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EN

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FE

MA

413

/Jan

uar

y 20

04

INS

TAL

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iiiii

IN

ST

ALLIN

G

SE

IS

MIC

RE

ST

RA

IN

TS

FO

R

ELE

CT

RIC

AL

EQ

UIP

ME

NT

Ja

nu

ary 2

00

4

Develo

ped by th

e Vib

ration Is

ola

tion and Seis

mic

Contr

ol

Manufa

ctu

rers

Associa

tion u

nder

a c

oopera

tive a

gre

em

ent

betw

een t

he F

edera

l Em

erg

ency M

anagem

ent

Agency a

nd

the A

merican S

ocie

ty o

f Civ

il E

ngin

eers

FE

DE

RA

L E

ME

RG

EN

CY

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

AG

EN

CY

F

EM

A 4

13/J

an

ua

ry 2

00

4

Noti

ce:

This

guid

e w

as p

repare

d b

y t

he V

ibra

tion I

sola

tion

and S

eis

mic

Contr

ol

Manufa

ctu

rers

Associa

tion (

VIS

CM

A)

under

a coopera

tive agre

em

ent

betw

een th

e Federa

l

Em

erg

ency M

anagem

ent

Agency (

FEM

A)

and t

he A

merican

Socie

ty o

f C

ivil E

ngin

eers

(ASC

E).

Any o

pin

ions,

findin

gs,

conclu

sio

ns,

or

recom

mendations expre

ssed in

th

is

publication d

o n

ot

necessarily

reflect

the v

iew

s o

f FEM

A a

nd

ASC

E.

Additio

nally,

neither

FEM

A,

ASC

E,

VIS

CM

A,

nor

any o

f

their em

plo

yees m

ake any w

arr

anty

, expre

ssed or

implied,

nor

assum

es a

ny l

egal

liability o

r re

sponsib

ility f

or

the

accura

cy,

com

ple

teness,

or

usefu

lness of

any in

form

ation,

pro

duct,

or

pro

cess i

nclu

ded i

n t

his

publication.

Users

of

info

rmation f

rom

this

publication a

ssum

e a

ll l

iability a

risin

g

from

such u

se.

For

additio

nal

copie

s o

f th

is g

uid

e,

call t

he F

EM

A D

istr

ibution

Cente

r: 1-8

00-4

80-2

520.

For

furt

her

info

rmation c

oncern

ing t

his

guid

e o

r th

e a

ctivitie

s

of

ASC

E,

conta

ct

the A

merican S

ocie

ty o

f C

ivil E

ngin

eers

,

1801 A

lexander

Bell D

rive,

Resto

n,

Virgin

ia,

20191,

703-2

95-

6000.

For

furt

her

info

rmation c

oncern

ing t

he a

ctivitie

s o

f th

e

Vib

ration Is

ola

tion and Seis

mic

C

ontr

ol

Manufa

ctu

rers

Associa

tion,

conta

ct

Mr. R

obert

Ecker, 6

10-9

71-4

850.

All photo

s used w

ith perm

issio

n.

Photo

s pro

vid

ed by:

AS

CO

Pow

er

Technolo

gie

s

Am

ber/

Booth

C

om

pany

Am

eri

can Sta

ndard

, In

c.

Cate

rpilla

r

Cooper

Lig

hting

GARZO

, In

c., Equip

ment

& Com

pre

ssor

Accessori

es

Herg

o Erg

onom

ic Support

Syste

ms,

Inc.

Intr

aPack C

orp

ora

tion

KIN

ETIC

S N

ois

e C

ontr

ol

M.W

. Sausse &

Co., In

c.

Mason In

dustr

ies,

Inc.

Pow

erw

are

Seis

mic

S

ourc

e C

om

pany

Square

D

Vib

ration Elim

inato

r Co., In

c.

Vib

ration M

ountings &

Contr

ols

, In

c.

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ivv

TA

BLE O

F C

ON

TEN

TS

IN

TR

OD

UC

TIO

N1

EQ

UIP

MEN

T4

Auto

matic Tra

nsfe

r Sw

itches

4

Contr

ol

Panels

6

Genera

tors

8

Lig

hti

ng

10

Load C

ente

rs and Panelb

oard

s12

Low

Voltage:

Substa

tions,

Capacitor

Banks,

Sw

itchboard

s,

and S

witchgears

14

Mediu

m t

o H

igh V

oltage:

Sw

itchgears

, C

ircuit

Inte

rrupte

rs,

Substa

tion C

ircuit B

reakers

,

and W

alk

-in E

nclo

sure

s16

Mete

rs and D

isconnects

18

Moto

r C

ontr

ol

Cente

rs and Vari

able

Fre

quency D

rives

20

Multi-

media

R

acks

22

Tra

nsfo

rmers

24

Unin

terr

upta

ble

Pow

er

Supplies and

Batt

ery

Racks

26

Unit H

eate

rs and Tanks

28

RA

CEW

AY

S/C

ON

DU

ITS

/C

AB

LE TR

AY

S3

0

ATTA

CH

MEN

T T

YP

ES

51

Rig

id Flo

or-

mounte

d/P

ad-m

ounte

d A

ttachm

ents

51

Roof-

mounte

d A

ttachm

ents

65

Suspended A

ttachm

ents

71

Vib

rati

on-i

sola

ted/F

loor-

mounte

d A

ttachm

ents

87

Wall-m

ounte

d Att

achm

ents

98

AN

CH

OR

S1

04

Genera

l A

nchors

104

Cast-

in-p

lace A

nchors

111

Lag B

olts

112

Masonry

and D

ryw

all A

nchors

114

Pow

er-

Actu

ate

d A

nchors

122

Ste

el

Bolt C

onnections

123

Weld

ing

128

Anchor

Siz

es fo

r Equip

ment

Weig

hin

g Less

Than 4

00 P

ounds

130

AC

KN

OW

LED

GEM

EN

TS

This

guid

e w

as p

repare

d u

nder

Coopera

tive A

gre

em

ent

EM

W-2

001-C

O-0

379 b

etw

een t

he F

edera

l Em

erg

ency

Managem

ent

Agency a

nd t

he A

merican S

ocie

ty o

f C

ivil

Engin

eers

. T

he c

ontr

ibutions o

f th

e f

ollow

ing a

re g

rate

fully

acknow

ledged:

Vib

ration I

sola

tion a

nd S

eis

mic

Contr

ol M

anufa

ctu

rers

Associa

tion (

VIS

CM

A)

Am

ber/

Booth

C

om

pany

Thybar

Corp

ora

tion

Kin

etics N

ois

e C

ontr

ol

Vib

ration M

ountings &

Contr

ols

, In

c.

Mason Industr

ies

Vib

ration E

lim

inato

r Co., I

nc.

M.

W.

Sausse &

Com

pany

Concre

te A

nchors

Manufa

ctu

rers

Associa

tion (

CAM

A)

The A

merican S

ocie

ty o

f C

ivil E

ngin

eers

(ASC

E)

Pro

ject Team

Paul

Tert

ell,

FEM

A Pro

ject

Off

icer

Suzanne Ram

sey,

Pro

ject

Manager

Jam

es C

arlson, Princip

al In

vestigato

r

J. M

arx

Ayre

sM

ichael

Hagert

y

Jam

es B

orc

hers

Jam

es H

enders

on

Mik

e C

allanan

Jerr

y Lilly

Robert

H

. Ecker

Bill

Sta

ehlin

Consultin

g A

dvis

ors

- R

epre

senta

tives o

f

Am

ber/

Booth

Com

pany

Thybar

Corp

ora

tion

IAPM

OVib

ration M

ountings &

Contr

ols

, In

c.

Kin

etics N

ois

e C

ontr

ol

Vib

ration E

lim

inato

r Co., I

nc.

Mason I

ndustr

ies, In

c.

Wej-

it F

aste

nin

g S

yste

ms

M. W

. Sausse &

Co., I

nc.

Advis

ory

Gro

up

Georg

e Barn

a,

Om

aha N

ebra

ska

Phillip J.

Cald

well,

Square

D

Com

pany

Dave Cart

ier, Ele

ctr

ical

Tra

inin

g Tru

st

Norm

Cohen,

Los Angele

s Califo

rnia

Pro

fessor

William

Ela

rton,

Los Angele

s Tra

de Technic

al

College

Bro

oke Sta

uff

er, N

ational

Ele

ctr

ical

Contr

acto

rs Associa

tion

Editin

g a

nd L

ayout

Gary

C

lem

mons,

GC

In

k

Leslie M

cC

asker, M

cC

asker

Consult

ing

Illu

str

ations

Scott

Hin

er, C

reative M

ark

eting R

esourc

es

The F

edera

l Em

erg

ency M

anagem

ent

Agency (

FEM

A)

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vi

SP

EC

IA

L C

AS

ES

13

3

Cable

s133

Contr

ol

Panels

139

Housekeepin

g Pads

144

Lig

hti

ng

148

AN

CH

OR

SELEC

TIO

N G

UID

E1

51

ELEC

TR

IC

AL D

AN

GER

IN

STR

UC

TIO

N C

HA

RT

16

0

GLO

SS

AR

Y1

62

IN

DEX

17

1

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1

IN

TR

OD

UC

TIO

N

This

guid

e show

s equip

ment

insta

llers

how

to

att

ach

ele

ctr

ical

equip

ment

to a

buildin

g t

o m

inim

ize e

art

hquake

dam

age.

Many att

achm

ent

exam

ple

s are

pre

sente

d,

inclu

din

g a

nchors

and t

he u

se o

f specia

l devic

es c

alled

seis

mic

restr

ain

t devic

es.

Seis

mic

re

str

ain

t devic

es in

clu

de vib

ration is

ola

tion

syste

ms,

cable

or

str

ut

suspensio

n syste

ms,

roof

att

achm

ent

syste

ms,

and ste

el

shapes.

An e

lectr

ical

danger

instr

uction c

hart

is p

rovid

ed (

page

160)

as a

basic

guid

eline.

Follow

all s

afe

ty r

equir

em

ents

as re

quir

ed by code,

inclu

din

g th

ose liste

d belo

w:

•Pri

nte

d in

str

uctions ship

ped w

ith th

e equip

ment.

•In

str

uctions in

constr

uction dra

win

gs and

specific

ations.

Use appro

ved constr

uction docum

ents

.

•C

ode-r

equir

ed,

industr

y-a

ccepte

d pra

ctices.

•Ele

ctr

ical

safe

ty guid

elines and pra

ctices.

•O

rders

fr

om

your

superv

isor.

•S

eis

mic

re

str

ain

t devic

e subm

itta

ls.

Th

is g

uid

e d

oes n

ot

rep

lace a

ny o

f th

e a

bo

ve

refe

ren

ced

mate

ria

ls.

Ple

ase note

th

at

this

guid

e does not

cover:

•Fir

e p

rote

ction s

pri

nkle

r, s

moke a

nd f

ire s

tops,

or

fire

dete

ction govern

ed by lo

cal

codes and th

e N

ational

Fir

e Pro

tection A

ssocia

tion.

•Fra

min

g desig

n re

quir

ed to

ele

vate

equip

ment

above

the f

loor.

If you

have q

uesti

on

s a

bou

t an

y in

form

ati

on

in

th

isg

uid

e, ch

eck w

ith

you

r s

up

ervis

or.

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32

NO

TE: A

ll in

str

ucti

on

s in

th

is g

uid

e a

re a

rran

ged

in

ord

er u

sin

g n

um

bered

ste

ps. P

lease follow

every s

tep

in t

he s

eq

uen

ce s

how

n.

Sp

ecia

l p

recau

tion

s a

re m

arked

:

A f

lag m

eans y

ou s

hould

take s

pecia

l care

befo

recontinuin

g.

Read a

ll t

he i

nfo

rmation n

ext

to a

flag befo

re att

achin

g th

e equip

ment.

A w

arn

ing sig

n m

eans you can cause seri

ous

dam

age t

o t

he b

uildin

g,

the d

evic

e,

or

the

equip

ment

if y

ou d

o n

ot

follow

the i

nstr

uctions

exactl

y.

A b

ook m

eans y

ou s

hould

refe

r to

the

manufa

ctu

rer’

s pri

nte

d in

str

uctions befo

reconti

nuin

g.

Note

that

a G

lossary

and a

n I

ndex a

re a

lso a

vailable

to

facilitate

use o

f th

is g

uid

e.

In

tro

du

ctio

n

This

guid

e conta

ins th

e fo

llow

ing sections:

•Equip

ment:

Arr

anged a

ccord

ing t

o d

iffe

rent

kin

ds o

f

ele

ctr

ical

equip

ment

such a

s c

om

pute

r ra

cks,

contr

ol

panels

, lighting,

substa

tions,

etc

.

•Racew

ays/C

onduits/C

able

Tra

ys:

Covers

the d

iffe

rent

ways to

in

sta

ll ra

cew

ays,

conduits,

and cable

tr

ays.

•Att

achm

ent

Types:

Giv

es i

nstr

uctions o

n i

nsta

llin

g

equip

ment

in diffe

rent

arr

angem

ents

know

n as

att

achm

ent

types.

•A

nchors

: S

how

s m

any diffe

rent

types of

anchors

used

to c

onnect

equip

ment

to a

buildin

g.

•Specia

l C

ases:

Covers

housekeepin

g pads,

and oth

er

uniq

ue applicati

ons.

To u

se t

his

gu

ide:

1.U

se t

he T

able

of

Conte

nts

to f

ind t

he E

quip

ment

section th

at

best

repre

sents

th

e equip

ment

you

are

in

sta

llin

g.

2.U

sin

g th

e ta

ble

(s

ee exam

ple

belo

w)

in th

e

Equip

ment

section,

find th

e:

-ty

pe o

f equip

ment

you a

re i

nsta

llin

g i

n c

olu

mn 1

-m

eth

od o

f in

sta

llin

g t

he e

quip

ment

in c

olu

mn 2

-att

achm

ent

type i

n c

olu

mn 3

.

3.Turn

to t

he p

age r

efe

renced i

n c

olu

mn 3

for

the

equip

ment/

att

achm

ent

type you have sele

cte

d.

If

you a

re n

ot

sure

whic

h a

ttachm

ent

type i

scorr

ect,

ask your

superv

isor.

4.

Follow

th

e in

str

uctions fo

r th

e att

achm

ent

type

you have sele

cte

d.

These in

str

uctions w

ill

refe

ryou t

o t

he c

orr

ect

anchor

section s

o y

ou c

an

make t

he c

onnection t

o t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re.

In

tro

du

ctio

n 1nmuloc

2nmuloc

3nmuloc

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tnempiuqesi

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54

Ste

p 2

: S

ele

ct

the t

yp

e o

f att

ach

men

t

Usin

g th

e fo

llow

ing ta

ble

, sele

ct

how

th

e equip

ment

is to

be in

sta

lled,

sele

ct

the att

achm

ent

type th

at

best

matc

hes th

e in

sta

llation you have sele

cte

d,

then tu

rn to

the page under

the att

achm

ent

type.

Table

1:

Auto

matic tr

ansfe

r sw

itch in

sta

llation ty

pes.

Refe

r t

o t

he E

lectr

ical D

an

ger I

nstr

ucti

on

Ch

art

on

pag

e 1

60

.

laci

pyT

tnempi

uqE

tnempi

uqesi

woH

?dell

atsni

eb

otepyTtnemhcatt

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nuoM

roolf

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digi

R

15

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sel

gna

otdet

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roolf

eht

otdet

nuom

sel

gna

htiw

digi

R

55

egap

otoG

llaw

eht

otylt

ceri

Ddet

nuom-ll

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89

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llaw

eht

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gna

htiw

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sel

gna

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otoG

Eq

uip

me

nt:

Au

to

ma

tic

T

ra

nsfe

r S

wit

ch

es

EQ

UIP

ME

NT

Au

tom

ati

c T

ran

sfe

r S

wit

ch

es

Be s

ure t

o r

efe

r t

o a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts a

nd

sp

ecif

icati

on

s, seis

mic

restr

ain

t

su

bm

itta

ls, an

d m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

ucti

on

s.

Ste

p 1

: Id

en

tify

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t Fig

ure

2:

Auto

matic tr

ansfe

r

sw

itch (f

loor-

mounte

d).

Fig

ure

1:

Auto

matic tr

ansfe

r

sw

itch (s

urf

ace w

all-

mounte

d).

Fig

ure

3:

Auto

matic tr

ansfe

rand bypass-i

sola

tion sw

itch

(floor-

mounte

d).

Fig

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ance

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76

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achm

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llation ty

pes.

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98

Eq

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nt:

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achm

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llation ty

pes.

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r t

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an

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ly m

ounte

d.

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11

10

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p 2

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achm

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type.

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13

12

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ct

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llation you have sele

cte

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rn to

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achm

ent

type.

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5:

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r and panelb

oard

in

sta

llation ty

pes.

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r t

o t

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lectr

ical D

an

ger I

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on

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art

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sh w

all-m

ounte

d).

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all-m

ounte

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15

14

Eq

uip

me

nt:

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w V

olt

ag

e:

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bsta

tio

ns,

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pa

cit

or

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nk

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bo

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s,

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wit

ch

ge

ars

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ure

29:

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voltage sw

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oor-

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p 2

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ct

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e o

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ing ta

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ct

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achm

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hes th

e in

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llation you have sele

cte

d,

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rn to

the page under

the att

achm

ent

type.

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6:

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voltage:

substa

tion,

capacitor

bank,

sw

itchboard

,

and sw

itchgear

insta

llation ty

pes.

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r t

o t

he E

lectr

ical D

an

ger I

nstr

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on

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art

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pag

e 1

60

.

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27:

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voltage

Fig

ure

28:

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voltage

sw

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(floor-

mounte

d).

sw

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(floor-

mounte

d).

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ure

25:

Substa

tion

Fig

ure

26:

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bank

(fl

oor-

mounte

d).

(fl

oor-

mounte

d).

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17

16

Eq

uip

me

nt:

M

ed

ium

to

H

igh

V

olt

ag

e:

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ge

ars,

Cir

cu

it In

te

rru

pte

rs,

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bsta

tio

n C

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it B

re

ak

ers,

a

nd

W

alk

-in

E

nclo

su

re

s

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p 2

: S

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ct

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yp

e o

f att

ach

men

t

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ing ta

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ct

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ment

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ct

the att

achm

ent

type th

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best

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hes th

e in

sta

llation you have sele

cte

d,

then tu

rn to

the page under

the att

achm

ent

type.

Table

7:

Mediu

m to

hig

h voltage:

sw

itchgear, cir

cuit in

terr

upte

r,

substa

tion cir

cuit bre

aker, and w

alk

-in enclo

sure

in

sta

llation

types.

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r t

o t

he E

lectr

ical D

an

ger I

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art

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e 1

60

.

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men

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32:

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h voltage

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sis

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r (f

loor-

(fl

oor-

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m

ounte

d).

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19

18

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ct

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cte

d,

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rn to

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ent

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8:

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r and dis

connect

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llation ty

pes.

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r t

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lectr

ical D

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on

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men

ts a

nd

sp

ecif

icati

on

s, seis

mic

restr

ain

tsu

bm

itta

ls, an

d m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

ucti

on

s.

Ste

p 1

: Id

en

tify

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t

Fig

ure

34:

Mete

r cente

rFig

ure

35:

Mete

r cente

r

(fl

oor-

mounte

d).

(surf

ace-m

ounte

d).

Fig

ure

36:

Safe

ty sw

itch

Fig

ure

37:

Double

th

row

(surf

ace-m

ounte

d).

safe

ty sw

itch (s

urf

ace-

mounte

d).

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20

Eq

uip

me

nt:

Mo

to

r C

on

tro

l C

en

te

rs a

nd

Va

ria

ble

F

re

qu

en

cy

D

riv

es

Ste

p 2

: S

ele

ct

the t

yp

e o

f att

ach

men

t

Usin

g th

e fo

llow

ing ta

ble

, sele

ct

how

th

e equip

ment

is to

be in

sta

lled,

sele

ct

the att

achm

ent

type th

at

best

matc

hes th

e in

sta

llation you have sele

cte

d,

then tu

rn to

the page under

the att

achm

ent

type.

Table

9:

Moto

r contr

ol

cente

r and variable

fr

equency drive

insta

llation ty

pes.

Refe

r t

o t

he E

lectr

ical D

an

ger I

nstr

ucti

on

Ch

art

on

pag

e 1

60

.

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tnempiuqesi

woH

?dell

atsni

ebot

tnemhcatt

A

epyT

tinufoepyt

ynA

eht

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ceri

ddet

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15egapot

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roolf

eht

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nuom

selgnahti

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llaweht

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ceri

Ddet

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aW

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det

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noit

arbiV

det

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oolF

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aW

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detcennoC

tnempiuqe

woll

oF

s'rerutcafunam

snoit

curt

sni

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r C

on

trol C

en

ters a

nd

Varia

ble

Freq

uen

cy D

riv

es

Be s

ure t

o r

efe

r t

o a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts a

nd

sp

ecif

icati

on

s, seis

mic

restr

ain

tsu

bm

itta

ls, an

d m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

ucti

on

s.

Ste

p 1

: Id

en

tify

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t

p 1

: Id

en

tify

eq

uip

men

t

Fig

ure

38:

Low

voltage m

oto

rFig

ure

39:

Mediu

m voltage

contr

ol

cente

r (floor-

mounte

d).

moto

r contr

ol

cente

r

(fl

oor-

mounte

d).

Fig

ure

40:

Enclo

sed m

oto

rFig

ure

41:

Vari

able

(w

all-m

ounte

d).

frequency dri

ve

(w

all-m

ounte

d).

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22

Ste

p 2

: S

ele

ct

the t

yp

e o

f att

ach

men

t

Usin

g th

e fo

llow

ing ta

ble

, sele

ct

how

th

e equip

ment

is to

be in

sta

lled,

sele

ct

the att

achm

ent

type th

at

best

matc

hes th

e in

sta

llation you have sele

cte

d,

then tu

rn to

the page under

the att

achm

ent

type.

Table

10:

Multi-

media

ra

ck in

sta

llation ty

pes.

Refe

r t

o t

he E

lectr

ical D

an

ger I

nstr

ucti

on

Ch

art

on

pag

e 1

60

.

