compliance statement for Dampers

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Furnish and install fire dampers at ducts penetrating fire resistant walls and

at all locations as indicated, required and/or herein specified. Fire dampers

shall be labelled by the Underwriters Laboratories and shall meet the

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requirements of the current edition of NFPA Pamphlet No. 90A or approved

equal. Fire dampers shall be constructed and installed as follows:

Fires damper shall be installed where ducts pass through fire walls or area
separation walls. Dampers shall be installed at the fire wall and shall be Comply
of the folding blade curtain type with fusible link.
Fire dampers must be approved by City Inspection Department and
Fire dampers Engineer and shall be installed in sleeves in accordance with Comply
manufacturer instructions.
Dampers shall be actuated by approved fusible link. Upon operation of
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the link, the dampers shall close automatically and remain tightly closed.
Fusible links shall operate approximately 10°C above the maximum
temperature the duct system shall encounter under normal operation, but Comply
not less than 72°C, unless otherwise noted on the Drawings.

Fire dampers shall be equipped with stainless steel spring catches. Comply

Provide hinged duct access door for inspection and servicing of dampers. Comply

Damper operation shall be tested after the installation is complete. A

written certificate shall be issued by the contractor stating the Comply
identification of damper as to location, date tested, and names and
Manual dampers shall have aluminium channel frame with mounting

flanges. Axles shall be of geared type and shall be interlocked with blades

to positively eliminate slippage.

Blades shall be of airofoil aluminium shape. Manual dampers shall have a

minimum of four (4) blades running the entire length of the damper to

assure rigidity and tight close-off. Blades shall be on centers not greater
Manual
than 150 mm and no blade shall exceed 1200 mm in length. All blades shall Comply
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be interconnected and in unison for opposed blade operation.

When installed, damper frame shall be gasketed or caulked to eliminate

leakage between duct and damper frame. Head and sill shall have stops.

Damper shafts shall be marked with blade operation.

Dampers shall be provided with locking quadrants of sufficient size and

design to securely hold the damper sections and blade linkage hardware.
Furnish and install backdraft dampers where indicated on the Drawings.
Each damper shall be sized as indicated on the Drawings and shall be
suitable for installation in the mounting arrangement shown. Backdraft
dampers mounted in roof curbs shall be secured to galvanized steel support
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angles fastened to the curb.
Backdraft dampers shall be heavy duty relief shutter type suitable for wall
and duct mounting or installation at a fan discharge and shall be constructed
as follows:

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 Damper frame shall be constructed of at least 2 mm thick aluminium or
at least 1.2 mm galvanized steel. Damper frame shall be of channel
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construction when installed in ductwork or have a front flange when
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installed in a wall.
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Damper blades shall be constructed of at least 1 mm extruded aluminium
suitable for face velocities up to 7.5 m/s and at least 1.20 mm extruded
aluminium for face velocities to 12.5 m/s. Damper blades shall have
neoprene or vinyl gaskets rivetted or rolled into the blade edges. Each Comply
backdraft damper section shall be furnished with tie bars constructed of at
least 1.2 mm aluminium. Furnish two (2) tie bars on damper sections
over 1000 mm wide.

Damper bearings shall be bronze oilite, nylon, valox, or cycoloy Comply

Furnish backdraft dampers with mesh aluminium bird screen for rear
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mounting where backdraft dampers are mounted in outside walls.
Furnish and install smoke dampers where shown on the drawings in
accordance with applicable local regulations. Smoke shall be subject to
approval of the fire department.In general, dampers are required to isolate air handling
equipment from the
remainder of the system and wherever ducts penetrate smoke partitions.
Where fire partitions are used as smoke partitions, dampers shall be
combination fire/ smoke type as specified above.
Smoke dampers shall be constructed 3.4 mm sheet steel with high
Smoke Dampers temperature blade seal fusible links designed break at 820 C.
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Smoke dampers shall be of the following types:

- Type 1; with factory standard sleeve and electric operator, models MA-
418 or MP-2781 (220v/50hz).
- Type II; parallel blade damper with electric operator 220v/50hz. Use in
discharge duck work at supply fan and return air where applicable.Damper shall close
upon activation of smoke detector or shall stop upon
damper housing and end switches for override light indication.

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