SECTION 15240 VIBRATION ISOLATION AND NOISE CONTROL PART 1 - GENERAL 1.1 DESCRIPTION: A. 1.

2 The Work under this Section consists of furnishing and installation of all mechanical sound and vibration control as indicated on the drawings and as specified herein.

REFERENCES: A. ASHRAE - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers' Inc. ASHRAE B. HVAC Applications Handbook, 1995 Chapter 43 "Sound and Vibration Control".

ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials. ASTM E 447 Measuring Acoustic and airflow Performance of Duct liner and Prefabricated Silencers.

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SUBMITTALS: A. B. C. Vibration Isolator: Submit for review, selection data of each point showing disturbing frequency, weight distribution and calculated static deflection. Flexible Connections: List of pressure rating of each unit together with line pressure and all applicable physical data such as type of ends. Silencers: Manufacturer's construction and performance details.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS 2.1 VIBRATION ISOLATORS: A. General 1. Mechanical equipment, where required, shall be provided with vibration isolation devices to isolate the mechanical equipment from the building structure. The Contractor shall be responsible for sizing all isolators to be installed. All isolator devices shall be selected for uniform static deflections according to the distribution of force and weight. Whenever rotational speed is the cause of the disturbing frequency, the lowest operation speed of the system to be isolated shall be used in determining the isolator required. Isolator selection shall result in uniform loading and deflection, even when the
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equipment weight is not evenly distributed. B. Isolators shall be free standing, with housing, stable springs with leveling facilities. The spring shall be positioned with weld studs between a drilled and tapped load top plate and steel bottom load plate. A thick ribbed neoprene pad shall be bonded to the bottom plate. Moving equipment such as fan coil units, and fans supported on hangers shall be provided with kinetic spring hangers comprising of welded steel bracket/casing, free-standing un-housed laterally stable steel spring with neoprene washer or kinetic neoprene isolator incorporating a cast in tapped steel load plate to permit bolting to supported equipment and a cast in drilled steel anchor baseplate. Application shall be in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendation Centrifugal fans and motors shall be mounted on an integral structural steel base with built-in adjustable motor slide rails with adequate rigidity to resist motor torque and belt pull. The base shall be mounted on spring isolators. AC equipment shall be mounted on spring isolators and floating concrete pad, unless otherwise indicated. All other equipment shall be mounted on pads in strict compliance with the manufacturers instructions and recommendations.

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FLEXIBLE PIPE CONNECTIONS: A. Flexible hose shall be provided at all connections to pumps and any other rotating equipment and other locations indicated on drawings. The connections shall be manufactured from materials suitable for the operating temperatures and pressures of the fluid it is conveying. Flexible hose for rotating equipment shall be installed in a horizontal position and parallel to the horizontal shafts of equipment side of the shut-off valves. An anchor shall be installed in the piping system adjacent to the flexible connectors. Flexible connections shall be installed in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. Flexible hose shall be designed for an operating temperature of 232 oC and for working pressure of not less than 0.862 Mpa or 150% of the system operating pressure whichever is greater. Flexible metal connectors shall be stainless steel with stainless corrugated inner tubing, outer shield of stainless wire braid with steel fixed flanges.

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PIPE EXPANSION JOINT: A. Pipe expansion joint shall be EPDM rubber, high duty, with single corrosion-protected steel wire reinforced convolution with mild steel backing flanges behind rubber raised face.

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FOUNDATIONS FOR MACHINERY: A. Unless otherwise indicated on the drawings, concrete sub-bases not less than 150 mm high shall be provided for all floor-mounted mechanical equipment. Sub-bases
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shall rest on structural floor and shall be reinforced with steel rods and interconnected with the floor reinforcing bars by tie bars hooked at both ends. A minimum clearance of 50 mm shall be provided between sub-bases and all inertia blocks, steel bases and steel saddles with equipment in operation. B. 2.5 Foundations for machines shall be a minimum of 30 MPa concrete with all exposed surfaces steel trowelled smooth.

SOUND ATTENUATORS (SILENCERS): A. The Contractor shall supply and install noise silencers in the supply and return air ducting to ensure that the sound levels within the occupied area of the building shall not exceed the required level. All plant and equipment shall not cause these levels to be exceeded. The levels specification shall be specially considered in the internal finishes and arrangement of the ductwork, etc. to ensure no regenerated noise is introduced into the system. Duct mounted sound traps shall be of the types and sizes required and shall be installed as per Manufacturer's recommendations. Purpose made silencers and sound absorbent materials shall be so design and installed in the ductwork that they offer low resistance to air flow, have adequate strength and cohesion to resist erosion by air flow and non-hygroscopic, noncombustible and free from odor, rot, damp and vermin. Silencers shall be constructed from galvanized steel sheet, not less than 1.00 mm thick splitters and lining shall be fitted with aerodynamically shaped leading and trailing edges. Absorbent materials shall be faced with galvanized perforated metal to prevent material breaking up. The Contractor shall record acoustic rating, including dynamic insertion loss and self-noise power level, for both forward flow (air and noise in same direction) and reverse flow (air and noise in opposite direction) with an airflow of at least 10 m/s face velocity. Test units for airtightness at 200% of associated fan static pressure or 1500 Pa static pressure, whichever greater. The specified silencer performance shall be related to the stated sound spectrum.

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PART 3 - EXECUTION 3.1 GENERAL INSTALLATION A. B. C. All vibration isolator, pads and silencers shall be installed in accordance with manufacturer's direction. Piping which connect to the equipment mounted on vibration isolator shall be isolated by double rubber in shear or spring type pipe hangers. Flexible hose shall be installed in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations. Prior to filling the system, the alignment and length shall be checked. The piping installation shall be corrected if necessary and the flexible
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hose replaced if damaged, at no cost to Owner. 3.2 INSTALLATION - MACHINERY A. Isolation shall be stable during starting and stopping of equipment without any transverse and eccentric movement of equipment that would damage or adversely affect the equipment or attachment. The installed vibration isolation system for each floor or ceiling mounted items of equipment shall have a maximum lateral motion under equipment start-up and shut down conditions of 6 mm. Motions in excess shall be restrained by approved spring type mountings. All electrical connections, drain connections, piping connections, etc., made to equipment which rest on vibration isolators shall be properly isolated. Isolation shall be selected for the lowest operating speed of equipment. Isolators including springs, exposed to weather shall be hot-dipped, Galvanized after fabrication. Isolators shall be selected and located to produce uniform loading and deflection even if the equipment weight is not evenly distributed. END OF SECTION

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