Rollers m

ust

be c

on

str

ucte

d t

o w

ith

sta

nd

ad

dit

ion

al fo

rces c

reate

d b

y e

arth

qu

akes.

Eq

uip

me

nt:

Mu

lti-

me

dia

R

ack

s

tnempiuqElacipyT

tnempiuqesi

woH

?dell

atsni

ebot

tnemhcatt

A

epyT

tinufoepyt

ynA

eht

otylt

ceri

ddet

nuoMroolf

digiR

15egapot

oG

selgnaot

detcennoC

roolf

eht

otdet

nuom

selgnahti

wdigiR

55egapot

oG

llaweht

otylt

ceri

Ddet

nuom-ll

aW

89egapot

oG

htiwllaweht

otdet

nuoM

selgna

htiwdet

nuom-ll

aW

selgna

001egapot

oG

noinapmocot

detcennoC

tnempiuqe

woll

oF

s'rerutcafunam

snoit

curt

sni

Mu

lti-

med

ia R

acks

Be s

ure t

o r

efe

r t

o a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts a

nd

sp

ecif

icati

on

s, seis

mic

restr

ain

tsu

bm

itta

ls, an

d m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

ucti

on

s.

Ste

p 1

: Id

en

tify

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t

Fig

ure

42:

Com

pute

r ra

ck

Fig

ure

43:

Equip

ment

rack

with or

without

rollers

with or

without

rollers

(fl

oor-

mounte

d).

(fl

oor-

mounte

d).

Fig

ure

44:

Open ra

ck

Fig

ure

45:

Media

(fl

oor-

mounte

d).

equip

ment

(w

all-m

ounte

d).

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24

Ste

p 2

: S

ele

ct

the t

yp

e o

f att

ach

men

t

Usin

g th

e fo

llow

ing ta

ble

, sele

ct

how

th

e equip

ment

is to

be in

sta

lled,

sele

ct

the att

achm

ent

type th

at

best

matc

hes th

e in

sta

llation you have sele

cte

d,

then tu

rn to

the page under

the att

achm

ent

type.

Table

11:

Tra

nsfo

rmer

insta

llation ty

pes.

Refe

r t

o t

he E

lectr

ical D

an

ger I

nstr

ucti

on

Ch

art

on

pag

e 1

60

.

Eq

uip

me

nt:

Tra

nsfo

rm

ers

lacipyT

tnempiuqE

tnempiuqesi

woH

?dell

atsni

ebot

epyTtnemhcatt

A

tinufoepyt

ynA

eht

otylt

ceri

ddet

nuoM

roolf

digiR

15egapot

oG

selgnaot

detcennoC

roolf

eht

otdet

nuom

selgnahti

wdigiR

55egapot

oG

srepmubgnisU

htiwdet

nuom-r

oolF

srepmub

06egapot

oG

llaweht

otylt

ceri

Ddet

nuom-ll

aW

89egapot

oG

llaw

eht

otdet

nuoM

selgnahti

wdet

nuom-ll

aW

selgnahti

w

001egapot

oG

llaweht

otdet

nuoM

noit

alosi

noit

arbivhti

w,det

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aW

det

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noit

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201egapot

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det

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noit

arbiV

/det

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noit

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det

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oolf

78egapot

oG

det

nuom-f

ooR

det

nuom-f

ooR

56egapot

oG

Fig

ure

46:

Dry

-type tr

ansfo

rmer

Fig

ure

47:

Dry

-type

(w

all-m

ounte

d).

transfo

rmer

(fl

oor-

mounte

d).

Tran

sfo

rm

ers

Be s

ure t

o r

efe

r t

o a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts a

nd

sp

ecif

icati

on

s, seis

mic

restr

ain

tsu

bm

itta

ls, an

d m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

ucti

on

s.

Ste

p 1

: Id

en

tify

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t

Fig

ure

48:

Substa

tion dry

-type

Fig

ure

49:

Substa

tion

transfo

rmer.

liquid

-filled tr

ansfo

rmer.

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26

Ste

p 2

: S

ele

ct

the t

yp

e o

f att

ach

men

t

Usin

g th

e fo

llow

ing ta

ble

, sele

ct

how

th

e equip

ment

is to

be in

sta

lled,

sele

ct

the att

achm

ent

type th

at

best

matc

hes th

e in

sta

llation you have sele

cte

d,

then tu

rn to

the page under

the att

achm

ent

type.

Table

12:

Unin

terr

upta

ble

pow

er

supply

and batt

ery

ra

ck

insta

llation ty

pes.

Refe

r t

o t

he E

lectr

ical D

an

ger I

nstr

ucti

on

Ch

art

on

pag

e 1

60

.

Batt

erie

s m

ust

be r

estr

ain

ed

in

th

e r

acks. S

ee

man

ufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

ucti

on

s.

Follow

th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s for fie

ld-

erecte

d b

att

ery r

acks.

Eq

uip

me

nt:

Un

inte

rru

pta

ble

P

ow

er

Su

pp

lie

s a

nd

B

atte

ry

R

ack

s

Un

inte

rru

pta

ble

Pow

er S

up

plies a

nd

Batt

ery R

acks

Be s

ure t

o r

efe

r t

o a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts a

nd

sp

ecif

icati

on

s, seis

mic

restr

ain

tsu

bm

itta

ls, an

d m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

ucti

on

s.

Ste

p 1

: Id

en

tify

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t

Fig

ure

50:

UPS in

m

ulti-

media

Fig

ure

51:

UPS

rack.

(w

all-m

ounte

d).

Fig

ure

52:

UPS

Fig

ure

53:

UPS

(fl

oor-

mounte

d).

(fl

oor-

mounte

d).

Fig

ure

54:

Open batt

ery

ra

ck.

Fig

ure

55:

Cabin

et

batt

ery

rack.

lacipyT

tnempiuqE

tnempiuqesi

woH

?dell

atsni

ebot

epyTtnemhcatt

A

tinufoepyt

ynA

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roolf

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roolf

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selgnahti

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55egapot

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anO

roolf

desiar

anO

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oG

llaweht

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oG

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28

Eq

uip

me

nt:

Un

it H

ea

te

rs a

nd

T

an

ks

Ste

p 2

: S

ele

ct

the t

yp

e o

f att

ach

men

t

Usin

g th

e fo

llow

ing ta

ble

, sele

ct

how

th

e equip

ment

is to

be in

sta

lled,

sele

ct

the att

achm

ent

type th

at

best

matc

hes th

e in

sta

llation you have sele

cte

d,

then tu

rn to

the page under

the att

achm

ent

type.

Table

13:

Unit heate

r and ta

nk in

sta

llation ty

pes.

Refe

r t

o t

he E

lectr

ical D

an

ger I

nstr

ucti

on

Ch

art

on

pag

e 1

60

.

lacipyT

tnempiuqE

tnempiuqesi

woH

?dell

atsni

ebot

epyTtnemhcatt

A

ret

aehtinuynA

eht

morf

dednepsuS

htiw

erutc

urtsgnidli

ub

selbac

dnasdor

dnasdor

htiwdigiR

selbac

17egapot

oG

eht

morf

dednepsuS

htiwerutc

urtsgnidli

ub

selgna

selgnahti

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morf

dednepsuS

htiwerutc

urtsgnidli

ub

selbac

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alosi

/det

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noit

arbiV

dednepsus

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htiwllaweht

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nuoM

selgna

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aleR

ret

aeh

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knat

ynA

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Un

it H

eate

rs a

nd

Tan

ks

Be s

ure t

o r

efe

r t

o a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts a

nd

sp

ecif

icati

on

s, seis

mic

restr

ain

tsu

bm

itta

ls, an

d m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

ucti

on

s.

Ste

p 1

: Id

en

tify

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t

This

m

anual

covers

unit heate

rs suspended fr

om

th

ebuildin

g str

uctu

re and floor-

mounte

d ta

nks in

serv

ice w

ith

genera

tors

. O

ther

tank configura

tions are

covere

d in

oth

er

manuals

.

Fig

ure

56:

Ele

ctr

ic unit heate

r.

Fig

ure

57:

Fuel

oil day ta

nk.

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30

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Su

pp

orte

d from

th

e flo

or

Fig

ure

58:

Sin

gle

vert

ical

support

.

Use t

he i

nstr

uctions o

n p

age 3

5 f

or

insta

llin

g r

igid

support

s.

RA

CEW

AY

S/C

ON

DU

ITS

/C

AB

LE T

RA

YS

Ele

ctr

ical

racew

ays in

clu

de conduits and cable

tr

ays.

For p

ost

ten

sio

n (

pre-s

tressed

) b

uild

ing

s, lo

cate

the t

en

don

s b

efo

re d

rillin

g. Extr

em

e d

am

ag

em

ay o

ccu

r if

a t

en

do

n is n

ick

ed

or c

ut.

Refe

r t

o a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts for

deta

ils a

nd

provis

ion

s for c

rossin

g fir

e b

arrie

rs,

area s

ep

arati

on

walls/fl

oors/roofs

, sm

oke

barrie

rs a

nd

seis

mic

sep

arati

on

join

ts.

Each

ru

n o

f co

nd

uit

or c

ab

le t

ray m

ust

have a

tle

ast

on

e t

ran

sverse s

up

po

rts

at

each

en

d o

f th

eru

n a

nd

at

least

on

e lon

git

ud

inal su

pp

ort

an

yw

here o

n t

he r

un

.

Pre-a

pp

roved

man

ufa

ctu

rer’s

/in

du

str

y m

an

uals

used

for in

sta

llati

on

of con

du

it s

up

ports

are

req

uir

ed

to

be o

n t

he jo

b s

ite t

o e

nsu

re t

he

correct

deta

ils a

re b

ein

g u

sed

.

Do n

ot

mix

str

ut

an

d c

ab

le b

racin

g s

yste

ms.

The eig

ht

ways to

in

sta

ll ra

cew

ays are

:

•Support

ed f

rom

the f

loor

with a

ngle

s o

r str

ut

syste

m

(page 31).

•Support

ed f

rom

the w

all (

page 3

4).

•Suspended usin

g cle

vis

hanger

bra

ced at

the

restr

ain

ing bolt (p

age 36).

•Suspended usin

g cle

vis

hanger

bra

ced at

the hanger

rod (

page 3

9).

•Suspended usin

g cle

vis

hanger

and fo

ur-

way cable

bra

ce (

page 4

1).

•Suspended usin

g conduit cla

mps (p

age 43).

•Suspended w

ith a tr

apeze support

syste

m (p

age 47).

•C

rossin

g seis

mic

jo

ints

(p

age 50).

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32

Fig

ure

60:

Att

achm

ent

to a floor

with a tr

apeze support

syste

m.

Matc

h tr

apeze support

w

ith th

e bott

om

of

the conduit.

Ensure

th

at

the w

idth

of

the support

allow

s cle

ara

nce fo

rin

sta

llin

g cla

mps.

Coord

inate

th

e support

base hole

lo

cations w

ith th

elo

cation of

any ste

el

rein

forc

em

ents

or

tendons.

Bu

ild

ing

str

uctu

res m

ust

be p

oin

t lo

ad

cap

ab

le.

Verif

y w

ith

th

e a

pp

rop

ria

te d

esig

n p

rofe

ssio

nal.

Ste

p 1

: D

ete

rm

ine d

imen

sio

ns o

f tr

ap

eze s

up

port

Ste

p 2

: B

uild

trap

eze s

up

port

Ste

p 3

: D

ete

rm

ine w

here t

o d

ril

l h

ole

s in

flo

or

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Fig

ure

59:

Bra

ced ra

cew

ays/c

onduit/c

able

tr

ays support

ed fr

om

str

ut.

Late

rally bra

ced ra

cew

ays/c

onduit/c

able

tr

ays

Axia

lly bra

ced ra

cew

ays/c

onduit/c

able

tr

ays

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34

Fig

ure

62:

Att

ach to

th

e w

all w

ith angle

or

str

ut

weld

ed to

base pla

te.

For

dry

wall a

ttachm

ents

, use a

str

ut

att

achm

ent

to t

he

stu

ds a

s s

how

n i

n F

igure

157 (

page 1

42).

Bu

ild

ing

str

uctu

res m

ust

be p

oin

t lo

ad

cap

ab

le.

Verif

y w

ith

th

e a

pp

rop

ria

te d

esig

n p

rofe

ssio

nal.

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

su

pp

ort

or a

ng

les t

o t

he w

all

Ste

p 2

: A

ttach

con

du

its t

o s

up

port

wit

h s

trap

s

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

For

instr

uctions on in

sta

llin

g anchors

, see A

nchors

(p

age

104).

Th

e len

gth

of sta

nd

off

as s

how

n o

n a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts o

r m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

man

uals

mu

st

be r

ate

d for a

pp

lied

con

du

itw

eig

ht.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Su

pp

orte

d from

th

e w

all

For

instr

uctions on in

sta

llin

g anchors

, see A

nchors

(p

age

104).

Ste

p 4

: In

sta

ll a

nch

ors

Ste

p 5

: R

un

con

du

it a

nd

in

sta

ll c

on

du

it c

lam

ps

Fig

ure

61:

Direct

att

achm

ent

Secure

cable

tra

y t

o s

trut

or

angle

with o

ne-

or

two-h

ole

bra

ckets

pro

vid

ed w

ith th

e cable

tr

ay,

or

use tw

o half

angle

s.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

The in

str

ucti

ons belo

w should

als

o be used fo

r conduit

that

is surf

ace-m

ounte

d on th

e unders

ide of

a buildin

gstr

uctu

ral

sla

b o

r ra

ted s

tructu

ral

ceilin

g.

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36

Fig

ure

63:

Sin

gle

cle

vis

hanger

support

w

ith str

ut

or

angle

late

ral

support

s at

the re

str

ain

ing bolt.

Pre-a

pp

roved

man

ufa

ctu

rer’s

/in

du

str

y m

an

uals

may lim

it t

he m

axim

um

tran

sverse a

nd

lon

git

ud

inal an

gle

s t

o 4

5 d

eg

rees.

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Torq

ue b

olt

s p

er m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

recom

mendati

ons.

Ra

ce

wa

ys

/C

on

du

its

/C

ab

le T

ra

ys

Su

sp

en

ded

usin

g c

levis

han

ger b

raced

at th

ere

str

ain

ing

bolt

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

verti

cal rod

s w

ith

han

ger t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

Lay o

ut

all a

ttachm

ent

poin

ts b

efo

re a

nchoring.

For

buildin

g str

uctu

re att

achm

ent

deta

ils,

see Fig

ure

s 92

thro

ugh 9

8 (

pages 7

1 t

o 7

5).

For

instr

uctions o

n i

nsta

llin

ganchors

, see Anchors

(p

age 104).

Bu

ild

ing

str

uctu

res m

ust

be p

oin

t lo

ad

cap

ab

le.

Verif

y w

ith

th

e a

pp

rop

ria

te d

esig

n p

rofe

ssio

nal.

Ste

p 2

: R

un

racew

ays o

r c

on

du

its a

s r

eq

uir

ed

by t

he

ap

proved

con

str

ucti

on

d

ocu

men

ts

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

an

ch

ors t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re for

late

ral su

pp

ort

restr

ain

ts

Refe

r t

o t

he p

re-a

pp

roved

man

ufa

ctu

rer’s

/in

du

str

y m

an

uals

for s

pacin

g o

f su

pp

orts

.

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39

38

Su

sp

en

ded

usin

g c

levis

han

ger b

raced

at th

eh

an

ger

rod

Fig

ure

65:

Sin

gle

cle

vis

hanger

support

w

ith str

ut

or

angle

late

ral

support

s at

hanger

rod.

Ra

ce

wa

ys

/C

on

du

its

/C

ab

le T

ra

ys

Pre-a

pp

roved

man

ufa

ctu

rer’s

/in

du

str

y m

an

uals

may lim

it t

he m

axim

um

tran

sverse a

nd

lon

git

ud

inal a

ng

les t

o 4

5 d

eg

rees.

Torq

ue b

olt

s p

er m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

recom

mendati

ons.

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Fig

ure

64:

Sin

gle

cle

vis

hanger

support

w

ith cable

la

tera

l

support

s at

the re

str

ain

ing bolt.

For

cable

assem

bly

in

str

uctions,

see C

able

s (p

age 133).

For

deta

ils o

n a

ttachin

g c

able

to t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re,

see F

igure

100 (

page 7

7).

For

angle

and s

trut

att

achm

ent,

see F

igure

103 (

page 7

9).

For

instr

uctions o

n i

nsta

llin

ganchors

, see Anchors

(p

age 104).

Torq

ue b

olt

s p

er m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

recom

mendati

ons.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

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41

40

Su

sp

en

ded

usin

g c

levis

han

ger a

nd

fou

r-w

ay c

ab

leb

race

Fig

ure

66:

Sin

gle

cle

vis

hanger

with fo

ur-

way cable

bra

ce.

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

verti

cal rod

s w

ith

han

ger t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

Lay o

ut

all a

ttachm

ent

poin

ts b

efo

re a

nchoring.

For

buildin

g str

uctu

re att

achm

ent

deta

ils,

see Fig

ure

s 92

thro

ugh 9

8 (

pages 7

1 t

o 7

5).

For

direct

att

achm

ent

tobuid

ling str

uctu

re,

see Anchors

(p

age 104).

Bu

ild

ing

str

uctu

res m

ust

be p

oin

t lo

ad

cap

ab

le.

Verif

y w

ith

th

e a

pp

rop

ria

te d

esig

n p

rofe

ssio

nal.

Ste

p 2

: R

un

con

du

its a

s r

eq

uir

ed

by t

he a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

an

ch

ors t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re for

late

ral su

pp

ort

restr

ain

ts

For

cable

assem

bly

in

str

uctions,

see C

able

s (p

age 133).

For

deta

ils o

n a

ttachin

g c

able

to t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re,

see F

igure

100 (

page 7

7).

For

angle

and s

trut

att

achm

ent,

see F

igure

103 (

page 7

9).

For

instr

uctions o

n i

nsta

llin

ganchors

, see Anchors

(p

age 104).

Ste

p 4

: A

ttach

cab

les t

o c

on

du

it

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

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43

42

Su

sp

en

ded

usin

g c

on

du

it c

lam

ps

Fig

ure

67:

Conduit cla

mp support

s w

ith tr

ansvers

e str

ut

or

angle

la

tera

l support

and hanger

rod.

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Pre-a

pp

roved

man

ufa

ctu

rer’s

/in

du

str

ym

an

uals

may lim

it t

he m

axim

um

tran

sverse

an

d lon

git

ud

inal a

ng

les t

o 4

5 d

eg

rees.

Torq

ue b

olt

s p

er m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

recom

mendati

ons.

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

verti

cal rod

s w

ith

han

ger t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

Lay o

ut

all a

ttachm

ent

poin

ts b

efo

re a

nchoring.

For

buildin

g str

uctu

re att

achm

ent

deta

ils,

see Fig

ure

s 92

thro

ugh 9

8 (

pages 7

1 t

o 7

5).

For

instr

uctions o

n i

nsta

llin

ganchors

, see Anchors

(p

age 104).

Bu

ild

ing

str

uctu

res m

ust

be p

oin

t lo

ad

cap

ab

le.

Verif

y w

ith

th

e a

pp

rop

ria

te d

esig

n p

rofe

ssio

nal.

Ste

p 2

: R

un

con

du

its a

s r

eq

uir

ed

by t

he a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

an

ch

ors t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re for

late

ral su

pp

ort

restr

ain

ts

For

cable

assem

bly

in

str

uctions,

see C

able

s (p

age 133).

For

deta

ils o

n a

ttachin

g c

able

to t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re,

see F

igure

100 (

page 7

7).

For

angle

and s

trut

att

achm

ent,

see F

igure

103 (

page 7

9).

For

instr

uctions o

n i

nsta

llin

ganchors

, see Anchors

(p

age 104). E

ND

OF A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

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45

44

Fig

ure

69:

Conduit cla

mp support

s w

ith lo

ngitudin

al

cable

late

ral

support

and hanger

rod.

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Fig

ure

68:

Conduit cla

mp support

s w

ith lo

ngitudin

al

str

ut

or

angle

la

tera

l support

and hanger

rod.

Pre-a

pp

roved

man

ufa

ctu

rer’s

/in

du

str

ym

an

uals

may lim

it t

he m

axim

um

tran

sverse

an

d lon

git

ud

inal a

ng

les t

o 4

5 d

eg

rees.

Torq

ue b

olt

s p

er m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

recom

mendati

ons.

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47

46

Su

sp

en

ded

wit

h a

tra

peze s

up

port

syste

m

Fig

ure

70:

Tra

peze support

w

ith str

ut

or

angle

la

tera

l support

s.

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Pre-a

pp

roved

man

ufa

ctu

rer’s

/in

du

str

ym

an

uals

may lim

it t

he m

axim

um

tran

sverse

an

d lon

git

ud

inal a

ng

les t

o 4

5 d

eg

rees.

Torq

ue b

olt

s p

er m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

recom

mendati

ons.

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

verti

cal rod

s w

ith

han

ger t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

Lay o

ut

all a

ttachm

ent

poin

ts b

efo

re a

nchoring.

For

buildin

g str

uctu

re att

achm

ent

deta

ils see Fig

ure

s 92

thro

ugh 9

8 (

pages 7

1 t

o 7

5).

For

instr

uctions o

n i

nsta

llin

ganchors

, see Anchors

(p

age 104).

Bu

ild

ing

str

uctu

res m

ust

be p

oin

t lo

ad

cap

ab

le.

Verif

y w

ith

th

e a

pp

rop

ria

te d

esig

n p

rofe

ssio

nal.

Ste

p 2

: R

un

con

du

its a

s r

eq

uir

ed

by t

he a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

an

ch

ors t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re for

late

ral su

pp

ort

restr

ain

ts

For

cable

assem

bly

in

str

uctions,

see C

able

s (p

age 133).

For

deta

ils o

n a

ttachin

g c

able

to t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re,

see F

igure

100 (

page 7

7).

For

angle

and s

trut

att

achm

ent,

see F

igure

103 (

page 7

9).

For

instr

uctions o

n i

nsta

llin

ganchors

, see Anchors

(p

age 104).

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

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49

48

Fig

ure

71:

Tra

peze support

w

ith cable

la

tera

l support

s.

