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CABLE TRAYS AND ACCESSORIES

Project Document No: G3IR-1050-65-SP-9025

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General

Discipline:

Electrical

Document Type:

Specification

Document Title: SPECIFICATION FOR CABLE TRAY AND ACCESSORIES

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CABLE TRAYS AND ACCESSORIES Record of Revisions This specification has been revised as indicated below and described in the revision record on the following page. Please destroy all previous revisions.

Revision No.

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25-Jul-12

Issued for Review

30-Jul-12

Issued for Design (RFQ)

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CABLE TRAYS AND ACCESSORIES TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 3.0 4.0 GENERAL............................................................................................................................................... 4 SCOPE.................................................................................................................................................... 4 REFERENCES........................................................................................................................................ 4 SERVICE CONDITIONS......................................................................................................................... 4 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................. 5 GENERAL REQUIREMENT................................................................................................................... 5 BASIC CONSTRUCTION....................................................................................................................... 5 EARTHING ............................................................................................................................................. 6 FINISH .................................................................................................................................................... 6 EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION............................................................................................................. 6 INSPECTION AND TESTS..................................................................................................................... 7 DRAWINGS & DOCUMENTS ................................................................................................................ 8

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CABLE TRAYS AND ACCESSORIES 1.0 GENERAL 1.1 SCOPE This specification is intended to cover design, engineering, manufacture, inspection and testing at manufacturers works, packing, loading, forwarding, transport and delivery to site of Cable tray. 1.2 REFERENCES 1.2.1 Following are the standards that have been consulted in this specification:

Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloy bars, rods and sections for general engineering purposes Recommended practice for hot dip galvanising on iron and steel Hot dip zinc coatings on structural steel and other allied products Hot rolled carbon steel sheets and strips- Specification
1.2.2

IS: 733

IS: 2629 IS: 4759 IS: 1079

In case of any contradiction between various referred standards/specification/data sheets and statutory regulations, it shall be brought to the notice of Client for resolution, before taking a decision. Generally the following order of priority shall govern : Statutory regulations BASF Guidelines Data Sheets This specification Codes and standards

1.2.3

The Manufacturer shall inform/consult the owner / consultant in case there is a conflict among the above documents.

1.3

SERVICE CONDITIONS Equipment shall be designed for saline atmosphere having design ambient temperature of +45 C and an altitude not exceeding 1000 meters above mean sea level. Relative humidity of 92% shall be considered for design.
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CABLE TRAYS AND ACCESSORIES 2.0 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS 2.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENT 2.1.1 Cable trays shall be ladder / perforated type pre fabricated hot dip galvanized steel trays. GI coating shall be average 86 Micron thick. 2.1.2 The accessories shall be made from the same material as tray and shall have the same thickness. 2.1.3 The finished tray and accessories shall be free from sharp edges and corners, burrs and un-evenness. Stepped arrangement of bending is not acceptable. The channel members in the bending shall have uniform curvature and shall be made out of single piece. 2.1.4 Each straight length and bend shall be supplied with two coupling plates fitted at each side channel at one end. The coupling plates shall be supplied with bolts, nuts and washers fitted at the other four holes for fixing to adjoining member. 2.1.5 All the bends, tees and junctions shall be made sufficiently rigid by providing suitable reinforcement on rungs as required. 2.1.6 2.1.7 2.2 All hard wares such as nuts, bolts, washers and crank bolts shall be cadmium plated. Some length of cable trays shall be with cover. Requirements shall be as per BOQ.

BASIC CONSTRUCTION 2.2.1 The type of construction shall be such as to facilitate easy handling, assembly and installation at site. 2.2.2 G.I. ladder cable trays shall be 3 mm thick in the following sizes: (a) 150 mm wide (b) 300 mm wide (c) 450 mm wide (d) 600 mm wide 2.2.3 GI perforated trays made out of 2 mm thick sheet in the following sizes : a) 50 mm wide b) 100 mm wide c) 150 mm wide d) 300 mm wide

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CABLE TRAYS AND ACCESSORIES 2.2.4 Ladder type cable trays shall be suitable for a cable weight of 80 kg per meter of running length of tray and perforated tray shall be for 40kg distributed load. Additionally, both type of tray shall also be suitable for a point load of 100 kg. (Equivalent weight of a working man and instruments on the cable tray). 2.2.5 Ladder type tray shall be supported at 3 m intervals for and perforated tray at 1.5 m intervals. Also, it shall be flange in type 2.2.6 The trays shall be supplied in minimum length of 3 metre. The tray shall be fabricated widthwise from one piece without joint. 2.2.7 Side runners shall be 100 x 25 mm for tray size below 300 mm and 100 x 25 mm for tray size equal & above 300 mm. 2.2.8 Coupling plate shall be designed to permit longitudinal adjustment upto 10 mm and skew upto 10. 2.2.9 In Ladder type tray, rungs shall be connected to the side channels by continuous welding along with three sides of rung. The rungs shall be bolted to the side runners. The minimum rung spacing shall be 225 mm. 2.2.10 Tolerances in various dimensions shall be as follows: Length Width Height Bend Thickness ----- 5 mm 2 mm 1 mm 1 mm 0.2 mm

Positive tolerance on total quantity up to 5% is acceptable. However, negative tolerance on total quantity is not acceptable. 2.3 EARTHING An earthing terminal shall be provided on the tray for connection to the plant earth ring. Stud shall be size M10. 2.4 FINISH The cable tray shall be cleaned and galvanised in accordance with Supplier's standard practice for the environmental conditions specified in 1.3 and galvanising requirement in 2.1.1. 2.5 EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION

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CABLE TRAYS AND ACCESSORIES The packing shall be clearly marked on the outside (on top side & ends) in indelible ink with the following minimum details: -------3.0 Part No. Size of Tray (Length x Width x Height) No. of Tray / Section, Total Weight Material Specification Clients Name Purchase Order No. Manufacturers Name

INSPECTION AND TESTS Following tests shall be carried out on prefabricated cable trays: I). Visual inspection and checking for a) b) c) d) II). Quality and thickness of raw material Dimensions as per approved drawing. Quality of welding (before galvanising for G.I. trays) Preparation of metal surfaces (for G.I. trays).

After galvanising, G.I. cable trays shall be subjected to following tests as per IS:4759. a) Mass of galvanising coating -- The average thickness of zinc coating shall not be less than 86 micron. b) c) d) e) Uniformity of galvanising coating. Adhesion of galvanising coating. 3 samples from each lot shall be taken for testing. From each lot and size of tray, measure length of 10 trays and average length to be multiplied by number of trays to arrive for total length. f) Load bearing capacity and point load.

III).

All the above tests shall be carried out in the manufacturers works in the presence of Purchasers representative. In addition to the above tests, the cable trays and its accessories shall be subjected to stage inspection at works and inspection at site for final acceptance.

IV).

These tests and the owners inspection shall, however, not absolve the supplier from their responsibility for making good any defect which may be noticed subsequently.

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CABLE TRAYS AND ACCESSORIES 4.0 DRAWINGS & DOCUMENTS The Vendor shall furnish drawings and documents for cable trays & accessories in accordance with SDDC form, enclosed with the Bid.

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