04330

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