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

verti

cal rod

s w

ith

han

ger t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

Lay o

ut

all a

ttachm

ent

poin

ts b

efo

re a

nchoring.

For

buildin

g str

uctu

re att

achm

ent

deta

ils,

see Fig

ure

s 92

thro

ugh 9

8 (

pages 7

1 t

o 7

5).

For

instr

uctions o

n i

nsta

llin

ganchors

, see Anchors

(p

age 104).

Bu

ild

ing

str

uctu

res m

ust

be p

oin

t lo

ad

cap

ab

le.

Verif

y w

ith

th

e a

pp

rop

ria

te d

esig

n p

rofe

ssio

nal.

Ste

p 2

: R

un

con

du

its a

s r

eq

uir

ed

by a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

an

ch

ors t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re for

late

ral su

pp

ort

restr

ain

ts

For

cable

assem

bly

in

str

uctions,

see C

able

s (p

age 133).

For

deta

ils o

n a

ttachin

g c

able

to t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re,

see F

igure

100 (

page 7

7).

For

angle

and s

trut

att

achm

ent,

see F

igure

103 (

page 7

9).

For

instr

uctions o

n i

nsta

llin

ganchors

, see Anchors

(p

age 104).

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50

AT

TA

CH

ME

NT

T

YP

ES

This

section giv

es in

str

uctions on att

achin

g equip

ment

toa buildin

g str

uctu

re in

vari

ous arr

angem

ents

. The

att

achm

ent

types are

:

•R

igid

Flo

or-

mounte

d/P

ad-m

ounte

d (t

his

page).

•R

oof-

mounte

d (p

age 65).

•S

uspended (p

age 71).

•V

ibra

tion-i

sola

ted/F

loor-

mounte

d (p

age 87).

•W

all-m

ounte

d (p

age 98).

Rig

id F

loor-m

ou

nte

d/P

ad

-mou

nte

dA

ttach

men

ts

The f

our

ways t

o r

igid

ly a

ttach e

quip

ment

to a

flo

or

are

:

•D

irectly t

o t

he f

loor/

pad (

this

page).

•U

sin

g additio

nal

str

uctu

ral

ste

el

shapes th

at

transfe

r

load t

o t

he b

uildin

g f

loor/

pad (

page 5

5).

•U

sin

g bum

pers

to

re

str

ict

hori

zonta

l m

ovem

ent

(page 60).

•O

n a

rais

ed f

loor

(page 6

1).

Dir

ectl

y t

o t

he flo

or/p

ad

Equip

ment

may b

e b

olted o

r w

eld

ed t

o t

he b

uildin

g f

loor

or

pad.

To b

olt t

o c

oncre

te,

use p

ost-

insta

lled a

nchors

, or

em

bedded headed stu

ds (s

ee A

nchors

, page 104).

Att

achm

ent

of

equip

ment

with sheet

ste

el

housin

gs is

show

n i

n F

igure

s 7

3 a

nd 7

4 (

page 5

2).

Att

achm

ent

of

equip

ment

with a

str

uctu

ral

ste

el

fram

e o

rbase i

s s

how

n i

n F

igure

75 (

page 5

3).

Cro

ssin

g s

eis

mic

join

ts

Ra

ce

wa

ys/

Co

nd

uit

s/

Ca

ble

T

ra

ys

Fig

ure

72:

Seis

mic

jo

int.

Ste

p 1

: C

ro

ss s

eis

mic

jo

int

wit

h f

lexib

le c

on

du

it

Support

conduits as re

quired by appro

ved constr

uction

docum

ents

. Add a

fle

xib

le c

onduit s

upport

to a

llow

diffe

rential

movem

ent

in a

ll d

irections.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

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52

Fig

ure

75:

Dir

ect

att

achm

ent

of

equip

ment

with str

uctu

ral

ste

el

fram

e or

base to

a buildin

g.

Ste

p 1

: D

ete

rm

ine w

here t

o b

olt

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t

Accura

tely

dra

w t

he b

olt p

att

ern

on t

he f

loor, c

oncre

tepad,

or

ste

el

beam

s usin

g one of

the fo

llow

ing m

eth

ods:

•Set

the e

quip

ment

in p

lace a

nd m

ark

the h

ole

s.

•M

ake a te

mpla

te.

•U

se m

easure

ments

and appro

ved constr

uction

docum

ents

to l

ay o

ut

the b

olt h

ole

patt

ern

.

It

is p

refe

rred

to u

se t

he h

ole

s p

rovid

ed

by t

he

man

ufa

ctu

rer. U

nd

er s

up

ervis

ory a

pp

roval,

you

may n

eed

to d

rill ad

dit

ion

al h

ole

s in

th

eeq

uip

men

t assem

bly

or b

uild

ing

ste

el b

eam

s a

ssh

ow

n o

n a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts o

rth

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s.

US

E C

AU

TIO

N W

HEN

DR

ILLIN

G I

NTO

EQ

UIP

MEN

T. In

tern

al com

pon

en

ts c

an

be

dam

ag

ed

or t

he m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

warran

tym

ay b

e v

oid

ed

.

DO

NO

T D

RILL O

VER

SIZED

HO

LES

. N

ew

hole

scan

not

be o

versiz

ed

or o

val in

sh

ap

e. R

ep

air

oversiz

ed

hole

s a

s s

how

n in

Fig

ure 7

6 (

pag

e5

4),

if n

ecessary.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Rig

id F

loo

r-m

ou

nte

d/

Pa

d-m

ou

nte

d

Fig

ure

73:

Direct

att

achm

ent

of

equip

ment

with sheet

ste

el

housin

g to

a buildin

g.

Do n

ot

ad

d s

him

s u

nd

er e

qu

ipm

en

t w

ith

sh

eet

ste

el h

ou

sin

gs a

s s

how

n in

Fig

ure 7

3 a

bove. If

the c

on

crete

flo

or/p

ad

is irreg

ula

r, rein

force

hou

sin

g w

ith

an

gle

s a

s s

how

n in

Fig

ure 7

7(p

ag

e 5

6).

Fig

ure

74:

Sid

e vie

w of

equip

ment

with sheet

ste

el

housin

g.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Rig

id F

loo

r-m

ou

nte

d/

Pa

d-m

ou

nte

d

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54

Ste

p 4

: A

ttach

nu

ts o

r w

eld

eq

uip

men

t

Att

ach nuts

to

th

e anchor/

bolt and to

rque,

see Anchors

(page 1

04)

or

weld

equip

ment

to s

teel

beam

s o

rem

bedded pla

tes,

see W

eld

ing (p

age 128).

Racew

ays,

conduits,

and cable

tr

ays m

ay now

be

connecte

d.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Usin

g a

dd

itio

nal str

uctu

ral ste

el sh

ap

es t

hat

tran

sfe

rlo

ad

to t

he b

uild

ing

flo

or/p

ad

Att

ach additio

nal

str

uctu

ral

shapes to

th

e equip

ment

with

bolts and th

en att

ach ste

el

shapes to

th

e buildin

g w

ith

concre

te anchors

, ste

el

bolts,

or

weld

ing.

When boltin

g to

concre

te,

use post-

insta

lled anchors

or

em

bedded

headed stu

ds.

The f

ive c

onfigura

tions f

or

usin

g a

ngle

s t

o a

ttach

equip

ment

to th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re are

:

•Full-s

ize a

ngle

s o

n e

ach s

ide o

f equip

ment

(Fig

ure

77,

page 56).

•Four

or

more

angle

s o

n e

ach s

ide o

f equip

ment

bolted t

o t

he c

oncre

te f

loor/

pad (

Fig

ure

78,

page 5

7).

•Four

or

more

angle

s w

eld

ed to

equip

ment

and bolted

to t

he f

loor/

pad (

Fig

ure

79,

page 5

7).

•Four

or

more

angle

s o

n e

ach s

ide o

f equip

ment

weld

ed to

em

bedded pla

tes (F

igure

80,

page 58).

•Thre

e or

more

angle

s used to

bolt dow

n equip

ment

with a

round b

ase,

(Fig

ure

81,

page 5

8).

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Rig

id F

loo

r-m

ou

nte

d/

Pa

d-m

ou

nte

dA

tta

ch

me

nts:

Rig

id F

loo

r-m

ou

nte

d/

Pa

d-m

ou

nte

d

Fig

ure

76:

Thre

e options to

re

pair

overs

ized hole

s.

Ste

p 2

: In

sta

ll a

nch

ors

If t

he e

quip

ment

is t

o b

e a

nchore

d t

o c

oncre

te,

dri

ll a

nd

insta

ll post-

insta

lled anchors

or

pour

concre

te w

ith cast-

in-p

lace stu

ds (s

ee Anchors

, page 104).

If th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t is

to b

e b

olt

ed

to s

teel,

drill

hole

s in

th

e s

teel as s

how

n o

n a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts o

r th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

instr

ucti

ons.

Ste

p 3

: M

ove e

qu

ipm

en

t in

to p

lace

BE C

AR

EFU

L N

OT T

O D

AM

AG

E T

HE A

NC

HO

RS

WH

EN

SETTIN

G T

HE E

QU

IP

MEN

T.

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56

Fig

ure

78:

Four

or

more

angle

s used to

att

ach th

e equip

ment

to th

e buildin

g.

Fig

ure

79:

Four

or

more

angle

s w

eld

ed to

equip

ment

and

bolted to

th

e floor/

pad.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Rig

id F

loo

r-m

ou

nte

d/

Pa

d-m

ou

nte

d

Fig

ure

77:

Tw

o angle

s used to

att

ach th

e equip

ment

to th

e

buildin

g.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Rig

id F

loo

r-m

ou

nte

d/

Pa

d-m

ou

nte

d

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58

Ste

p 1

: D

ete

rm

ine w

here t

o b

olt

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t

Accura

tely

dra

w t

he b

olt p

att

ern

on t

he f

loor, c

oncre

tepad,

or

ste

el

beam

s usin

g one of

the fo

llow

ing m

eth

ods:

•Set

the e

quip

ment

in p

lace a

nd m

ark

the h

ole

s.

•M

ake a te

mpla

te.

•U

se m

easure

ments

and appro

ved constr

uction

docum

ents

to l

ay o

ut

the b

olt h

ole

patt

ern

.

It

is p

refe

rred

to u

se t

he h

ole

s p

rovid

ed

by t

he

man

ufa

ctu

rer. U

nd

er s

up

ervis

ory a

pp

roval,

you

may n

eed

to d

rill ad

dit

ion

al h

ole

s in

th

eeq

uip

men

t assem

bly

or b

uild

ing

ste

el b

eam

s a

ssh

ow

n o

n a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts o

rth

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s.

US

E C

AU

TIO

N W

HEN

DR

ILLIN

G I

NTO

EQ

UIP

MEN

T. In

tern

al com

pon

en

ts c

an

be

dam

ag

ed

or t

he m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

warran

tym

ay b

e v

oid

ed

.

DO

NO

T D

RILL O

VER

SIZED

HO

LES

. N

ew

hole

scan

not

be o

versiz

ed

or o

val in

sh

ap

e. R

ep

air

oversiz

ed

hole

s a

s s

how

n in

Fig

ure 7

6 (

pag

e5

4),

if n

ecessary.

Ste

p 2

: In

sta

ll a

nch

ors

If t

he e

quip

ment

is t

o b

e a

nchore

d t

o c

oncre

te,

dri

ll a

nd

insta

ll post-

insta

lled anchors

or

pour

concre

te w

ith

em

bedded stu

ds (s

ee A

nchors

, page 104).

Ste

p 3

: M

ove t

he e

qu

ipm

en

t in

to p

lace

BE C

AR

EFU

L N

OT T

O D

AM

AG

E T

HE A

NC

HO

RS

WH

EN

SETTIN

G T

HE E

QU

IP

MEN

T.

You m

ay b

olt o

r w

eld

angle

s t

o t

he e

quip

ment

befo

rem

ovin

g t

he e

quip

ment

into

pla

ce.

Ste

p 4

: A

ttach

nu

ts o

r w

eld

eq

uip

men

t

Att

ach nuts

to

th

e anchor/

bolt and to

rque (s

ee A

nchors

,page 104 or

Weld

ing,

page 128).

Racew

ays,

conduits,

and cable

tr

ays m

ay now

be

connecte

d.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Rig

id F

loo

r-m

ou

nte

d/

Pa

d-m

ou

nte

d

Fig

ure

80:

Four

or

more

angle

s on each sid

e of

equip

ment

weld

ed to

em

bedded pla

tes.

Fig

ure

148 (p

age 128)

giv

es

exam

ple

s of

em

bedded ste

el

pla

tes.

Fig

ure

81:

Thre

e or

more

angle

s used to

bolt dow

n equip

ment

with a ro

und base.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Rig

id F

loo

r-m

ou

nte

d/

Pa

d-m

ou

nte

d

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60

Ste

p 1

: D

ete

rm

ine w

here t

o b

olt

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t

Accura

tely

dra

w t

he b

olt p

att

ern

on t

he f

loor, c

oncre

tepad,

or

ste

el

beam

s usin

g one of

the fo

llow

ing m

eth

ods:

•Set

the b

um

pers

in p

lace a

nd m

ark

the h

ole

s.

•M

ake a te

mpla

te.

•U

se m

easure

ments

and appro

ved constr

uction

docum

ents

to l

ay o

ut

the b

olt h

ole

patt

ern

.

Ste

p 2

: In

sta

ll a

nch

ors

For

instr

uctions on in

sta

llin

g anchors

, see A

nchors

(p

age

104).

If

the a

nchors

are

near

a c

oncre

te j

oin

t, r

efe

r to

the

deta

il i

n F

igure

83 (

page 6

0).

Ste

p 3

: In

sta

ll b

um

pers

Ste

p 4

: A

ttach

nu

ts t

o t

he a

nch

or/b

olt

an

d t

orq

ue

For

instr

uctions on in

sta

llin

g anchors

, see A

nchors

(p

age

104).

Fig

ure

83 (p

age 60)

show

s equip

ment

restr

ain

ed

with b

um

pers

next

to a

cold

join

t.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

On

a r

ais

ed

flo

or

Equip

ment

set

on a

rais

ed f

loor

can b

e s

eis

mic

ally

att

ached to

th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re belo

w.

A sta

nd ra

ted

for

the w

eig

ht

of

the e

quip

ment

and l

ate

rally b

raced t

ow

ithsta

nd seis

mic

lo

ads m

ust

be pro

vid

ed.

Equip

ment

isri

gid

ly a

ttached t

o t

he s

tand a

nd t

he s

tand i

s r

igid

lybolted to

th

e floor

beneath

th

e ra

ised floor. Port

ions of

the r

ais

ed f

loor

are

rem

oved t

o a

llow

insta

llation o

f th

esta

nd and equip

ment

as show

n in

Fig

ure

s 84 (p

age 62),

85 (

page 6

3)

and 8

6 (

page 6

4).

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Rig

id F

loo

r-m

ou

nte

d/

Pa

d-m

ou

nte

d

Usin

g b

um

pers t

o r

estr

ict

horiz

on

tal m

ovem

en

t

Use th

is att

achm

ent

type w

hen equip

ment

is m

ounte

d to

a c

oncre

te i

nert

ia b

ase o

r ste

el

fram

e,

but

is n

ot

att

ached

to th

e buildin

g.

Refe

r to

th

e V

ibra

tion-i

sola

ted/F

loor-

mounte

d A

ttachm

ents

section (p

age 87)

for

info

rmation

on bum

pers

.

Bum

pers

are

used t

o r

estr

ain

the b

ase f

rom

movin

ghori

zonta

lly w

hen th

ere

is

no chance th

at

the equip

ment

will

tip o

ver. B

um

pers

are

only

bolted t

o t

he b

uildin

gstr

uctu

re.

Use post-

insta

lled anchors

to

bolt to

concre

te,

as s

how

n i

n F

igure

s 8

2 a

nd 8

3 (

belo

w).

Fig

ure

82:

Equip

ment

insta

lled w

ith bum

pers

.

If

an

ch

ors a

re n

ear a

jo

int

in t

he c

on

crete

, see

deta

il in

Fig

ure 8

3.

Fig

ure

83:

Altern

ate

in

sta

llation deta

il of

bum

pers

in

sta

lled near

a concre

te jo

int.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Rig

id F

loo

r-m

ou

nte

d/

Pa

d-m

ou

nte

d

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Fig

ure

85:

Equip

ment

att

ached to

cable

s beneath

a ra

ised floor.

Ste

p 2

: In

sta

ll a

nch

ors

For

instr

uctions on in

sta

llin

g anchors

, see A

nchors

(p

age

104).

Set

the f

ram

e i

n p

lace a

nd a

pply

nuts

to t

he a

nchor/

bolt and to

rque.

Verif

y w

ith

a s

up

ervis

or t

hat

the w

eig

ht

of

eq

uip

men

t w

ill n

ot

exceed

th

e c

ap

acit

y o

f th

erais

ed

flo

or a

nd

th

at

the flo

or c

an

wit

hsta

nd

ah

ori

zon

tal lo

ad

.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Rig

id F

loo

r-m

ou

nte

d/

Pa

d-m

ou

nte

dA

tta

ch

me

nts:

Rig

id F

loo

r-m

ou

nte

d/

Pa

d-m

ou

nte

d

Fig

ure

84:

Ele

ctr

ical

equip

ment

insta

lled on a ra

ised floor.

Ste

p 1

: D

ete

rm

ine w

here t

o b

olt

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t

Accura

tely

dra

w t

he b

olt p

att

ern

on t

he f

loor

usin

g o

ne o

fth

e fo

llow

ing m

eth

ods:

•S

et

the f

ram

e i

n p

lace a

nd m

ark

the h

ole

s.

•M

ake a te

mpla

te.

•U

se m

easure

ments

and appro

ved constr

uction

docum

ents

to l

ay o

ut

the b

olt h

ole

patt

ern

.

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64

Roof-

mou

nte

d A

ttach

men

ts

The t

hre

e w

ays t

o a

ttach e

quip

ment

to a

roof

are

:

•U

sin

g le

veling sta

nchio

ns—

post

and beam

(t

his

page).

•To a

wood f

ram

e (

page 6

8).

•U

sin

g re

str

ain

ed vib

ration is

ola

tors

on le

veling

sta

nchio

ns (p

age 69).

Usin

g levelin

g s

tan

ch

ion

s—

post

an

d b

eam

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

posts

or s

tan

ch

ion

s

Bolt o

r w

eld

sta

nchio

ns (

als

o c

alled p

ost

and b

eam

) t

oth

e buildin

g str

uctu

re.

To att

ach sta

nchio

ns to

diffe

rent

buildin

g s

tructu

re t

ypes,

see t

he d

eta

il i

n F

igure

87 (

page

66).

Support

sta

nchio

ns c

an b

e m

ade f

rom

many d

iffe

rent

str

uctu

ral

shapes.

Coord

inate

att

ach

men

t p

oin

ts w

ith

ap

proved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts. A

dd

itio

nal in

term

ed

iate

bu

ild

ing

str

uctu

re b

eam

s m

ay b

e r

eq

uir

ed

to

accom

mod

ate

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t.

Th

e b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re m

ust

be c

ap

ab

le o

fsu

pp

orti

ng

th

e p

oin

t lo

ad

of th

e s

tan

ch

ion

s.

Ste

p 2

: A

pp

ly fla

sh

ing

to s

tan

ch

ion

s

Use sta

ndard

deta

ils to

flash aro

und pip

e sta

nchio

ns or

ste

el

tubin

g.

For

flashin

g a

round a

sta

nchio

n,

whic

h m

ay

not

be u

niform

lik

e a

n a

ngle

, channel, o

r I-

beam

ste

el

shape,

see Fig

ure

88 (p

age 67).

Fig

ure

86:

Equip

ment

bolted beneath

a ra

ised floor.

Ste

p 3

: M

ove t

he e

qu

ipm

en

t in

to p

lace

Bolt t

he e

quip

ment

to t

he f

ram

e (

see S

teel

Bolt

Connections,

page 123)

or

bolt to

str

ut

as show

n in

Fig

ure

86.

It

is p

refe

rred

to u

se t

he h

ole

s p

rovid

ed

by t

he

man

ufa

ctu

rer. U

nd

er s

up

ervis

ory a

pp

roval,

you

may n

eed

to d

rill ad

dit

ion

al h

ole

s in

th

eeq

uip

men

t assem

bly

or b

uild

ing

ste

el b

eam

s a

ssh

ow

n o

n a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts o

rth

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s.

US

E C

AU

TIO

N W

HEN

DR

ILLIN

G I

NTO

EQ

UIP

MEN

T. In

tern

al com

pon

en

ts c

an

be

dam

ag

ed

or t

he m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

warran

tym

ay b

e v

oid

ed

.

DO

NO

T D

RILL O

VER

SIZED

HO

LES

. N

ew

hole

scan

not

be o

versiz

ed

or o

val in

sh

ap

e. R

ep

air

oversiz

ed

hole

s a

s s

how

n in

Fig

ure 7

6 (

pag

e5

4),

if n

ecessary.

Racew

ays,

conduits,

and cable

tr

ays m

ay now

be

connecte

d.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Rig

id F

loo

r-m

ou

nte

d/

Pa

d-m

ou

nte

d

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66

Fig

ure

88:

Fla

shin

g aro

und a sta

nchio

n.

Ste

p 4

: A

ttach

eq

uip

men

t

To ri

gid

ly att

ach th

e equip

ment

to th

e equip

ment

support

fram

e,

see F

igure

89 (

belo

w).

Fig

ure

89:

Rig

id att

achm

ent

of

equip

ment

to a support

fr

am

e.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Ro

of-

mo

un

te

dA

tta

ch

me

nts:

Ro

of-

mo

un

te

d

Fig

ure

87:

Att

achin

g a sta

nchio

n to

a buildin

g.

Ste

p 3

: W

eld

/b

olt

eq

uip

men

t su

pp

ort

fram

e t

osta

nch

ion

The equip

ment

support

fr

am

e m

ay be box-s

haped or

have tw

o para

llel

beam

s m

ade fr

om

ste

el

shapes such as

angle

s,

tubes,

channels

, or

I-beam

s.

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68

Usin

g r

estr

ain

ed

vib

rati

on

isola

tors o

n levelin

gsta

nch

ion

s

Fig

ure

91 (b

elo

w)

show

s a ty

pic

al

insta

llation of

restr

ain

ed vib

ration-i

sola

ted equip

ment

on sta

nchio

ns

and an equip

ment

support

fr

am

e.

Fig

ure

91:

Equip

ment

att

ached usin

g re

str

ain

ed vib

ration

isla

tors

on a post

and beam

support

.

More t

han

fou

r r

estr

ain

ed

vib

rati

on

isola

tors

may b

e r

eq

uir

ed

. S

ee t

he m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

instr

ucti

ons.

Verif

y t

hat

each

vib

rati

on

isola

tor is p

rop

erly

alig

ned

accord

ing

to t

he m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

recom

men

ded

cle

aran

ces. If th

e v

ibrati

on

isola

tor s

haft

ru

bs a

gain

st

the s

nu

bb

er e

lem

en

t,vib

rati

on

isola

tion

may n

ot

fun

cti

on

or n

ois

ep

rob

lem

s m

ay o

ccu

r.

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

posts

or s

tan

ch

ion

s

Bolt o

r w

eld

sta

nchio

ns t

o t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re.

Refe

r to

the d

eta

il i

n F

igure

87 (

page 6

6)

for

att

achin

g s

tanchio

ns

to diffe

rent

buildin

g str

uctu

re ty

pes.

Support

sta

nchio

ns

can b

e m

ade f

rom

many d

iffe

rent

str

uctu

ral

shapes.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Ro

of-

mo

un

te

d

To

a w

oo

d f

ram

e

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

wood

fram

e t

o b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

Fig

ure

90 (

belo

w)

show

s a

typic

al

wood f

ram

e (

curb

/rail)

att

achm

ent.

Ste

p 2

: In

sta

ll fla

sh

ing

Fig

ure

90 (b

elo

w)

show

s ty

pic

al

flashin

g.

Use a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts for

flash

ing

deta

ils.

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

eq

uip

men

t to

th

e w

ood

fram

e

Att

ach equip

ment

dir

ectly to

th

e w

ood fr

am

e as show

nbelo

w.

Wood fr

am

es can re

str

ain

equip

ment

with

inte

rnal

fram

es or

with support

le

gs as show

n.

Fig

ure

90:

Att

achm

ent

of

equip

ment

to a w

ood fr

am

e.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Ro

of-

mo

un

te

d

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70

Su

sp

en

ded

Att

ach

men

ts

Do n

ot

mix

str

ut

an

d c

ab

le b

racin

g s

yste

ms.

The f

ive w

ays t

o s

uspend e

quip

ment

are

by:

•R

igid

connection t

o t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re u

sin

g f

our

thre

aded vert

ical

rods w

ith hori

zonta

l cable

support

s(t

his

page).

•R

igid

connection to

th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re usin

g

angle

/str

ut

support

s (p

age 78).

•V

ibra

tion-i

sola

ted connection to

th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re

usin

g a

min

imum

of

four

thre

aded v

ert

ical

rods a

nd

late

ral

restr

ain

ts (p

age 81).

•Tw

o poin

t equip

ment

att

achm

ent

- bolted to

th

e

buildin

g str

uctu

re (p

age 84).

•C

hain

m

ounte

d or

bar

support

w

ith sw

ivel

(page 86).

Rig

id c

on

necti

on

to t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re u

sin

g fou

rth

read

ed

verti

cal rod

s w

ith

horiz

on

tal cab

le s

up

ports

Equip

ment

should

have pre

-insta

lled bra

ckets

th

at

can

support

th

e att

achm

ent

to th

e buildin

g.

Fig

ure

92:

Rig

id connection to

th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re.

Cab

les p

rovid

e late

ral b

racin

g for s

eis

mic

load

san

d s

hou

ld n

ot b

e in

sta

lled

to h

an

g e

qu

ipm

en

t.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Ro

of-

mo

un

te

d

Coord

inate

att

ach

men

t p

oin

ts w

ith

ap

proved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts. A

dd

itio

nal

inte

rm

ed

iate

bu

ild

ing

str

uctu

re b

eam

s m

ay b

ereq

uir

ed

to a

ccom

mod

ate

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t.

Th

e b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re m

ust

be c

ap

ab

le o

fsu

pp

orti

ng

th

e p

oin

t lo

ad

of th

e s

tan

ch

ion

s.

Ste

p 2

: A

pp

ly fla

sh

ing

to s

tan

ch

ion

s

Use sta

ndard

deta

ils to

flash aro

und pip

e sta

nchio

ns or

ste

el

tubin

g.

For

flashin

g a

round a

sta

nchio

n,

whic

h m

ay

not

be u

niform

lik

e a

n a

ngle

, channel, o

r I-

beam

ste

el

shape,

refe

r to

Fig

ure

88 (

page 6

7).

Ste

p 3

: W

eld

/b

olt

eq

uip

men

t su

pp

ort

fram

e t

osta

nch

ion

s

The equip

ment

support

fr

am

e m

ay be box-s

haped or

have tw

o para

llel

beam

s.

The equip

ment

support

fr

am

em

ay b

e m

ade f

rom

ste

el

shapes s

uch a

s a

ngle

s,

tubes,

channels

, or

I-beam

s.

Ste

p 4

: A

ttach

restr

ain

ed

vib

rati

on

isola

tors

Att

ach re

str

ain

ed vib

ration is

ola

tors

to

th

e support

fr

am

eusin

g ste

el

bolts.

Th

e s

up

port

fram

e m

ust

be w

ider t

han

th

e b

ase

pla

te o

f th

e r

estr

ain

ed

vib

rati

on

isola

tor.

Ste

p 5

: In

sta

ll e

qu

ipm

en

t on

vib

rati

on

isola

tors

Insta

ll equip

ment

on vib

ration is

ola

tors

w

ith att

achm

ent

nuts

and le

vel.

Bases a

re r

eq

uir

ed

for m

ou

nti

ng

eq

uip

men

tw

ith

restr

ain

ed

vib

rati

on

isola

tors.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

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72

Fig

ure

94:

Post-

insta

lled anchor;

concre

te fill on ste

el

deck.

Fig

ure

95:

Wood beam

constr

uction.

For e

dg

e d

ista

nces a

nd

sp

acin

g, see L

ag

Bolt

s(p

ag

e 1

12

).

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

d

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t to

th

e b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

usin

g t

hread

ed

rod

s a

nd

an

ch

ors

Lay out

all att

achm

ent

poin

ts befo

re anchori

ng.

For

buildin

g str

uctu

re att

achm

ent

deta

ils,

see Fig

ure

s 92 to

98 (

pages 7

1 t

o 7

5).

For

instr

uctions o

n b

oltin

g d

irectly

to th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re,

see S

teel

Bolt C

onnections

(page 123).

Fig

ure

93:

Cast-

in-p

lace anchor;

concre

te fill on ste

el

deck.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

d

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74

Fig

ure

98:

Concre

te sla

b constr

uction.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

dA

tta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

d

Fig

ure

96:

Ste

el

beam

constr

uction.

Use c

en

ter lo

ad

beam

cla

mp

s fo

r v

erti

cal lo

ad

s.

Do n

ot

use for c

ab

les, rod

s, or s

tru

ctu

ral

mem

bers p

osit

ion

ed

at

an

an

gle

.

Fig

ure

97:

Bar

jois

t constr

uction.

Use c

en

ter lo

ad

beam

cla

mp

s fo

r v

erti

cal lo

ad

s.

Do n

ot

use for c

ab

les, rod

s, or s

tru

ctu

ral

mem

bers p

osit

ion

ed

at

an

an

gle

.

Use cente

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76

Fig

ure

100:

Att

achm

ents

to

th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re.

For e

dg

e d

ista

nces a

nd

sp

acin

g, see L

ag

Bolt

s(p

ag

e 1

12

).

Do n

ot

att

ach

bracin

g t

o b

ott

om

of b

ar jois

t.

Ste

p 5

: A

ttach

cab

les t

o e

qu

ipm

en

t

For

deta

ils on att

achin

g cable

to

th

e equip

ment,

see

Fig

ure

101 (

page 7

8).

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

dA

tta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

d

Ste

p 2

: A

dd

rod

sti

ffen

ers, as r

eq

uir

ed

Fig

ure

99:

Rod stiff

eners

.

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

an

ch

ors t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re for

cab

le a

ttach

men

t

Fig

ure

100 (p

age 77)

show

s ty

pic

al

anchora

ge to

diffe

rent

buildin

g constr

uction.

For

instr

uctions on

insta

llin

g anchors

, see A

nchors

(p

age 104).

Ste

p 4

: A

ttach

cab

le t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

For

cable

assem

bly

in

str

uctions,

see C

able

s (p

age 133).

For

deta

ils o

n a

ttachin

g c

able

to t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re,

see F

igure

100 (

page 7

7).

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78

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t to

th

e b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

usin

g t

hread

ed

rod

s a

nd

an

ch

ors

Lay out

all att

achm

ent

poin

ts befo

re anchori

ng.

For

buildin

g str

uctu

re att

achm

ent

deta

ils,

see Fig

ure

s92 t

o 9

8 (

pages 7

1 t

o 7

5).

For

instr

uctions o

n i

nsta

llin

ganchors

, see A

nchors

(page 1

04).

Rod s

tiff

eners

may b

ere

quir

ed.

Ste

p 2

: A

ttach

an

ch

ors t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re for

an

gle

or s

tru

t su

pp

orts

For

buildin

g str

uctu

re att

achm

ent

deta

ils,

see Fig

ure

s92 t

o 9

8 (

pages 7

1 t

o 7

5).

For

instr

uctions o

n i

nsta

llin

ganchors

, see Anchors

(p

age 104).

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

an

gle

s o

r s

tru

t su

pp

orts

to t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

Fig

ure

103:

Att

achm

ent

of

angle

or

str

ut

to th

e buildin

gstr

uctu

re.

Att

ach

men

t to

bott

om

of b

eam

if p

erm

itte

d b

yap

pro

ved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

d

Pre-a

pp

roved

man

ufa

ctu

rer’s

/in

du

str

y m

an

uals

may lim

it t

he m

axim

um

tran

sverse a

nd

lon

git

ud

inal a

ng

les t

o 4

5 d

eg

rees.

Refe

r t

o a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts for

oth

er a

ttach

men

ts t

hat

may b

e p

erm

itte

d,

sim

ilar t

o F

igu

re 1

00

on

pag

e 7

7 (

wood

an

d b

ar

jois

t).

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

d

Fig

ure

101:

Att

achm

ent

of

cable

to

th

e equip

ment.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Rig

id c

on

necti

on

to th

e b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re u

sin

g a

ng

le/

str

ut su

pp

ort

s

Equip

ment

may have pre

-insta

lled bra

ckets

fo

r angle

support

att

achm

ents

as show

n belo

w in

Fig

ure

102.

Fig

ure

102:

Rig

id att

achm

ent

of

angle

s to

th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re.

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80

Vib

rati

on

-isola

ted

con

necti

on

to t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

usin

g a

min

imu

m o

f fo

ur t

hread

ed

verti

cal rod

s a

nd

late

ral restr

ain

ts

Equip

ment

may have pre

-insta

lled bra

ckets

fo

r angle

support

att

achm

ents

. See Fig

ure

s 105 and 106 (b

elo

w).

Fig

ure

105:

Pla

n vie

w of

vib

ration is

ola

tion suspended

att

achm

ent

to th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re.

The sid

e vie

w (b

elo

w)

show

s vib

ration is

ola

tors

, ro

ds

(without

rod stiff

eners

), and cable

s.

Fig

ure

106:

Sid

e vie

w of

vib

ration is

ola

tion suspended

att

achm

ent

to th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re.A

tta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

dA

tta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

d

Ste

p 4

: A

ttach

an

gle

or s

tru

t to

eq

uip

men

t

Fig

ure

104:

Att

achm

ent

of

angle

or

str

ut

to th

e equip

ment.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Pre-a

pp

roved

man

ufa

ctu

rer’s

/in

du

str

y m

an

uals

may lim

it t

he m

axim

um

tran

sverse a

nd

lon

git

ud

inal a

ng

les t

o 4

5 d

eg

rees.

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82

Fig

ure

108:

Att

achm

ent

of

cable

/rod assem

bly

to

th

e

equip

ment.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

dA

tta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

d

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

eq

uip

men

t to

th

e b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

usin

g t

hread

ed

rod

s, is

ola

tors a

nd

an

ch

ors

For

the i

sola

tor

deta

il,

see F

igure

107 (

belo

w).

For

buildin

g str

uctu

re att

achm

ent

deta

ils,

see Fig

ure

s92 t

o 9

8 (

pages 7

1 t

o 7

5).

Fig

ure

107:

Isola

tor

deta

il.

Ste

p 2

: A

ttach

an

ch

ors a

nd

cab

le t

o t

he b

uil

din

gstr

uctu

re

For

deta

ils o

n a

ttachin

g c

able

to t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re,

see F

igure

100 (

page 7

7).

For

instr

uctions o

n i

nsta

llin

ganchors

, see Anchors

(p

age 104).

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

cab

les t

o e

qu

ipm

en

t

For

cable

assem

bly

in

str

uctions,

see C

able

s (p

age 133).

For

deta

ils on att

achin

g th

e vib

ration-i

sola

ted cable

/rod

assem

bly

to t

he e

quip

ment,

see F

igure

108 (

page 8

3).

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84

Ste

p 4

: A

ttach

cab

le t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

Lay out

all att

achm

ent

poin

ts befo

re anchori

ng.

For

buildin

g str

uctu

re att

chm

ent

deta

ils,

see Fig

ure

s 92 to

98 (

page 7

1 t

o 7

5).

Att

ach e

quip

ment

to t

he v

ert

ical

rods.

Th

e a

ttach

men

t sh

ou

ld b

e locate

d ju

st ab

ove th

ecen

ter

of g

ravit

y to m

inim

ize s

win

gin

g. It sh

ou

ldb

e a

rig

id a

ttach

men

t w

ith

brackets

to t

he

eq

uip

men

t u

sin

g d

ou

ble

nu

ts a

nd

wash

ers

,esp

ecia

lly if con

necte

d a

t th

e t

op

as s

how

n in

Fig

ure 1

09

(p

ag

e 8

4).

Ste

p 2

: A

ttach

rod

sti

ffn

ers

For

att

achm

ent

deta

ils,

refe

r to

Fig

ure

99 (

page 7

6).

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

an

ch

ors t

o t

he b

uild

ing

for c

ab

leatt

achm

ent

Fig

ure

100 (p

age 77)

show

s ty

pic

al

anchora

ge to

diffe

rent

buildin

g constr

uction.

For

instr

uctions on in

sta

llin

ganchors

, see Anchors

(p

age 104).

The d

eta

il i

n F

igure

109 (

page 8

4)

show

s t

he a

ttachm

ent

to th

e equip

ment.

For

cable

assem

bly

in

str

uctions,

see C

able

s (p

age 133).

For

deta

ils o

n a

ttachin

g c

able

to t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re,

see F

igure

100 (

page 7

7).

Ste

p 5

: A

ttach

cab

les t

o e

qu

ipm

en

t

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

an

ch

ors a

nd

verti

cal rod

s t

o t

he b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

dA

tta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

d

Tw

o p

oin

t eq

uip

men

t att

ach

men

t —

bolt

ed

to t

he

bu

ild

ing

str

uctu

re

Fig

ure

109:

Tw

o poin

t equip

ment

att

achm

ent.

Use t

his

type o

f in

sta

llation f

or

unit h

eate

rs.

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86

Vib

rati

on

-isola

ted

/Flo

or-m

ou

nte

d

Att

ach

men

ts

Vib

ration is

ola

tion uses severa

l diffe

rent

spri

ngs or

isola

tion pads to

is

ola

te equip

ment

vib

rations fr

om

th

ebuildin

g str

uctu

re.

Vib

ration is

ola

tors

can be open (s

ee

Fig

ure

111,

left

), h

oused (

see F

igure

111,

right)

, and

restr

ain

ed (s

ee Fig

ure

112,

page 88).

NEV

ER

US

E H

OU

SED

VIB

RA

TIO

N I

SO

LA

TO

RS

FO

R S

EIS

MIC

RES

TR

AIN

T A

PP

LIC

ATIO

NS

.H

ou

sed

isola

tors c

an

not

resis

t u

plift

.

Snubbers

(s

ee Fig

ure

113,

page 88)

are

re

str

ain

tdevic

es t

o l

imit t

he m

ovem

ent

of

equip

ment

that

isis

ola

ted.

Bum

pers

(see F

igure

114,

page 8

9)

als

o l

imit

the m

ovem

ent

of

equip

ment

and a

re s

imilar

to s

nubbers

.

NEV

ER

US

E S

NU

BB

ER

S T

HA

T A

RE N

OT

SP

EC

IFIED

. S

om

e s

nu

bb

ers o

nly

restr

ict

movem

en

t in

on

e d

irecti

on

.

NEV

ER

US

E O

PEN

VIB

RA

TIO

N I

SO

LA

TO

RS

WITH

OU

T S

NU

BB

ER

S O

R B

UM

PER

S.

Bases are

ste

el

str

uctu

res m

ade fr

om

angle

s,

channels

,or

I-beam

s.

Bases a

re r

eq

uir

ed

for m

ou

nti

ng

isola

ted

eq

uip

men

t an

d r

ate

d for p

oin

t lo

ad

s. Th

eeq

uip

men

t or isola

tor m

an

ufa

ctu

rer m

ay

provid

e t

he b

ases.

Fig

ure

111:

Open (l

eft

) and housed (r

ight)

vib

ration is

ola

tors

.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Su

sp

en

de

d

Lay o

ut

all a

ttachm

ent

poin

ts b

efo

re a

nchori

ng.

Follow

all

requir

em

ents

fo

r anchors

. For

instr

uctions on in

sta

llin

ganchors

, see Anchors

(p

age 104).

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

an

ch

or to th

e b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

Ch

ain

mou

nte

d o

r b

ar s

up

port

wit

h s

wiv

el

Fig

ure

110:

Chain

m

ounte

d or

bar

support

w

ith sw

ivel.

Att

achm

ent

should

allow

the c

hain

or

bar

to s

win

g f

reely

in a

ll d

irections w

ithout

bin

din

g.

Ste

p 2

: A

ttach

ch

ain

or b

ar t

o a

nch

or

Sw

ing

ing

moti

on

sh

ou

ld n

ot

be o

bstr

ucte

d b

yoth

er o

bje

cts

wit

hin

th

e v

icin

ity o

f th

eeq

uip

men

t su

pp

orte

d b

y th

e c

hain

.

Desig

n o

f an

ch

orag

e m

ust

con

sid

er t

he s

way o

fth

e lig

ht

fixtu

re d

urin

g a

seis

mic

even

t.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

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88

Fig

ure

114:

Exam

ple

of

a bum

per.

Fig

ure

115:

Vib

ration is

ola

tion pads.

Isola

tion pads m

ay be pla

ced under

ele

ctr

ical

equip

ment

to re

duce nois

e tr

ansm

issio

n to

th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re.

Vib

ration i

sola

tion p

ads m

ay b

e m

ade o

f m

old

ed r

ubber,

coate

d fiberg

lass,

cork

and vari

ous com

bin

ations th

ere

of

(see F

igure

115 a

bove f

or

exam

ple

s).

Fig

ure

116:

Rubber

mounts

.

Rubber

mounts

m

ay be used to

is

ola

te equip

ment.

See

Fig

ure

116 ri

ght,

fo

r ru

bber

mounts

w

ith th

readed ste

el

insert

s;

left

, fo

r re

str

ain

ed ru

bber

mounts

.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Vib

ra

tio

n-is

ola

te

d/

Flo

or-m

ou

nte

dA

tta

ch

me

nts:

Vib

ra

tio

n-is

ola

te

d/

Flo

or-m

ou

nte

d

Fig

ure

112:

Four

types of

restr

ain

ed vib

ration is

ola

tors

.

Verif

y t

hat

the v

ibrati

on

isola

tor is p

rop

erly

alig

ned

accord

ing

to t

he m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

cle

aran

ces. If th

e v

ibrati

on

isola

tor s

haft

ru

bs

ag

ain

st

the s

nu

bb

er e

lem

en

t, v

ibrati

on

isola

tion

may n

ot

fun

cti

on

or n

ois

e p

rob

lem

s m

ay o

ccu

r.

Fig

ure

113:

Tw

o exam

ple

s of

snubbers

.

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90

Ste

p 2

: In

sta

ll a

nch

ors

Dri

ll a

nd i

nsta

ll p

ost-

insta

lled a

nchors

or

pour

concre

tew

ith em

bedded stu

ds.

For

instr

uctions on in

sta

llin

ganchors

, see Anchors

(p

age 104).

Ste

p 3

: S

et

restr

ain

ed

iso

lato

rs a

nd

bo

lt t

o a

nch

ors

Insta

ll re

str

ain

ed is

ola

tors

to

th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re as

show

n i

n F

igure

118 (

belo

w).

Att

ach n

uts

to t

he a

nchor.

Use bolts fo

r shell-t

ype anchors

or

inte

rnally th

readed

wedge or

chem

ical

anchors

.

Torq

ue b

olt

s p

er m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

recom

mendati

ons.

BE C

AR

EFU

L N

OT T

O D

AM

AG

E T

HE A

NC

HO

RS

WH

EN

SETTIN

G T

HE E

QU

IP

MEN

T O

RIS

OLA

TO

RS

.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Vib

ra

tio

n-is

ola

te

d/

Flo

or-m

ou

nte

d

Fig

ure

118:

Att

achm

ent

of

restr

ain

ed vib

ration is

ola

tors

to

th

e

buildin

g str

uctu

re.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Vib

ra

tio

n-is

ola

te

d/

Flo

or-m

ou

nte

d

The th

ree w

ays of

att

achin

g vib

ration-i

sola

ted/f

loor-

mounte

d equip

ment

are

on:

•R

estr

ain

ed vib

ration is

ola

tors

(t

his

page).

•O

pen is

ola

tors

com

bin

ed w

ith snubbers

(p

age 93).

•Ela

sto

meri

c pads w

ith is

ola

ted anchors

(p

age 96).

Restr

ain

ed

vib

rati

on

isola

tors

More t

han

fou

r r

estr

ain

ed

vib

rati

on

isola

tors

may b

e r

eq

uir

ed

. S

ee t

he m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

instr

ucti

ons.

Ste

p 1

: D

ete

rm

ine w

here t

o b

olt

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t

Accura

tely

dra

w t

he b

olt p

att

ern

on t

he f

loor

or

pad u

sin

gone of

the fo

llow

ing m

eth

ods:

•Set

the e

quip

ment

in p

lace a

nd m

ark

the h

ole

s.

•M

ake a te

mpla

te.

•U

se m

easure

ments

and appro

ved constr

uction docu-

ments

to l

ay o

ut

the b

olt h

ole

patt

ern

.

Fig

ure

117:

Typic

al

insta

llation of

restr

ain

ed vib

ration

isola

tors

.

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92

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Vib

ra

tio

n-is

ola

te

d/

Flo

or-m

ou

nte

d

Op

en

isola

tors c

om

bin

ed

wit

h s

nu

bb

ers

Fig

ure

120:

Typic

al

insta

llation of

open is

ola

tors

and snubbers

.

Ad

dit

ion

al sn

ub

bers m

ay b

e r

eq

uir

ed

. S

ee t

he

man

ufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

ucti

on

s.

Ste

p 1

: D

ete

rm

ine w

here t

o b

olt

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t

Accura

tely

dra

w th

e bolt patt

ern

fo

r th

e open is

ola

tor

mounting p

late

on t

he f

loor

or

pad u

sin

g o

ne o

f th

efo

llow

ing m

eth

ods:

•Set

the e

quip

ment

in p

lace a

nd m

ark

the h

ole

s.

•M

ake a te

mpla

te.

•U

se m

easure

ments

and appro

ved constr

uction

docum

ents

to l

ay o

ut

the b

olt h

ole

patt

ern

.

Ste

p 2

: In

sta

ll p

ost-

insta

lled

an

ch

ors for o

pen

isola

tors

on

ly (

sn

ub

bers a

re c

overed

in

late

r s

tep

s)

Dri

ll and in

sta

ll post-

insta

lled anchors

fo

r open is

ola

tors

.For

instr

uctions on in

sta

llin

g anchors

, see A

nchors

(p

age

104).

Fig

ure

119:

Att

achm

ent

of

equip

ment

to re

str

ain

ed vib

ration

isola

tors

.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Vib

ra

tio

n-is

ola

te

d/

Flo

or-m

ou

nte

d

Ste

p 4

: M

ove t

he e

qu

ipm

en

t in

to p

lace o

ver t

he

isola

tors

Use le

veling nuts

to

le

vel

the equip

ment.

U

se att

achm

ent

nuts

to a

ttach t

he b

ase o

f th

e e

quip

ment

to t

he i

sola

tor.

Fig

ure

119 (b

elo

w)

show

s ty

pic

al

ways to

connect

the

equip

ment

to th

e re

str

ain

ed is

ola

tors

.

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94

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Vib

ra

tio

n-is

ola

te

d/

Flo

or-m

ou

nte

d

Ste

p 5

: D

ete

rm

ine w

here t

o a

ttach

sn

ub

ber e

qu

ipm

en

tassem

bly

A snubber

has tw

o assem

blies:

the snubber

equip

ment

assem

bly

and th

e snubber

base assem

bly

.

Level

the e

quip

ment.

Fin

al

leveling w

ill

be r

equir

ed i

nla

ter

ste

ps.

Accura

tely

dra

w th

e bolt patt

ern

fo

r th

esnubber

equip

ment

assem

bly

m

ounting pla

te on th

e floor

or

pad and on th

e equip

ment.

All c

learan

ce r

eq

uir

em

en

ts for a

lig

nin

g t

he

sn

ub

ber m

ust

be m

et.

Sh

ims m

ay b

e p

rovid

ed

.

Ste

p 6

: A

ttach

sn

ub

ber e

qu

ipm

en

t assem

bly

to

equip

ment

Ste

p 6

: A

ttach

sn

ub

ber e

qu

ipm

en

t assem

bly

to

equip

ment

Att

ach th

e snubber

equip

ment

assem

bly

to

th

eequip

ment

by b

oltin

g i

t to

em

bedded b

olts i

n a

concre

te-

filled b

ase (

see F

igure

121,

page 9

4),

or

by b

oltin

g o

rw

eld

ing i

t to

a s

teel

base.

Ste

p 7

: D

ete

rm

ine w

here t

o b

olt

sn

ub

ber b

ase

Accura

tely

dra

w th

e bolt patt

ern

fo

r th

e snubber

mounting p

late

on t

he f

loor

or

pad.

Ste

p 8

: D

rill an

d in

sta

ll p

ost-

insta

lled

an

ch

ors

For

instr

uctions on in

sta

llin

g anchors

, see A

nchors

(p

age

104).

Ste

p 9

: R

ais

e t

he e

qu

ipm

en

t

Rais

e th

e equip

ment

to allow

th

e snubber

base assem

bly

to b

e p

laced o

ver

the a

nchors

insta

lled i

n S

tep 6

.

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

op

en

iso

lato

rs t

o c

on

crete

flo

or o

r p

ad

wit

h a

nch

ors in

sta

lled

in

Ste

p 2

Set

isola

tors

, apply

nuts

and t

orq

ue.

Use b

olts f

or

shell-

type anchors

or

inte

rnally th

readed w

edge or

chem

ical

anchors

. Torq

ue b

olt

s p

er m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

recom

mendati

ons.

BE C

AR

EFU

L N

OT T

O D

AM

AG

E T

HE A

NC

HO

RS

WH

EN

SETTIN

G T

HE E

QU

IP

MEN

T O

RIS

OLA

TO

RS

.

Ste

p 4

: S

et

eq

uip

men

t on

op

en

isola

tors

Set

equip

ment

on i

sola

tors

but

do n

ot

level

or

torq

ue

att

achm

ent

nuts

.

Eq

uip

men

t s

tru

ctu

ral fr

am

e m

ust

be p

oin

t lo

ad

cap

ab

le a

t th

e o

pen

sp

rin

g isola

tors.

Som

e in

sta

llations re

quir

e th

e base to

be concre

te-f

ille

d.

See F

igure

121 (

belo

w)

for

a t

ypic

al

concre

te-f

ille

din

sta

llati

on.

Coord

inate

th

e a

ttach

men

t p

oin

t locati

on

s o

fth

e e

qu

ipm

en

t an

d s

nu

bb

ers b

efo

re fillin

g w

ith

con

crete

.

Fig

ure

121:

Concre

te-f

ille

d in

ert

ia base.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Vib

ra

tio

n-is

ola

te

d/

Flo

or-m

ou

nte

d

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96

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Vib

ra

tio

n-is

ola

te

d/

Flo

or-m

ou

nte

d

It

is p

refe

rred

to u

se t

he h

ole

s p

rovid

ed

by t

he

man

ufa

ctu

rer. U

nd

er s

up

ervis

ory a

pp

roval,

you

may n

eed

to d

rill ad

dit

ion

al h

ole

s in

th

eeq

uip

men

t assem

bly

or b

uild

ing

ste

el b

eam

s a

ssh

ow

n o

n a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts o

rth

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s.

US

E C

AU

TIO

N W

HEN

DR

ILLIN

G I

NTO

EQ

UIP

MEN

T. In

tern

al com

pon

en

ts c

an

be

dam

ag

ed

or t

he m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

warran

tym

ay b

e v

oid

ed

.

DO

NO

T D

RILL O

VER

SIZED

HO

LES

. N

ew

hole

scan

not

be o

versiz

ed

or o

val in

sh

ap

e. R

ep

air

oversiz

ed

hole

s a

s s

how

n in

Fig

ure 7

6 (

pag

e5

4),

if n

ecessary.

Ste

p 2

: In

sta

ll a

nch

ors

If t

he e

quip

ment

is t

o b

e a

nchore

d t

o c

oncre

te,

dri

ll a

nd

insta

ll post-

insta

lled anchors

or

pour

concre

te w

ith cast-

in-p

lace stu

ds (s

ee Anchors

, page 104).

If th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t is

to b

e b

olt

ed

to s

teel,

drill

hole

s in

th

e s

teel as s

how

n o

n a

pp

roved

con

-str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts o

r th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

instr

ucti

ons.

Ste

p 3

: M

ove e

qu

ipm

en

t in

to p

lace

BE C

AR

EFU

L N

OT T

O D

AM

AG

E T

HE A

NC

HO

RS

WH

EN

SETTIN

G T

HE E

QU

IP

MEN

T.

Ste

p 4

: A

ttach

nu

ts o

r w

eld

eq

uip

men

t

Att

ach nuts

to

th

e anchor/

bolt and to

rque,

see Anchors

(page 1

04)

or

weld

equip

ment

to s

teel

beam

s o

rem

bedded pla

tes,

see W

eld

ing (p

age 128).

Racew

ays,

conduits,

and cable

tr

ays m

ay now

be

connecte

d.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Vib

ra

tio

n-is

ola

te

d/

Flo

or-m

ou

nte

d

Ste

p 1

0: Lo

wer t

he e

qu

ipm

en

t

Level eq

uip

men

t an

d c

on

nect

the t

wo s

nu

bb

er

assem

blies a

s s

pecif

ied

in

th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

instr

ucti

on

s. V

erif

y th

at sp

acin

g r

eq

uir

em

en

tsare m

et.

Com

ple

te t

he fin

al att

ach

men

t to

op

en

isola

tors

.

DO

NO

T I

NS

TA

LL T

HE I

SO

LA

TO

RS

OR

SN

UB

BER

S I

N A

NY

CO

NFIG

UR

ATIO

N O

TH

ER

TH

AN

TH

AT S

HO

WN

IN

TH

E M

AN

UFA

CTU

RER

’SIN

STR

UC

TIO

NS

.

The equip

ment

is now

in

sta

lled to

re

sis

t eart

hquakes.

Fle

xib

le pip

ing,

ductw

ork

, and conduit connections m

ust

be used w

hen connecting syste

ms to

is

ola

ted equip

ment.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Ela

sto

meric

pad

s w

ith

isola

ted

an

ch

ors

Fig

ure

122:

Ela

sto

meri

c pads w

ith is

ola

ted anchors

.

Ste

p 1

: D

ete

rm

ine w

here t

o b

olt

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t

Accura

tely

dra

w t

he b

olt p

att

ern

on t

he f

loor, c

oncre

tepad,

or

ste

el

beam

s usin

g one of

the fo

llow

ing m

eth

ods:

•Set

the e

quip

ment

in p

lace a

nd m

ark

the h

ole

s.

•M

ake a te

mpla

te.

•U

se m

easure

ments

and appro

ved constr

uction

docum

ents

to l

ay o

ut

the b

olt h

ole

patt

ern

.

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98

Ste

p 1

: D

ete

rm

ine w

here t

o b

olt

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t

Accura

tely

dra

w t

he b

olt p

att

ern

on t

he w

all u

sin

g o

ne o

fth

e fo

llow

ing m

eth

ods:

•Set

the e

quip

ment

in p

lace a

nd m

ark

the h

ole

s.

•M

ake a te

mpla

te.

•U

se

m

ea

su

re

me

nts

a

nd

a

pp

ro

ve

d

co

nstr

ucti

on

docum

ents

to l

ay o

ut

the b

olt h

ole

patt

ern

.

Dry

wall o

r m

asonry

walls m

ay r

equir

e a

dditio

nal

hole

s i

nequip

ment

att

achm

ent

bra

ckets

as show

n on appro

ved

constr

uction docum

ents

or

in th

e equip

ment

manufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

uctions.

ON

LY

US

E M

OU

NTIN

G B

RA

CK

ETS

PR

OV

ID

ED

.D

O N

OT D

RILL I

NTO

TH

E E

QU

IP

MEN

TH

OU

SIN

G.

DO

NO

T D

RILL O

VER

SIZED

HO

LES

. N

ew

hole

scan

not

be o

versiz

ed

or o

val in

sh

ap

e. R

ep

air

oversiz

ed

hole

s a

s s

how

n in

Fig

ure 7

6 (

pag

e5

4),

if n

ecessary.

Ste

p 2

: In

sta

ll p

ost-

insta

lled

an

ch

ors

If anchori

ng to

concre

te,

insta

ll post-

insta

lled anchors

(see A

nchors

, page 1

04,

or

Masonry

and D

ryw

all

Anchors

, page 114).

Ste

p 3

: M

ove t

he e

qu

ipm

en

t in

to p

lace

BE C

AR

EFU

L N

OT T

O D

AM

AG

E T

HE A

NC

HO

RS

WH

EN

SETTIN

G T

HE E

QU

IP

MEN

T.

Ste

p 4

: A

ttach

nu

ts

Att

ach

nu

ts t

o t

he a

nch

or o

r b

olt

an

d t

orq

ue

accord

ing

to th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s.

Racew

ays,

conduits,

and cable

tr

ays m

ay now

be

connecte

d.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Wa

ll-m

ou

nte

d

Wall-m

ou

nte

d A

ttach

men

ts

Use t

he i

nstr

uctions f

or

mounting “

Dir

ectly t

o t

he w

all”

(belo

w)

for

equip

ment

surf

ace-m

ounte

d on th

e unders

ide

of

a b

uildin

g s

tructu

ral

sla

b o

r ra

ted s

tructu

ral

ceilin

g.

The t

hre

e t

ypes o

f w

all m

ounting a

re:

•D

irectly t

o t

he w

all (

this

page).

•To additio

nal

str

uctu

ral

ste

el

shapes att

ached to

the w

all (p

age 100).

•V

ibra

tion-i

sola

ted off

th

e w

all (p

age 102).

Dir

ectl

y t

o t

he w

all

Equip

ment

should

have pre

-insta

lled bra

ckets

th

at

can

support

att

achm

ent

to th

e buildin

g as show

n in

Fig

ure

123 (b

elo

w).

Fig

ure

123:

Direct

att

achm

ent

to a w

all.

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11

00

Ele

ctr

ic w

ate

r heate

rs m

ay be att

ached to

th

e w

all w

ith

a sim

ple

str

ap arr

angem

ent,

as show

n in

Fig

ure

125

(belo

w).

Fig

ure

125:

Ele

ctr

ic w

ate

r heate

r att

achm

ent.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Wa

ll-m

ou

nte

dA

tta

ch

me

nts:

Wa

ll-m

ou

nte

d

To a

dd

itio

nal str

uctu

ral ste

el sh

ap

es a

ttach

ed

to t

he

wall

Equip

ment

att

aches to

th

e w

all w

ith additio

nal

str

uctu

ral

ste

el

shapes and bolts.

Shapes m

ay be w

eld

ed.

These

ste

el

shapes are

att

ached to

th

e buildin

g usin

g concre

te,

masonry

, or

dry

wall anchors

.

Fig

ure

124 (b

elo

w)

show

s how

angle

s and str

uts

can be

used f

or

att

achm

ent

to a

wall.

Angle

s a

nd s

truts

must

accom

modate

w

all constr

uction att

achm

ent

poin

ts and

obstr

uctions.

Fig

ure

157 (p

age 142)

show

s th

e dir

ect

att

achm

ent

of

a str

ut

assem

bly

.

Fig

ure

124:

Angle

or

str

ut

support

.

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31

02

Vib

ration-i

sola

tion of

equip

ment

reduces th

etr

ansm

issio

n of

equip

ment

nois

e and vib

ration in

to th

ebuildin

g s

tructu

re.

See F

igure

107 (

page 8

2)

for

isola

tor

deta

il.

Fig

ure

126:

Wall-m

ounte

d,

vib

ration-i

sola

ted equip

ment.

Ste

p 1

: A

ssem

ble

wall

fram

e w

ith

iso

lato

rs

Accura

tely

dra

w t

he b

olt p

att

ern

on t

he w

all u

sin

g o

ne o

fth

e fo

llow

ing m

eth

ods:

•S

et

the f

ram

e i

n p

lace a

nd m

ark

the h

ole

s.

•M

ake a te

mpla

te.

•U

se m

easure

ments

and appro

ved constr

uction

docum

ents

to l

ay o

ut

the b

olt h

ole

patt

ern

.

Ste

p 2

: In

sta

ll a

nch

ors

If anchori

ng to

concre

te,

insta

ll post-

insta

lled anchors

(see A

nchors

, page 1

04,

or

Masonry

and D

ryw

all

Anchors

, page 114).

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

isola

tors, rod

, an

d h

an

g e

qu

ipm

en

t

Att

ach t

he i

sola

tors

to t

he f

ram

ing.

Racew

ays,

conduits,

and cable

tr

ays m

ay now

be

connecte

d.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Atta

ch

me

nts:

Wa

ll-m

ou

nte

dA

tta

ch

me

nts:

Wa

ll-m

ou

nte

d

Ste

p 1

: D

ete

rm

ine t

he a

nch

or lo

cati

on

s

Fin

d stu

ds in

dry

wall.

Use m

easure

ments

and

constr

uction dra

win

gs to

la

y out

the bolt hole

patt

ern

and m

ark

th

e anchor

locations.

Ste

p 2

: In

sta

ll a

nch

ors

If anchori

ng to

concre

te,

insta

ll post-

insta

lled anchors

(see A

nchors

, page 1

04,

or

Masonry

and D

ryw

all A

nchors

,page 114).

Ste

p 3

: M

ove e

qu

ipm

en

t in

to p

lace a

nd

bo

lt t

o fram

e

It

is p

refe

rred

to u

se t

he h

ole

s p

rovid

ed

by t

he

man

ufa

ctu

rer. U

nd

er s

up

ervis

ory a

pp

roval,

you

may n

eed

to d

rill ad

dit

ion

al h

ole

s in

th

eeq

uip

men

t assem

bly

or b

uild

ing

ste

el b

eam

s a

ssh

ow

n o

n a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts o

rth

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s.

US

E C

AU

TIO

N W

HEN

DR

ILLIN

G I

NTO

EQ

UIP

MEN

T. In

tern

al com

pon

en

ts c

an

be

dam

ag

ed

or t

he m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

warran

tym

ay b

e v

oid

ed

.

DO

NO

T D

RILL O

VER

SIZED

HO

LES

. N

ew

hole

scan

not

be o

versiz

ed

or o

val in

sh

ap

e. R

ep

air

oversiz

ed

hole

s a

s s

how

n in

Fig

ure 7

6 (

pag

e5

4),

if n

ecessary.

Racew

ays,

conduits,

and cable

tr

ays m

ay now

be

connecte

d.

EN

D O

F A

TTA

CH

MEN

T.

Vib

rati

on

-isola

ted

off

th

e w

all

Equip

ment

att

aches to

th

e w

all w

ith additio

nal

str

uctu

ral

ste

el

shapes,

thre

aded ro

ds and vib

ration is

ola

tors

.S

hapes m

ay be w

eld

ed.

These ste

el

shapes are

att

ached

to t

he b

uildin

g u

sin

g c

oncre

te,

masonry

, or

dry

wall

anchors

.

Fig

ure

126 (p

age 103)

show

s how

ro

ds,

angle

s and

str

uts

can be used to

is

ola

te equip

ment

att

ached to

a

wall.

Angle

s and str

uts

accom

modate

w

all constr

uction

att

achm

ent

poin

ts.

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51

04

An

ch

ors:

Ge

ne

ra

l

Ste

p 1

: D

ete

rm

ine t

he t

yp

e o

f an

ch

or

Usin

g F

igure

127 (

page 1

04),

identify

the a

nchor

recom

mended f

or

your

application.

Anchors

1-6

are

post-

insta

lled anchors

and in

str

uctions fo

r in

sta

llin

g th

em

begin

on th

is page.

Anchors

7-1

1 are

specia

lty anchors

and in

str

uctions are

show

n on pages 112 to

129.

The vari

ous ste

ps fo

r in

sta

llin

g anchors

in

to concre

te,

bri

ck,

and concre

te blo

ck anchors

are

show

n belo

w.

Non-A

dhesiv

e A

nchors

Adhesiv

e A

nchors

Fig

ure

128:

Sum

mary

of

insta

llation ste

ps.

Ap

proved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts m

ay r

eq

uir

esp

ecia

l in

sp

ecti

on

to t

orq

ue a

nch

ors o

r for

proof lo

ad

usin

g h

yd

rau

lic r

am

s.

Ste

p 2

: D

ete

rm

ine w

here t

o d

ril

l th

e h

ole

To d

ete

rmin

e a

nchor

locations f

or

the e

quip

ment

you a

rein

sta

llin

g,

follow

th

e in

str

uctions fo

r th

e Att

achm

ent

Type

you a

re u

sin

g (

pages 5

1 t

o 1

03).

Coord

inate

the

equip

ment

connections and hole

lo

cations w

ith th

elo

cation of

any ste

el

rein

forc

em

ents

or

tendons.

AN

CH

OR

S

Gen

eral A

nch

ors

IM

PO

RTA

NT: In

sta

llati

on

meth

od

s d

ep

en

d o

nth

e t

yp

e o

f an

ch

or a

nd

th

e p

arti

cu

lar

ap

plicati

on

. A

lways follow

th

e a

nch

or

man

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

sta

llati

on

in

str

ucti

on

s.

Fig

ure

127:

Types of

anchors

.

Som

e a

nch

ors s

hall n

ot

be u

sed

wit

h v

ibrato

ry

loads.

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Fig

ure

129:

Em

bedm

ent

depth

and hole

depth

of

four

anchor

types.

The d

epth

of

the c

oncre

te b

ase m

ust

be a

t le

ast

one i

nch

gre

ate

r th

an t

he h

ole

you a

re d

rillin

g.

Som

e u

nd

ercu

t an

ch

ors r

eq

uir

e a

n e

ven

deep

er

con

crete

base.

If you

str

ike s

teel rein

forcem

en

t w

hen

drillin

g,

you

mu

st

have t

he d

am

ag

e in

sp

ecte

d. A

sd

irecte

d, fi

ll t

he h

ole

wit

h a

pp

roved

grou

t an

dsele

ct

a n

ew

locati

on

accord

ing

to m

inim

um

sp

acin

g r

eq

uir

em

en

ts. D

rill a n

ew

hole

(see

belo

w).

Fig

ure

130:

Dri

llin

g in

to concre

te w

ith re

bar.

An

ch

ors:

Ge

ne

ra

lA

nch

ors:

Ge

ne

ra

l

Dete

rmin

e th

e depth

and lo

cation of

any ste

el

rein

forc

em

ent

or

tendons b

efo

re d

rillin

g.

This

may r

equir

ere

locating equip

ment

slightly to

avoid

th

e re

info

rcem

ent.

FO

R P

OS

T-T

EN

SIO

NED

(P

RE-S

TR

ES

SED

)B

UILD

IN

GS

, LO

CA

TE T

HE T

EN

DO

NS

BEFO

RE D

RILLIN

G. EX

TR

EM

E D

AM

AG

E M

AY

OC

CU

R I

F A

TEN

DO

N I

S N

IC

KED

OR

CU

T.

When usin

g ele

ctr

onic

lo

cating devic

es to

find

rein

forc

em

ent

and te

ndons,

make sure

you know

th

elim

itations o

f th

e d

evic

e.

Calibra

te a

nd t

est

with a

know

nsta

ndard

or

location t

o c

onfirm

accura

cy.

Check t

he a

rea

of

concern

in t

wo d

irections.

Info

rm t

he c

ontr

acto

rperf

orm

ing t

he w

ork

of

the p

recis

ion o

f th

e t

est

unit a

nd

record

the r

esults.

For

exam

ple

: agre

ed u

pon m

ark

+/-

¼”

location v

ert

ical, h

ori

zonta

l, a

nd d

epth

+/-

½”.

Coord

inate

th

e lo

cation of

anchors

w

ith th

e edge of

the

concre

te,

constr

uction jo

ints

, and oth

er

anchors

.

Do n

ot

insta

ll t

he a

nch

or t

oo c

lose t

o t

he e

dg

eof th

e c

on

crete

base. Typ

ically t

he a

nch

or’s

dis

tan

ce fro

m t

he e

dg

e is 1

½ t

imes t

he

em

bedm

ent depth

.

Do n

ot

insta

ll a

n a

nch

or t

oo

clo

se t

o a

no

ther

an

ch

or. Typ

ically t

he m

inim

um

sp

acin

g b

etw

een

an

ch

ors is t

wo t

imes t

he a

nch

or’s

em

bed

men

tdepth

.

Ste

p 3

: D

ril

l th

e h

ole

Drill th

e r

igh

t-siz

ed

hole

for t

he a

nch

ors. U

se

the a

pp

rop

ria

te A

NS

I-r

ate

d d

rill b

it for t

he

ap

plicati

on

.

Do n

ot

dril

l h

ole

s in

to c

on

crete

at

an

an

gle

.

For

wedge,

underc

ut

and sle

eve anchors

, dri

ll th

e hole

deeper

than th

e re

quir

ed em

bedm

ent

depth

.

Th

e r

eq

uir

ed

hole

dep

th m

ay b

e d

iffe

ren

t fr

om

the e

mb

ed

men

t d

ep

th. S

ee F

igu

re 1

29

(p

ag

e 1

07

).

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08

Ste

p 6

: S

ett

ing

ad

hesiv

e, sh

ell a

nd

un

dercu

t an

ch

ors

ON

LY

Ad

hesiv

e A

nch

or:

Allow

enough t

ime f

or

the

adhesiv

e t

o f

ully c

ure

. The c

uri

ng p

rocess m

ay

take a

long t

ime.

See t

he m

anufa

ctu

rer’

sin

str

ucti

ons.

Sh

ell

An

ch

or:

Dri

ve t

he p

rescri

bed s

ett

ing t

ool

into

th

e anchor

until

the sett

ing to

ol

should

er

meets

th

e edge of

the anchor, as show

n belo

w.

See th

e m

anufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

uctions.

Fig

ure

132:

Set

shell anchors

.

Un

dercu

t A

nch

or:

Use s

pecia

l to

ols

pro

vid

ed b

yth

e a

nchor

manufa

ctu

rer

to s

et

the a

nchor, a

sshow

n belo

w.

See th

e m

anufa

ctu

rer’

sin

str

ucti

ons.

Fig

ure

133:

Set

underc

ut

anchors

.

An

ch

ors:

Ge

ne

ra

lA

nch

ors:

Ge

ne

ra

l

Ste

p 4

: C

lean

ou

t th

e h

ole

Dri

lled h

ole

s m

ust

be c

leaned b

efo

re y

ou c

an i

nsert

the

anchor. U

se c

lean,

dry

com

pre

ssed a

ir t

o b

low

out

dust

and d

ebri

s.

The t

ype o

f anchor

or

application a

lso m

ay

requir

e y

ou t

o u

se a

bru

sh.

See t

he a

nch

or m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s for

cle

an

ing

th

e h

ole

.

CLEA

NIN

G I

S I

MP

OR

TA

NT

: a “

dir

ty” h

ole

can

sig

nif

ican

tly r

ed

uce a

n a

nch

or’s

perfo

rm

an

ce.

Ste

p 5

: In

sert

the a

nch

or

If y

ou a

re i

nsta

llin

g a

ny a

nchor

oth

er

than a

n a

dhesiv

eanchor, d

rive t

he a

nchor

into

the h

ole

with a

ham

mer

or

use a

wre

nch r

oto

r ham

mer

for

concre

te b

olts.

IM

PO

RTA

NT: D

O N

OT D

AM

AG

E T

HE T

HR

EA

DS

DU

RIN

G I

NS

TA

LLA

TIO

N.

DO

NO

T F

OR

CE T

HE

AN

CH

OR

. If

you

use a

larg

er h

am

mer t

han

recom

men

ded

by t

he m

an

ufa

ctu

rer, you

may

dam

ag

e t

he a

nch

or.

If y

ou a

re i

nsta

llin

g a

n a

dhesiv

e a

nchor, i

nsert

the

capsule

or

inje

ct

non-c

apsule

adhesiv

e in

to th

e hole

.S

low

ly ro

tate

th

e anchor

into

pla

ce as show

n belo

w.

Fig

ure

131:

Adhesiv

e anchor

insta

llation.

If y

ou h

ave i

nsta

lled a

wedge o

r sle

eve a

nchor, g

o t

oSte

p 7

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Cast-

in-p

lace A

nch

ors

Cast-

in-p

lace anchors

are

em

bedded in

th

e concre

tew

hen t

he f

loors

or

walls a

re p

oure

d.

Bolts a

re f

irm

ly h

eld

in p

lace w

hile t

he c

oncre

te i

s p

oure

d t

o m

ain

tain

pro

per

alignm

ent

and p

ositio

n.

The s

ize a

nd l

ocation o

f th

eanchors

can be dete

rmin

ed fr

om

appro

ved constr

uction

docum

ents

.

Ste

p 1

: M

ove t

he e

qu

ipm

en

t in

to p

lace

Fig

ure

136:

Boltin

g equip

ment

to cast-

in-p

lace anchors

.

Ste

p 2

: S

ecu

re e

qu

ipm

en

t

Once t

he e

quip

ment

is i

n p

lace,

apply

washers

and n

uts

and th

en tighte

n.

Tig

hte

n t

he a

nch

or b

olt

to t

he c

orrect

torq

ue

sett

ing

in

th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s o

rap

proved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts. U

se a

calib

rate

d t

orq

ue w

ren

ch

or t

urn

-of-

nu

t m

eth

od

(see T

ab

le 1

4,

pag

e 1

24

).

EN

D O

F D

ETA

IL.

Ste

p 7

: S

et

the e

qu

ipm

en

t an

d t

igh

ten

th

e a

nch

ors

Set

the e

quip

ment

in p

lace.

Check f

or

gaps.

Gaps u

nder

the equip

ment

must

not

be gre

ate

r th

an 1/8

” as show

nbelo

w.

If t

he g

ap i

s g

reate

r th

an 1

/8”,

dry

pack t

he g

ap

with gro

ut

and re

peat

this

ste

p.

Fig

ure

134:

Accepta

ble

gap fo

r gro

ute

d pla

te.

For

anchor

bolts la

rger

than 3/8

”, th

e equip

ment

housin

g should

be re

info

rced usin

g a str

uctu

ral

angle

bra

cket

as show

n in

Fig

ure

135 (b

elo

w).

Fig

ure

135:

Insta

llin

g a re

info

rcin

g angle

bra

cket

to

equip

ment.

Tig

hte

n t

he a

nch

or b

olt

to t

he c

orrect

torq

ue

sett

ing

in

th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s o

rap

proved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts. U

se a

calib

rate

d t

orq

ue w

ren

ch

.

An

ch

ors:

Ge

ne

ra

l

EN

D O

F D

ETA

IL.

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An

ch

ors:

La

g B

olt

s

Ste

p 2

: D

ril

l a c

learan

ce h

ole

Dri

ll a

hole

with a

dri

ll b

it t

he s

am

e s

ize a

s t

he s

hank o

fth

e b

olt.

The d

epth

of

the h

ole

is t

he s

am

e a

s t

he l

ength

of

the unth

readed shank th

at

will

exte

nd in

to th

e w

ood

(see F

igure

137,

page 1

12).

Ste

p 3

: D

ril

l a lead

ho

le

Dri

ll a

hole

with a

dri

ll b

it t

hat

is 6

0%

to 7

0%

of

the

dia

mete

r of

the s

hank o

f th

e b

olt.

The d

epth

of

the h

ole

is

the s

am

e a

s t

he e

mbedm

ent

depth

of

the b

olt (

see F

igure

137,

page 1

12).

Ste

p 4

: M

ove t

he e

qu

ipm

en

t o

r s

teel sh

ap

e in

to p

lace

Ste

p 5

: In

sta

ll t

he lag

bo

lt w

ith

a w

ren

ch

You m

ay u

se s

oap o

r oth

er

lubri

cant

on t

he l

ag b

olt.

DO

NO

T U

SE A

HA

MM

ER

TO

IN

STA

LL L

AG

BO

LT

S.

Ste

p 6

: Tig

hte

n t

he b

olt

Hand-a

dju

st

the l

ag b

olt u

ntil

there

is f

irm

conta

ct

betw

een th

e la

g bolt and connecte

d m

eta

l com

ponents

.H

and t

ools

may b

e u

sed t

o b

ring t

he l

ag b

olt a

nd m

eta

lcom

ponents

in

to conta

ct.

Follow

ing conta

ct,

tighte

n nut

as s

how

n i

n T

able

14 (

page 1

24).

EN

D O

F D

ETA

IL.

Lag

Bolt

s

Lag bolts are

used to

att

ach equip

ment

or

ste

el

shapes

to w

ood str

uctu

res.

The siz

e and lo

cation of

the anchors

can be dete

rmin

ed fr

om

constr

uction dra

win

gs (s

ee

Fig

ure

137 belo

w).

•The e

dge d

ista

nce f

or

the n

on-l

oaded s

ide i

s 1

½

tim

es t

he b

olt d

iam

ete

r.

•The e

dge d

ista

nce f

or

the l

oaded s

ide i

s 4

tim

es t

he

bolt dia

mete

r.

•The s

pacin

g b

etw

een b

olts i

s 4

tim

es t

he b

olt

dia

mete

r.

•The e

nd d

ista

nce i

s 7

tim

es t

he b

olt d

iam

ete

r.

Fig

ure

137:

Spacin

g re

quir

em

ents

fo

r w

ood la

g bolts.

Fig

ure 1

37

is a

llo

wed

fo

r c

ab

le a

ttach

men

t. I

f a

str

ut

is a

ttach

ed

to w

ood

, b

oth

ed

ge d

ista

nces

are c

on

sid

ered

load

ed

an

d r

eq

uir

e 4

tim

es t

he

bolt

dia

mete

r.

Do n

ot

an

ch

or t

o t

he e

nd

grain

.

Ste

p 1

: M

ark

th

e lo

cati

on

of

the lag

bo

lts

Lead hole

s and cle

ara

nce hole

s are

not

requir

ed fo

r la

gbolts t

hat

are

3/8

” or

sm

aller. I

f th

e lag b

olt is s

maller

than 3

/8”,

go t

o S

tep 4

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14

An

ch

ors:

Ma

so

nry

a

nd

D

ry

wa

ll

Ste

p 2

: D

ete

rm

ine w

here t

o d

ril

l th

e h

ole

Anchors

show

n i

n F

igure

138 (

page 1

14)

must

be

insta

lled i

n s

pecific

are

as o

f hollow

blo

ck a

nd i

n-f

ille

dblo

ck.

See F

igure

139 (

belo

w)

for

appro

ved a

nchor

hole

locations w

hen usin

g any of

the concre

te blo

ck anchors

show

n i

n F

igure

138 (

page 1

14).

Fig

ure

139:

Blo

ck w

all lo

cations.

The lo

cation of

the anchors

should

be coord

inate

d w

ith

the b

lock w

ebs,

or

cente

red in t

he c

ell f

ace,

and p

roperl

yspaced fro

m o

ther

anchors

.

DO

NO

T P

OS

ITIO

N T

HE H

OLES

IN

TH

E H

EA

DJO

IN

T. C

arefu

lly n

ote

th

e lo

cati

on

of an

ch

ors in

the face locati

on

, cen

tered

face locati

on

, an

db

ed

join

t as t

hey a

pp

ly t

o d

iffe

ren

t an

ch

ors.

Mason

ry a

nd

Dryw

all A

nch

ors

Ste

p 1

: D

ete

rm

ine t

he t

yp

e o

f an

ch

or

Fig

ure

138:

Types of

masonry

and dry

wall anchors

.

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16

Ste

p 4

: C

lean

ou

t th

e h

ole

Dri

lled h

ole

s m

ust

be c

leaned b

efo

re y

ou c

an i

nsert

the

anchor. U

se c

lean,

dry

com

pre

ssed a

ir t

o b

low

out

dust

and d

ebri

s.

The t

ype o

f anchor

or

application a

lso m

ay

requir

e y

ou t

o u

se a

bru

sh.

See t

he a

nch

or m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s for

cle

an

ing

th

e h

ole

.

CLEA

NIN

G I

S I

MP

OR

TA

NT

: a “

dir

ty” h

ole

can

sig

nif

ican

tly r

ed

uce a

n a

nch

or’s

perfo

rm

an

ce.

Ste

p 5

: In

sert

the a

nch

or

The fo

llow

ing anchors

use diffe

rent

insert

ion m

eth

ods.

•A

dhesiv

e s

cre

en a

nchor

in a

bri

ck w

all o

r hollow

blo

ck

wall (t

his

page).

•A

dhesiv

e a

nchor

in a

hollow

blo

ck w

all (

page 1

18).

•C

oncre

te scre

w (p

age 119).

•Toggle

bolt (p

age 119).

•C

oncre

te anchor

(sle

eve anchor

or

wedge anchor)

(page 120).

•D

ryw

all anchor

(lag bolts and sheet

meta

l scre

ws)

(page 120).

Ad

hesiv

e s

creen

an

ch

or in

a b

ric

k w

all

or h

oll

ow

blo

ck

wall

See t

he a

nch

or m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

sb

efo

re c

on

necti

ng

th

e a

nch

or t

o a

bric

k o

rh

oll

ow

blo

ck w

all

.

A s

cre

en i

nsert

is s

how

n i

n F

igure

140 (

page 1

18).

Insert

the s

cre

en i

n t

he w

all.

Inje

ct

the a

dhesiv

e.

Slo

wly

insert

the a

nchor

with a

tw

isting m

otion.

Screen

s m

ay b

e f

ille

d w

ith

ad

hesiv

e b

efo

re

inserti

ng

th

e s

creen

in

to t

he h

ole

.

For

deta

ils o

n i

nsta

llin

g a

dhesiv

e a

nchors

in a

bri

ck w

all,

see F

igure

141 (

page 1

18).

Sim

ilar

insta

llation a

pplies t

ohollow

blo

ck w

alls.

Adju

st

the a

nchor

by h

and w

hile t

he

adhesiv

e sets

.

An

ch

ors:

Ma

so

nry

a

nd

D

ry

wa

llA

nch

ors:

Ma

so

nry

a

nd

D

ry

wa

ll

Wh

en

in

sta

llin

g t

hrou

gh

-bolt

s: a

void

w

eb

s in

blo

ck w

alls, rein

forcem

en

ts in

grou

t-fi

lled

walls, an

d s

tud

s in

dryw

all.

Wh

en

in

sta

llin

g lag

bolt

s a

nd

sh

eet

meta

lscrew

s in

dryw

all

: in

sta

ll in

a w

oo

d o

r m

eta

lstu

d a

s a

pp

rop

ria

te.

Dete

rm

ine t

he d

ep

th a

nd

locati

on

of an

y s

teel

rein

forcem

en

t in

grou

t-fi

lled

blo

ck w

alls o

rb

ric

k b

efo

re d

rillin

g. Th

is m

ay r

eq

uir

erelo

cati

ng

eq

uip

men

t slig

htl

y to m

iss

rein

forc

em

en

t.

When usin

g ele

ctr

onic

lo

cating devic

es to

find

rein

forc

em

ents

and te

ndons,

make sure

you know

th

elim

itations o

f th

e d

evic

e.

Calibra

te a

nd t

est

with a

know

nsta

ndard

or

location t

o c

onfirm

accura

cy.

Check t

he a

rea

of

concern

in t

wo d

irections.

Info

rm t

he c

ontr

acto

rperf

orm

ing t

he w

ork

of

the p

recis

ion o

f th

e t

est

unit a

nd

record

the r

esults.

For

exam

ple

: agre

ed u

pon m

ark

+/-

¼”

location v

ert

ical, h

ori

zonta

l, a

nd d

epth

+/-

½”.

Ste

p 3

: D

ril

l th

e h

ole

Drill th

e r

igh

t-siz

ed

hole

for t

he a

nch

ors. U

se

the a

pp

rop

ria

te A

NS

I-r

ate

d d

rill b

it for t

he

ap

plicati

on

.

Use m

asonry

dri

ll b

its f

or

bri

ck a

nd b

lock.

DO

NO

T C

UT S

TEEL R

EIN

FO

RC

EM

EN

T W

HEN

DR

ILLIN

G H

OLES

.

If you

str

ike s

teel rein

forcem

en

t w

hen

drillin

g,

you

mu

st

have t

he d

am

ag

e in

sp

ecte

d. A

sd

irecte

d, fi

ll t

he h

ole

wit

h a

pp

roved

grou

t an

dsele

ct

a n

ew

locati

on

accord

ing

to m

inim

um

sp

acin

g r

eq

uir

em

en

ts. D

ril

l a n

ew

hole

(see

Fig

ure 1

30

, p

ag

e 1

07

).

Ho

les f

or c

on

crete

screw

s a

re s

mall

er t

han

screw

siz

e. S

ee t

he m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

sfo

r s

pecif

ic r

eq

uir

em

en

ts.

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91

18

Fig

ure

142:

Um

bre

lla anchor

in a hollow

blo

ck w

all.

Con

crete

screw

Dri

ll b

its m

ay b

e s

pecific

ally s

ized f

or

each m

anufa

ctu

rer,

and t

ypic

ally a

re s

maller

in d

iam

ete

r th

an t

he n

om

inal

or

fractional

dia

mete

r of

a s

cre

w.

Insta

ll a

concre

te s

cre

ww

ith a

rota

ry d

rill a

nd b

olt t

he h

ead a

ttachm

ent.

Tog

gle

bolt

Hold

th

e to

ggle

flat

alo

ngsid

e th

e pla

stic str

aps and slide

the c

hannel

thro

ugh t

he h

ole

. S

lide t

he h

old

ing r

ing

tow

ard

the w

all u

ntil

the c

hannel

is f

lush w

ith t

he w

all.

Cut

off

the s

traps a

t th

e h

old

ing r

ing.

Insert

the b

olt w

ith

a r

ota

ry d

rill o

ver

the b

racket

or

equip

ment

mounting (

see

Fig

ure

143 o

n p

age 1

20).

An

ch

ors:

Ma

so

nry

a

nd

D

ry

wa

llA

nch

ors:

Ma

so

nry

a

nd

D

ry

wa

ll

DO

NO

T T

OU

CH

TH

E A

NC

HO

R W

HILE T

HE

AD

HES

IV

E I

S C

UR

IN

G.

Fig

ure

140:

Bri

ck/b

lock w

all in

sert

.

Fig

ure

141:

Bri

ck w

all adhesiv

e anchor.

Ad

hesiv

e a

nch

or in

a h

oll

ow

blo

ck

wall

See t

he a

nch

or m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

sb

efo

re c

on

necti

ng

th

e a

nch

or t

o a

hollow

blo

ck

wall.

Push a

n u

mbre

lla a

nchor

into

the h

ole

until

the u

mbre

lla

unfo

lds i

n t

he b

lock c

avity.

Inje

ct

adhesiv

e i

nto

the

um

bre

lla.

Slo

wly

insert

stu

d o

r fa

ste

ner

with a

tw

isting

moti

on. D

O N

OT L

EA

K A

DH

ES

IV

E O

N T

HE T

HR

EA

DED

PO

RTIO

N O

R C

LEA

N W

ITH

SO

LV

EN

T.

Th

eth

read

ed

area m

ust

be free o

f d

eb

ris

to

att

ach

to a

th

read

ed

ro

d o

r s

teel b

olt

.

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11

20

Ste

p 6

: S

et

the a

nch

or (

ad

hesiv

e o

nly

)

Allow

enough tim

e fo

r th

e adhesiv

e to

hard

en and adhere

to t

he c

oncre

te.

This

may t

ake s

evera

l hours

.

Ste

p 7

: S

et

the e

qu

ipm

en

t an

d t

igh

ten

th

e a

nch

ors

Tig

hte

n t

he a

nch

or b

olt

to t

he p

rop

er t

orq

ue

sett

ing

as s

how

n in

th

e a

nch

or m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

instr

ucti

on

s o

r a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docum

ents

.

In-f

ille

d b

lock w

alls m

ay h

ave g

aps i

n t

he g

rout

fill o

r th

egro

ut

may s

lightly c

rack,

requir

ing a

nchors

to b

e i

nsta

lled

in t

he c

ente

r of

the c

ell.

If

the g

rou

t cracks s

everely

, or if

you

mis

s a

grou

ted

blo

ck, th

e a

nch

or w

ill n

ot

tig

hte

n a

nd

wil

l p

ull

ou

t. I

f it

pu

lls o

ut,

mo

ve t

he a

nch

or t

o a

new

cen

tered

cell locati

on

.

An

ch

ors:

Ma

so

nry

a

nd

D

ry

wa

ll

EN

D O

F D

ETA

IL.

An

ch

ors:

Ma

so

nry

a

nd

D

ry

wa

ll

Fig

ure

143:

Toggle

bolt in

sta

llation.

DO

NO

T O

VER

-TIG

HTEN

.

Co

ncrete

an

ch

or (

sle

eve a

nch

or o

r w

ed

ge a

nch

or)

Use a

ham

mer

to d

rive t

he a

nchor

in t

he h

ole

.

DO

NO

T F

OR

CE T

HE A

NC

HO

R.

If

you

use a

ham

mer larg

er t

han

recom

men

ded

, you

may

dam

ag

e t

he a

nch

or.

To dete

rmin

e th

e em

bedm

ent

depth

of

post-

insta

lled

anchors

, see Fig

ure

129 (p

age 107).

Dryw

all

an

ch

or (

lag

bo

lts a

nd

sh

eet

meta

l screw

s)

Use a

rota

ry d

rill t

o i

nsert

the a

nchor.

DO

NO

T O

VER

-TIG

HTEN

.

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31

22

Ste

el B

olt

Con

necti

on

s

The th

ree w

ays to

att

ach bolted connections are

:

•C

onnecting th

e base of

the equip

ment

to an angle

bolted t

o a

concre

te f

loor

(this

page).

•B

oltin

g tw

o str

uctu

ral

ste

el

shapes to

geth

er

(page 125).

•B

oltin

g a th

readed ro

d to

ste

el

shapes or

str

ut

(page 126).

Con

necti

ng

th

e b

ase o

f th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t to

an

an

gle

bolt

ed

to a

con

crete

flo

or

Ste

p 1

: P

rep

arati

on

Dete

rm

ine t

he b

olt

siz

e o

r s

heet

meta

l screw

an

d m

ate

ria

l req

uir

em

en

ts from

ap

proved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts o

r th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

instr

ucti

ons.

Fig

ure

145:

Boltin

g equip

ment

to an angle

.

Pow

er-A

ctu

ate

d A

nch

ors

Ste

p 1

: D

ete

rm

ine t

yp

e o

f an

ch

or

Fig

ure

144:

Tw

o ty

pes of

pow

er-

actu

ate

d anchors

.

Au

thori

ties h

avin

g ju

risd

icti

on

may r

eq

uir

e a

licen

se to u

se p

ow

er-a

ctu

ate

d a

nch

ors.

Refe

r t

o t

he A

nch

or S

ele

cti

on

Gu

ide (

pag

e 1

51

)fo

r ad

dit

ion

al in

form

ati

on

.

Ste

p 2

: D

ete

rm

ine w

here t

o p

lace t

he faste

ner

Follow

th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’

s r

ecom

men

dati

on

s for

min

imu

m s

lab

th

ickn

ess a

nd

best lo

cati

on

.

Ste

p 3

: In

sta

ll a

nch

or

Usin

g t

ools

pro

vid

ed b

y t

he a

nchor

manufa

ctu

rer, i

nsta

llth

e a

nchor

at

the d

esired l

ocation.

Follow

all t

he

manufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

uctions.

Als

o see Pow

er-

Actu

ate

din

form

ation i

n t

he A

nchor

Sele

ction G

uid

e (

page 1

51).

For

thre

aded r

ods,

follow

Ste

p 4

.

When u

sin

g d

rive p

ins,

insta

ll t

he p

in w

ith t

he s

trap o

rw

ire to

com

ple

te th

e in

sta

llation.

Ste

p 4

: S

et eq

uip

men

t an

d tig

hte

n

Tig

hte

n th

e anchor

nuts

over

equip

ment

bra

ckets

on th

eth

readed ro

ds.

EN

D O

F D

ETA

IL.

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24

Bolt

ing

tw

o s

tru

ctu

ral ste

el sh

ap

es t

og

eth

er

Ste

p 1

: P

rep

arati

on

Dete

rm

ine t

he b

olt

siz

e a

nd

mate

ria

lreq

uir

em

en

ts from

ap

proved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts o

r th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s.

Fig

ure

146:

Boltin

g str

uctu

ral

shapes.

Ste

p 2

: Lo

cate

ho

les

It

is p

refe

rred

to u

se t

he h

ole

s p

rovid

ed

by t

he

man

ufa

ctu

rer. U

nd

er s

up

ervis

ory a

pp

roval,

you

may n

eed

to d

rill ad

dit

ion

al h

ole

s in

th

eeq

uip

men

t assem

bly

or b

uild

ing

ste

el b

eam

s a

ssh

ow

n o

n a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts o

rth

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s.

US

E C

AU

TIO

N W

HEN

DR

ILLIN

G I

NTO

EQ

UIP

MEN

T. In

tern

al com

pon

en

ts c

an

be

dam

ag

ed

or t

he m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

warran

tym

ay b

e v

oid

ed

.

DO

NO

T D

RILL O

VER

SIZED

HO

LES

. N

ew

hole

scan

not

be o

versiz

ed

or o

val in

sh

ap

e. R

ep

air

oversiz

ed

hole

s a

s s

how

n in

Fig

ure 7

6 (

pag

e5

4),

if n

ecessary.

Ste

p 3

: In

sta

ll b

olt

s, w

ash

ers, an

d n

uts

Apply

w

ashers

and nuts

, th

en tighte

n.

Tig

hte

n t

he a

nch

or b

olt

to t

he c

orrect

torq

ue

sett

ing

sh

ow

n in

th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

instr

ucti

on

s o

r a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts. U

se a

calib

rate

d t

orq

ue w

ren

ch

or

turn

-of-

nu

t m

eth

od

(see T

ab

le 1

4, p

ag

e 1

24

).

An

ch

ors:

Ste

el

Bo

lt C

on

ne

ctio

ns

An

ch

ors:

Ste

el

Bo

lt C

on

ne

ctio

ns

Ste

p 2

: Lo

cate

att

ach

men

t h

ole

s

It

is p

refe

rred

to u

se t

he h

ole

s p

rovid

ed

by t

he

man

ufa

ctu

rer. U

nd

er s

up

ervis

ory a

pp

roval,

you

may n

eed

to d

rill ad

dit

ion

al h

ole

s in

th

eeq

uip

men

t assem

bly

or b

uild

ing

ste

el b

eam

s a

ssh

ow

n o

n a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts o

rth

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s.

US

E C

AU

TIO

N W

HEN

DR

ILLIN

G I

NTO

EQ

UIP

MEN

T. In

tern

al com

pon

en

ts c

an

be

dam

ag

ed

or t

he m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

warran

tym

ay b

e v

oid

ed

.

DO

NO

T D

RILL O

VER

SIZED

HO

LES

. N

ew

hole

scan

not

be o

versiz

ed

or o

val in

sh

ap

e. R

ep

air

oversiz

ed

hole

s a

s s

how

n in

Fig

ure 7

6 (

pag

e5

4),

if n

ecessary.

Ste

p 3

: In

sta

ll b

olt

s, w

ash

ers, an

d n

uts

Once t

he e

quip

ment

is i

n p

lace,

apply

washers

and n

uts

and th

en tighte

n.

Tig

hte

n t

he a

nch

or b

olt

to t

he c

orrect

torq

ue

sett

ing

sh

ow

n in

th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

instr

ucti

on

s o

r a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docum

ents

.

For

turn

-of-

nut

tighte

nin

g,

hand-a

dju

st

the bolt until

there

is

firm

conta

ct

betw

een th

e bolt and th

e connecte

dm

eta

l com

ponents

. H

and t

ools

may b

e u

sed t

o b

ring t

he

bolt and m

eta

l com

ponents

in

to conta

ct.

Follow

ing

conta

ct,

tighte

n th

e nut

as show

n belo

w.

Table

14:

Turn

-of-

nut,

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An

ch

ors:

Ste

el

Bo

lt C

on

ne

ctio

ns

Equip

ment

without

att

achm

ent

bra

ckets

re

quir

eadditio

nal

ste

el

shapes fo

r connections to

th

e buildin

gstr

uctu

re and/o

r ro

of.

Once t

he e

quip

ment

is i

n p

lace,

apply

washers

and n

uts

,th

en tighte

n.

Tig

hte

n t

he a

nch

or b

olt

to t

he c

orrect

torq

ue

sett

ing

sh

ow

n in

th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

sor a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts. U

se a

calib

rate

d t

orq

ue w

ren

ch

or t

urn

-of-

nu

t m

eth

od

(see T

ab

le 1

4,

pag

e 1

24

).

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

tread

ed

rod

s t

o e

qu

ipm

en

t b

rackets

EN

D O

F D

ETA

IL.

Ste

p 1

: P

rep

arati

on

Dete

rm

ine t

he t

hread

ed

rod

siz

e from

ap

proved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts o

r th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

instr

ucti

ons.

The th

ree diffe

rent

ways to

att

ach th

e to

p connection of

a t

hre

aded r

od a

re s

how

n i

n F

igure

147 (

belo

w).

Ste

p 2

: A

ttach

th

e t

op

con

necti

on

of th

e t

hread

ed

rod

Fig

ure

147:

Att

achin

g th

e to

p connection of

the tr

eaded ro

d.

Apply

w

ashers

and nuts

, th

en tighte

n.

Tig

hte

n t

he a

nch

or b

olt

to t

he c

orrect

torq

ue

sett

ing

sh

ow

n in

th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

instr

ucti

on

s o

r a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts. U

se a

calib

rate

d t

orq

ue w

ren

ch

or

turn

-of-

nu

t m

eth

od

(see T

ab

le 1

4, p

ag

e 1

24

).

Bolt

ing

a t

hread

ed

rod

to s

teel sh

ap

es o

r s

tru

t

A th

readed ro

d is

used w

ith suspended equip

ment.

This

section in

clu

des att

achm

ent

to th

e equip

ment

and

att

achm

ent

at

the to

p (s

ee S

uspended A

ttachm

ents

,page 7

1).

ad

s t

o e

qu

ipm

en

t b

rackets

An

ch

ors:

Ste

el

Bo

lt C

on

ne

ctio

ns

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28

Ste

p 2

: Fit

th

e m

ate

ria

l to

en

su

re p

ro

per w

eld

jo

int

pre

para

tion

Ste

p 3

: C

lean

th

e s

urfa

ces

Surf

aces m

ust

be d

ry a

nd f

ree o

f galv

aniz

ed c

oating,

hot-

dip

ped o

r ru

st

inhib

itor, p

ain

t, s

cale

, ru

st,

oil,

gre

ase,

wate

r, a

nd o

ther

fore

ign m

ate

rial

for

a m

inim

um

of

one

inch f

rom

the e

stim

ate

d t

oe o

f th

e w

eld

.

Ste

p 4

: W

eld

th

e m

ate

ria

ls

The w

eld

m

ust

be as pre

scri

bed in

th

e w

eld

ing pro

cedure

specific

ations (W

PS

).

WPS fo

r shop and field

pre

-qualified w

eld

jo

ints

and w

eld

join

ts qualified by te

st

must

be pre

pare

d fo

r re

vie

w and

appro

val

befo

re fa

bri

cation.

All w

eld

ing pro

cedure

item

s

such as base m

eta

ls,

weld

ing pro

cesses,

filler

meta

ls and

join

t deta

ils th

at

meet

the re

quirem

ents

of

AW

S D

1.1

w

ill

be consid

ere

d pre

qualified.

Any change or

substitu

tion

beyond th

e ra

nge or

tole

rance or

requir

em

ents

fo

r pre

-

qualification w

ill

be qualified by te

st

per

AW

S D

1.1

.

DO

NO

T W

ELD

OV

ER

PA

IN

T. Y

ou

may p

ain

taft

er w

eld

ing

has c

oole

d t

o r

oom

tem

peratu

re.

Ste

p 5

: In

sp

ect

the w

eld

Make s

ure

the s

urf

ace i

s f

ree o

f sla

g,

dir

t, g

rease,

oil,

scale

, or

oth

er

conta

min

ants

.

Weld

s cannot

have cra

cks.

Adja

cent

layers

of

weld

m

eta

land base m

eta

l m

ust

be th

oro

ughly

fu

sed to

geth

er.

All c

rate

rs m

ust

be f

ille

d t

o t

he f

ull c

ross-s

ection e

xcept

outs

ide th

e eff

ective w

eld

le

ngth

.

Underr

un m

ust

not

exceed 1

/16

”. U

nderc

ut

must

not

exceed 1

/16

” fo

r any 2

” per

12

” w

eld

or

1/3

2”

for

the e

ntire

weld

.

Surf

aces m

ust

be fr

ee of

coars

e ri

pple

s,

gro

oves,

abru

pt

ridges,

and v

alleys.

The f

aces o

f fillet

weld

s m

ust

be f

lat

or

slightly c

onvex.

An

ch

ors:

We

ldin

g

EN

D O

F D

ETA

IL.

Weld

ing

Befo

re w

eld

ing

, refe

r t

o a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts a

nd

sp

ecif

icati

on

s, seis

mic

restr

ain

tsu

bm

itta

ls, an

d m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

ucti

on

s.

Att

ach

ing

eq

uip

men

t to

em

bed

ded

pla

tes: Pla

tes a

reem

bedded i

n t

he c

oncre

te d

uri

ng t

he f

loor

or

wall p

our.

Pla

tes a

re f

irm

ly h

eld

in p

lace w

hile t

he c

oncre

te i

spoure

d to

m

ain

tain

pro

per

alignm

ent

and positio

n.

The

siz

e a

nd l

ocation o

f th

e p

late

can b

e d

ete

rmin

ed f

rom

appro

ved constr

uction docum

ents

. S

ee Fig

ure

148

(belo

w)

for

weld

lo

cations.

Fig

ure

148:

Weld

ing to

em

bedded pla

tes.

Att

ach

ing

str

uctu

ral sh

ap

es a

nd

pla

tes:

Shapes a

nd

pla

tes are

w

eld

ed to

pro

vid

e equip

ment

att

achm

ent.

All

weld

base m

ate

rial

must

be t

hic

k e

nough f

or

the w

eld

siz

e specifie

d.

Ste

p 1

: D

ete

rm

ine t

he w

eld

mate

ria

l, s

hap

e, an

dd

imen

sio

ns for e

ach

pie

ce

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30

An

ch

ors:

Siz

es fo

r E

qu

ipm

en

t W

eig

hin

gLe

ss th

an

4

00

P

ou

nd

s

Table

16:

Roof-

mounte

d anchor

siz

es fo

r ri

gid

connections.

Th

ese a

nch

or/w

eld

sele

cti

on

s a

pp

ly t

oeq

uip

men

t in

wh

ich

th

e h

eig

ht

of th

e c

en

ter

of g

ravit

y (

cen

ter o

f eq

uip

men

t m

ass) is

less t

han

tw

ice t

he b

ase len

gth

AN

D t

wic

eth

e b

ase w

idth

.

Su

sp

en

ded

eq

uip

men

t

Rig

idly

suspend equip

ment

from

th

e buildin

g str

uctu

reabove w

ith angle

s or

rods and cable

s accord

ing to

Table

17 (b

elo

w and next

page).

Torq

ue anchors

accord

ing to

the m

anufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

uctions.

Table

17:

Suspended equip

ment

anchor

siz

es fo

r ri

gid

connections (t

able

continued on next

page).

An

ch

or S

izes for E

qu

ipm

en

t W

eig

hin

g

Less t

han

40

0 P

ou

nd

s

Rig

id flo

or-

mou

nte

d e

qu

ipm

en

t

Bolt e

quip

ment

to a

concre

te f

loor

or

weld

to a

ste

el

beam

accord

ing t

o T

able

15 (

belo

w).

Insta

ll o

ne a

nchor

at

each c

orn

er. T

orq

ue a

nchors

accord

ing t

o t

he

manufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

uctions.

Table

15:

Rig

id floor-

mounte

d anchor

siz

es.

Th

ese a

nch

or/w

eld

sele

cti

on

s a

pp

ly t

oeq

uip

men

t in

wh

ich

th

e h

eig

ht

of th

e c

en

ter

of g

ravit

y (

cen

ter o

f eq

uip

men

t m

ass) is

less t

han

tw

ice t

he b

ase len

gth

AN

D t

wic

eth

e b

ase w

idth

.

Roof-

mou

nte

d e

qu

ipm

en

t

Anchor

equip

ment

to a

concre

te d

eck,

a w

ood b

eam

, or

dir

ectly t

o a

ste

el

str

uctu

ral

shape a

ccord

ing t

o T

able

16

(page 1

31).

Insta

ll o

ne a

nchor

at

each c

orn

er. T

orq

ue

anchors

accord

ing to

th

e m

anufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

uctions.

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32

SP

EC

IA

L C

AS

ES

Cab

les

The th

ree w

ays to

assem

ble

a cable

connection are

by

usin

g:

•B

olts w

ith cente

r hole

s (p

age 134).

•Ferr

ule

cla

mps (

page 1

35).

•W

ire r

ope g

rips (

page 1

37).

Oth

er

end f

ittings m

ay b

e a

ccepta

ble

.

Cable

s should

be in

sta

lled at

a 45-d

egre

e slo

pe.

Where

inte

rfere

nces a

re p

resent,

the s

lope m

ay b

e a

min

imum

of

30 d

egre

es o

r a m

axim

um

of

60 d

egre

es.

Fig

ure

149:

Cable

att

achm

ents

.

Table

17 (c

ontinued):

Suspended equip

ment

anchor

siz

es fo

r

rigid

connecti

ons.

An

ch

ors:

Siz

es fo

r E

qu

ipm

en

t W

eig

hin

gLe

ss th

an

4

00

P

ou

nd

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51

34

EN

D O

F D

ETA

IL.

Ste

p 5

: Torq

ue b

olt

s

Torq

ue b

olt

s p

er m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

recom

mendati

ons.

Overto

rq

ue m

ay d

am

ag

e c

ab

les.

Ferru

le c

lam

ps

Ferr

ule

cla

mps m

ay b

e c

onnecte

d t

o v

ari

ous t

ypes o

fatt

achm

ents

. Fig

ure

151 (b

elo

w)

and Fig

ure

152 (p

age

136)

show

att

achm

ents

and id

entify

th

e part

s (f

err

ule

s,

sle

eves,

and th

imble

s)

used in

th

e assem

bly

.

Ferru

les m

ust

be m

ad

e o

f ste

el,

zin

c-p

late

dcop

per, or s

teel alloys (

inclu

din

g s

tain

less

ste

el)

. D

o n

ot

use a

lum

inu

m ferru

les.

Fig

ure

151:

Ferr

ule

assem

blies.

Sp

ecia

l C

ase

s:

Ca

ble

sS

pe

cia

l C

ase

s:

Ca

ble

s

Bolt

s w

ith

cen

ter h

ole

s

The m

anufa

ctu

rer

pro

vid

es th

is ty

pe of

cable

assem

bly

,alo

ng w

ith th

e cable

s,

mounting bolts w

ith hole

s,

and

bra

ckets

that

att

ach d

irectly t

o t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re o

requip

ment

fram

e.

Assem

ble

th

e cable

as show

n belo

w.

Fig

ure

150:

Cable

att

ached w

ith bolts to

a bra

cket.

Ste

p 1

: D

ril

l an

ch

or h

ole

s in

th

e b

uil

din

g s

tru

ctu

re a

sre

qu

ired

Ste

p 2

: A

ttach

brackets

to b

oth

th

e b

uild

ing

an

d t

he

eq

uip

men

t fr

am

e

Ste

p 3

: C

ut

the c

ab

le t

o d

esir

ed

len

gth

an

d s

lid

e it

throu

gh

th

e h

ole

s in

th

e b

olt

s

Ste

p 4

: T

igh

ten

th

e c

ab

le

For

rigid

connections,

pull t

he c

able

hand t

ight.

For

isola

ted com

ponents

, pull th

e cable

hand-t

ight

and le

t out

1/8

” sla

ck.

Avoid

usin

g t

oo m

uch t

ensio

n o

r to

o m

uch

sla

ck.

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36

Wir

e r

op

e g

rip

s

Insta

llin

g c

able

s a

ttached w

ith w

ire r

ope g

rips i

s s

imilar

to att

achin

g fe

rrule

cla

mps,

as show

n belo

w.

Fig

ure

153:

Wir

e ro

pe gri

p assem

blies.

Fig

ure 1

53

cla

rif

ies t

he o

rie

nta

tio

n o

f w

ire

rop

e g

rip

s.

Ste

p 1

: In

sta

ll b

rackets

wit

h m

ou

nti

ng

hole

s, eye-

bolt

s, or d

rill m

ou

nti

ng

hole

s

Ste

p 2

: C

ut

cab

le t

o t

he d

esir

ed

len

gth

an

d s

lid

e t

hree

wir

e r

op

e g

rip

s a

nd

th

imb

les o

nto

th

e c

ab

le

Sp

ecia

l C

ase

s:

Ca

ble

sS

pe

cia

l C

ase

s:

Ca

ble

s

Fig

ure

152:

Ferr

ule

att

achm

ents

.

Ste

p 1

: In

sta

ll b

rackets

wit

h m

ou

nti

ng

hole

s, eye-

bolt

s, or d

rill m

ou

nti

ng

hole

s

Insta

ll bra

ckets

w

ith m

ounting hole

s to

th

e str

uctu

re.

Att

ach cable

s to

th

e to

p of

cord

angle

s.

See Suspended

Att

achm

ents

(p

age 71).

Ste

p 2

: C

ut

the c

ab

le t

o t

he d

esir

ed

len

gth

an

d s

lid

e t

he

oval fe

rru

le (

sle

eve) o

nto

th

e c

ab

le

Ste

p 3

: W

rap

th

e c

ab

le a

ro

un

d t

he t

him

ble

an

d p

ass it

throu

gh

th

e m

ou

nti

ng

bolt

or h

ole

s a

nd

back t

hrou

gh

the ferru

le

Ste

p 4

: T

igh

ten

th

e c

ab

le

For

rigid

connections,

pull t

he c

able

tig

ht.

For

isola

ted

com

ponents

, le

ave a

sm

all a

mount

of

sla

ck.

Avoid

usin

gto

o m

uch t

ensio

n o

r to

o m

uch s

lack.

Ste

p 5

: C

rim

p t

he f

erru

le o

r o

val sle

eve t

wo

or t

hree

tim

es a

s s

pecif

ied

in

th

e c

ab

le o

r f

erru

lem

an

ufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

ucti

on

s

Use c

rim

p t

ools

and g

auges s

pecifie

d b

y t

he

manufa

ctu

rer. C

rim

p a

nd v

eri

fy t

he d

epth

of

the c

rim

pusin

g a gauge.

EN

D O

F D

ETA

IL.

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Con

trol P

an

els

Contr

ol

panels

may b

e b

uilt

into

units,

mounte

d i

n a

separa

te ele

ctr

ical

panel

att

ached to

equip

ment

assem

blies,

or

mounte

d as a separa

te ele

ctr

ical

panel

att

ached to

th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re.

Be s

ure t

o r

efe

r t

o a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts a

nd

sp

ecif

icati

on

s, seis

mic

restr

ain

tsu

bm

itta

ls, an

d th

e m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’s

in

str

ucti

on

s.

If an

ele

ctr

ical p

an

el is

mou

nte

d s

ep

arate

lyfr

om

th

e u

nit

an

d t

he u

nit

is v

ibrati

on

-isola

ted

,u

se fle

xib

le e

lectr

ical co

nn

ecti

on

s t

o a

llo

w fo

rd

iffe

ren

tial m

ovem

en

t.

Ste

p 1

: S

ele

ct

con

trol p

an

el su

pp

ort

con

fig

urati

on

If t

he c

ontr

ol

panel

is:

•Built

into

the e

quip

ment,

no o

ther

action i

s n

eeded.

•An e

lectr

ical

panel

att

ached t

o t

he a

ssem

bly

, check

that

the a

ttachm

ent

is r

igid

and t

ight.

No o

ther

action

is needed.

•A

rem

ote

panel

att

ached d

irectly t

o t

he b

uildin

g

str

uctu

re or

att

ached usin

g support

angle

s or

str

uts

,support

th

e panel. The fo

ur

ways of

support

ing

contr

ol

panels

are

by a

ttachin

g t

hem

to:

−A

n a

lum

inum

pla

te e

xte

ndin

g f

rom

the f

loor

to t

he

ceilin

g.

The a

lum

inum

pla

te i

s a

ttached t

o t

he f

loor

and c

eilin

g w

ith a

ngle

s,

as s

how

n o

n t

he l

eft

in

Fig

ure

155 (

page 1

40).

−A

double

-str

ut

support

spannin

g th

e floor

and

ceilin

g a

s s

how

n o

n t

he r

ight

in F

igure

155 (

page

140).

S

truts

are

att

ached to

th

e buildin

g str

uctu

rew

ith s

mall a

ngle

clips.

−Vert

ical

angle

s or

str

ut

exte

ndin

g dow

n to

th

e

floor

with a

ngle

s s

lante

d b

ack t

o t

he f

loor

as

show

n i

n F

igure

154 (

page 1

40).

This

is t

he t

ypic

al

meth

od.

Deta

ils are

show

n in

Fig

ure

156 (p

age

141).

−W

alls w

ith w

all a

nchors

as s

how

n i

n F

igure

157

(page 142).

Ste

p 3

: P

ass t

he c

ab

le t

hrou

gh

th

e m

ou

nti

ng

bolt

or

hole

s p

rovid

ed

an

d t

hen

back t

hrou

gh

each

of th

e w

ire

rop

e g

rip

s

Use t

him

ble

s fo

r a

ll c

ab

le in

sta

llati

on

s w

ith

wir

erop

e g

rip

s.

Ste

p 4

: T

igh

ten

th

e c

ab

le

For

rigid

connections,

pull t

he c

able

tig

ht.

For

isola

ted

com

ponents

, le

ave a

sm

all a

mount

of

sla

ck.

Avoid

usin

gto

o m

uch t

ensio

n o

r to

o m

uch s

lack.

Ste

p 5

: T

orq

ue a

ll b

olt

s e

ven

ly

Use t

he t

urn

-of-

nut

tighte

nin

g m

eth

od d

escri

bed i

n S

tep 3

of

Ste

el

Bolt C

onnections (

page 1

24).

DO

NO

T O

VER

-TIG

HTEN

. S

ee T

ab

le 1

4(p

ag

e 1

24

).

Sp

ecia

l C

ase

s:

Ca

ble

s

EN

D O

F D

ETA

IL.

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Fig

ure

156:

Angle

assem

bly

support

fr

om

floor.

Sp

ecia

l C

ase

s:

Co

ntro

l P

an

els

Sp

ecia

l C

ase

s:

Co

ntro

l P

an

els

Fig

ure

154:

Typic

al

contr

ol

panel

support

usin

g angle

s.

Additio

nal

angle

support

s m

ay be re

quir

ed (s

ee belo

w).

Fig

ure

155:

Tw

o diffe

rent

ways to

support

contr

ol

panels

:usin

g a m

eta

l pla

te att

ached to

floor

and ceilin

g w

ith ste

el

angle

s (l

eft

); usin

g str

uts

exte

ndin

g to

floor

and ceilin

g (r

ight)

.

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42

Ste

p 4

: A

ttach

con

trol p

an

el to

fram

e w

ith

a m

inim

um

of fo

ur s

teel b

olt

s

See Ste

el

Bolt C

onnections (p

age 123).

Sp

ecia

l C

ase

s:

Co

ntro

l P

an

els

EN

D O

F D

ETA

IL.

Sp

ecia

l C

ase

s:

Co

ntro

l P

an

els

Fig

ure

157:

Direct

att

achm

ent

of

a str

ut

assem

bly

support

to

wall.

Ste

p 2

: A

ssem

ble

th

e m

ou

nti

ng

fram

e

Use bolts or

weld

th

e support

fr

am

ing to

geth

er

as

show

n i

n F

igure

s 1

54 t

o 1

57 (

pages 1

40 t

o 1

42).

See

Ste

el

Bolt C

onnections (p

age 123),

or

Weld

ing (p

age

128)

for

more

info

rmation.

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

th

e m

ou

nti

ng

fram

e t

o f

loo

r o

r w

all

wit

h a

nch

ors

Locate

and m

ark

hole

locations i

n t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re.

Insta

ll t

he a

nchors

. S

ee A

nchors

(page 1

04)

for

more

info

rmation.

Att

ach t

he m

ounting f

ram

e t

o t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re.

•To att

ach str

ut

angle

s fo

r str

ut

floor-

mounte

d

support

s,

see Fig

ure

155 (p

age 140).

•To att

ach bases fo

r angle

floor-

mounte

d support

s,

see F

igure

156 (

page 1

41).

•To a

ttach s

trut

to w

all s

tuds,

see F

igure

157 (

above).

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Sp

ecia

l C

ase

s:

Ho

use

ke

ep

ing

P

ad

s

Dim

ensio

ns fo

r th

e housekeepin

g pad fo

otp

rint

must

be

larg

e enough fo

r th

e equip

ment,

att

achm

ent

ste

el

(as

required),

and th

e edge dis

tance of

concre

te anchors

(see A

nchors

, page 1

04),

as s

how

n i

n F

igure

160 (

belo

w).

Fig

ure

160:

Housekeepin

g pad dim

ensio

ns.

Fig

ure

159:

Housekeepin

g pad in

section vie

w.

If ed

ge d

ista

nce is n

ot

met,

get

an

evalu

ati

on

from

you

r s

up

ervis

or.

Hou

sekeep

ing

Pad

s

Be s

ure t

o r

efe

r t

o a

pp

roved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts, sp

ecif

icati

on

s a

nd

th

em

an

ufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

ucti

on

s.

The constr

uction of

housekeepin

g pads is

show

n belo

w.

Fig

ure

158:

Housekeepin

g pad.

The h

ousekeepin

g p

ad m

ust

be a

min

imum

of

one i

nch

thic

ker

than t

he a

nchor

hole

depth

, or

as r

equir

ed f

or

the

concre

te anchors

show

n in

Fig

ure

159 (p

age 145).

Hou

sekeep

ing

pad

s m

ust

be d

esig

ned

for t

he

eq

uip

men

t w

eig

ht an

d s

eis

mic

load

.

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Ste

p 2

: A

ssem

ble

rein

forcem

en

t

Assem

ble

th

e re

info

rcem

ent

as show

n in

Fig

ure

158

(page 144).

C

onnect

the dow

els

usin

g w

ire.

Ste

p 3

: P

ou

r c

on

crete

an

d a

llo

w t

o c

ure

Ste

p 4

: D

rill h

ole

s a

nd

att

ach

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t to

con

crete

aft

er t

he c

on

crete

has c

ured

Sp

ecia

l C

ase

s:

Ho

use

ke

ep

ing

P

ad

s

EN

D O

F D

ETA

IL.

Sp

ecia

l C

ase

s:

Ho

use

ke

ep

ing

P

ad

s

Ste

p 1

: In

sta

ll d

ow

els

in

to t

he flo

or

Att

achm

ent

deta

ils fo

r dow

els

are

show

n in

Fig

ure

161

(belo

w).

•U

se m

easure

ments

and appro

ved constr

uction

docum

ents

to l

ay o

ut

the s

ize o

f th

e d

ow

els

and t

he

dow

el

patt

ern

.

•C

oord

inate

th

e lo

cation of

em

bedded “Z

” bar

show

n

in Fig

ure

161 w

ith th

e concre

te subcontr

acto

r.

Obta

in th

e siz

e of

dow

eling and re

info

rcem

ent

from

appro

ved constr

uction docum

ents

, specific

ations,

or

the

manufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

uctions.

Exte

rior

dow

els

m

ust

be ½

”to

1”

in d

iam

ete

r. I

nte

rior

dow

els

must

be ½

” to

¾”

india

mete

r.

Fig

ure

161:

Dow

eling to

th

e buildin

g floor.

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Sp

ecia

l C

ase

s:

Lig

htin

g

Ste

p 1

: V

erif

y a

ll T

-bar c

eilin

g r

un

ners a

re s

ecu

rely

att

ach

ed

to th

e b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re a

s r

eq

uir

ed

by

ap

pro

ved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts

This

work

is u

sually p

erf

orm

ed b

y a

diffe

rent

subcontr

acto

r.

Ste

p 2

: In

sta

ll lig

hti

ng

fix

ture in

to t

he T

-bar c

eilin

gru

nners

Fig

ure

162:

Typic

al

ways to

att

ach light

fixtu

resin

suspended T-

bar

ceilin

g.

In

su

sp

en

ded

T-b

ar

ceilin

gs

Do

no

t all

ow

lig

ht

fixtu

re h

an

ger w

ires t

ocon

tact

pip

ing

or d

uctw

ork a

s t

his

may r

esu

lt in

vib

rati

on

or n

ois

e p

rob

lem

s.

In

sta

ll s

pla

y b

races o

n lig

hts

as r

eq

uir

ed

by

ap

pro

ved

con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts.

Lig

hti

ng

The t

hre

e b

asic

ways t

o a

ttach l

ighting f

ixtu

res a

re:

•D

irectly t

o t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re (

this

page).

•In

suspended T-b

ar

ceilin

gs (p

age 149).

•Pendant-

mounte

d (p

age 150).

Dir

ectl

y to th

e b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

Ste

p 1

: Locate

th

e a

ttach

men

t p

oin

ts

Use m

an

ufa

ctu

rer’

s r

ecom

men

dati

on

to a

ttach

the fix

ture

to th

e b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re.

Use a

nchors

to a

ttach t

o m

asonry

or

concre

te w

alls.

Toggle

bolts m

ay b

e u

sed f

or

dry

wall c

onstr

uction i

fallow

ed by th

e appro

ved constr

uction docum

ents

.

Ste

p 2

: A

ttach

th

e a

nch

ors to th

e b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re

Use bra

ckets

supplied by th

e m

anufa

ctu

rer. See Anchors

(page 1

04)

for

instr

uctions o

n i

nsta

llin

g t

he a

nchors

.

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Sa

fety

is

th

e p

rim

ary

co

nce

rn

w

he

n u

sin

g p

ow

er-

actu

ate

d to

ols

(P

AT

).

PA

T

to

ols

p

ose

th

e g

re

ate

st ris

k

to

th

e o

pe

ra

to

r a

nd

o

th

ers

in th

e a

re

a o

f u

se

. O

bse

rve

th

e fo

llo

win

g sa

fety

pre

ca

utio

ns:

Typic

ally not

used fo

r

equip

ment

weig

hin

g m

ore

th

an

40 pounds.

Never

allow

a to

ol

to be used

until

the opera

tor

is pro

perly

train

ed fo

r th

e specific

to

ol

and

applicati

on.

Never

use a to

ol

unle

ss all

safe

ty fe

atu

res are

fu

nctionin

g

pro

perl

y.

Alw

ays have th

e opera

tor

and

oth

ers

aro

und w

ear

pers

onal

pro

tective equip

ment

(PPE).

Never

use m

ore

pow

erf

ul

loads

than re

quired fo

r th

e part

icula

r

applicati

on.

Alw

ays be aw

are

of

the

pote

ntial

of

the fa

ste

ner

passin

g th

rough th

e substr

ate

or

bein

g deflecte

d fr

om

its

inte

nded ta

rget.

Make sure

th

at

all are

as are

cle

ar

behin

d and aro

und th

e

targ

et

are

a.

Have an action pla

n in

pla

ce to

pro

perly handle

and dis

pose of

mis

fire

d lo

ads.

Alw

ays m

ake sure

th

e to

ols

are

lo

w velo

city and not

sta

ndard

velo

city.

(Sta

ndard

velo

city to

ols

are

not

typic

ally

allow

ed on m

ost

jobsites

because of

the danger.)

Au

th

orit

ies h

av

ing

ju

ris

dic

-tio

n m

ay

re

qu

ire

a

li

ce

nse

to

u

se

p

ow

er-a

ctu

ate

da

nch

ors

.

AN

CH

OR

SELEC

TIO

N G

UID

E

Th

re

ad

ed

S

tu

ds

Used in

cases w

here

th

e

faste

ned equip

ment

is to

be

rem

oved la

ter, or

where

shim

min

g is

re

quir

ed.

Thre

aded stu

ds fo

r concre

te

have a 0.1

40"

to 0.1

80”

shank dia

mete

r, w

ith ty

pic

al

penetr

ation of

3/4

" (m

ini-

mum

) to

1-1

/2"

into

concre

te.

Thre

aded stu

ds fo

r ste

el

pla

te

applications have a 0.1

40"

to

0.1

80”

shank dia

mete

r w

hen

the ste

el

pla

te th

ickness is

3/1

6"

or

gre

ate

r.

Driv

e P

ins

Used to

directly fa

ste

n

equip

ment

for

perm

anent

insta

llation.

Drive pin

s used fo

r concre

te

have a 0.1

40"

to 0.1

80”

shank dia

mete

r, w

ith ty

pic

al

penetr

ation of

3/4

" m

inim

um

to 1-1

/2"

into

concre

te.

Drive pin

s fo

r ste

el

pla

te

applications have a 0.1

40"

to0.1

80”

shank dia

mete

r w

hen

the ste

el

pla

te th

ickness is

3/1

6"

or

gre

ate

r.

Description

Warning

Po

wer-A

ctu

ate

d

Att

achm

ent

to t

he T

-bar

ceilin

g c

an b

e m

ade w

ith s

cre

ws

as s

how

n i

n F

igure

162 (

page 1

49)

or

with c

lips p

rovid

ed

by t

he l

ighting m

anufa

ctu

rer.

Ste

p 4

: R

un

wir

es d

irectl

y from

th

e lig

ht

fixtu

re a

nd

att

ach

to th

e b

uild

ing

str

uctu

re w

ith

an

ch

ors

.

For

instr

uctions on in

sta

llin

g anchors

, see Anchors

(p

age

104).

You m

ay u

se p

ow

er-

actu

ate

d a

nchors

if

the a

nchors

are

rate

d f

or

seis

mic

use a

nd h

ave a

tensio

n r

ating (

see

Pow

er-

Actu

ate

d Anchors

on page 122)

.

Ste

p 3

: A

ttach

lig

hti

ng

fix

ture to c

eilin

g r

un

ners u

sin

gscrew

s o

r c

lip

s r

ate

d for t

he w

eig

ht

of th

e fix

ture

Sp

ecia

l C

ase

s:

Lig

htin

g

Pendant-

mounte

d

Ste

p 1

: A

ttach

lig

ht

fixtu

re t

o c

eilin

g

Fig

ure

163:

Pendant

light

fixtu

re att

achm

ent

Ste

p 2

: In

sta

ll s

afe

ty c

ab

le

Safe

ty c

able

should

be b

olted t

o l

ight

fixtu

re a

nd

exte

nded u

p t

o b

uildin

g s

tructu

re.

Safe

ty c

able

may b

ein

tern

al

to th

e fixtu

re assem

bly

or

exposed.

EN

D O

F D

ETA

IL.

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52

Ep

ox

y

Used by m

ixin

g tw

o or

more

com

ponents

w

ith a m

ixin

g

nozzle

at

the poin

t of

applica-

tion.

Can be used w

ith

multip

le fo

rms of

faste

ners

or

as an adhesiv

e.

Many bra

nds

can be used in

w

et,

dam

p,

or

dry

conditio

ns.

Many fo

rmula

s

are

allow

ed fo

r use fo

r U

SD

A

food pro

cessin

g are

as.

Som

e

may be able

to

be used

overh

ead.

Perm

itte

d m

any

tim

es in

fr

eeze-t

haw

and

severe

w

eath

er

conditio

ns.

Allow

s m

inim

al

edge dis

tance

and anchor

spacin

g.

Typic

al

shelf life

gre

ate

r th

an th

at

of

oth

er

adhesiv

es used fo

r

anchoring.

Not

as susceptible

to dam

age fr

om

hig

h sto

rage

tem

pera

ture

s.

Typic

ally re

quir

es lo

ng curi

ng

tim

es com

pare

d to

th

at

of

oth

er

adhesiv

es.

Can be

virtu

ally odor

free or

can em

it

a str

ong odor, dependin

g on

the fo

rmula

. Can be difficult to

apply

if th

e epoxy is

th

ick.

Genera

lly not

suggeste

d fo

r

use at

tem

pera

ture

s belo

w 32

degre

es F.

M

ost

epoxie

s

require hole

s to

be cle

aned to

obta

in m

axim

um

valu

es.

Check th

e M

SD

S sheets

or

with your

superv

isor

to

dete

rmin

e if m

asks are

requir

ed.

Many ty

pes of

acry

lics pro

-

duce a str

ong odor

during th

e

curing pro

cess.

Oth

ers

have a

min

imal

odor. Check th

e

MSD

S sheets

or

with your

superv

isor

to dete

rmin

e if

masks are

re

quir

ed.

Acry

lic A

dh

es

ive

Dis

penses and cure

s quic

kly

.Som

e adhesiv

es can be used

overh

ead.

Som

e adhesiv

es

can be in

sta

lled in

dam

p or

wate

r-filled hole

s.

Typic

ally

can be used w

ith m

any

faste

nin

g devic

es such as

thre

aded ro

d,

dow

els

, and

anchors

.

Genera

lly purc

hased fr

om

th

e

manufa

ctu

rer

as a com

ple

te

anchori

ng syste

m.

Any

substitu

tion of

mate

rials

m

ust

be auth

ori

zed befo

re in

sta

lla-

tion.

Ad

he

siv

e U

nd

ercu

t

An

ch

ors

Used in

heavy-d

uty

applica-

tions w

here

substr

ate

is

of

poor

quality

.

Description

Warning

Ad

hesiv

e (

co

nt.

)

An

ch

or S

ele

ctio

n G

uid

eA

nch

or S

ele

ctio

n G

uid

e

Ca

psu

le S

pin

-In

Adhesiv

e m

ixes in

th

e hole

when th

e anchor

is drilled by

a ro

tary

ham

mer

drill only

.

Various str

ength

s and ty

pes

of

rods or

faste

ners

can be

used.

Multip

le ty

pes of

coatings on ro

ds are

avail-

able

. M

ost

com

monly

used in

concre

te;

som

e m

ight

be

suitable

fo

r use in

oth

er

substr

ate

s.

Most

capsule

s

cure

quic

kly

com

pare

d to

epoxy.

Do not

over-

spin

during

insta

llation.

The ro

d m

ust

have a ro

of

cut

end w

ith a

sin

gle

or

double

45-d

egre

e

angle

/bevel

for

mix

ing.

The

hole

m

ust

be cle

an and dry

to

achie

ve th

e m

axim

um

str

ength

. Rod m

ust

be cle

an

and m

ust

not

be dis

turb

ed

during curing.

Many capsule

s

pro

duce str

ong vapors

duri

ng

the curing pro

cess.

Check th

e

MSD

S sheets

or

with your

superv

isor

to dete

rmin

e if

masks are

re

quir

ed.

Ca

psu

le H

am

me

r-in

Adhesiv

e m

ixes in

th

e hole

when th

e ro

d is

driven by a

ham

mer. Vari

ous str

ength

s

and ty

pes of

rods or

faste

n-

ers

can be used.

Multip

le

types of

coatings on ro

ds are

available

. M

ost

com

monly

used in

concre

te;

som

e m

ight

be suitable

fo

r use in

oth

er

substr

ate

s.

Most

capsule

s

cure

quic

kly

com

pare

d to

epoxy.

The hole

m

ust

be cle

an and

dry

to

achie

ve th

e m

axim

um

str

ength

. Rod m

ust

be cle

an

and m

ust

not

be dis

turb

ed

during curing.

Many capsule

s

pro

duce str

ong odors

duri

ng

the curing pro

cess.

Check th

e

MSD

S sheets

or

with your

superv

isor

to dete

rmin

e if

masks are

re

quir

ed.

Description

Warning

Ad

hesiv

e

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Sle

ev

e A

nch

or

Univ

ers

al

anchor

for

light-

to

mediu

m-d

uty

applications.

Multip

le head desig

ns fit

many

applications and can be

insta

lled in

m

asonry

.

A la

rge hole

is

re

quired fo

r

this

anchor. Som

e anchors

have m

etr

ic dia

mete

rs.

Som

e

have m

ultip

le part

s th

at

can

be unassem

ble

d.

If re

-

assem

ble

d im

pro

perl

y,

the

anchor

may not

perf

orm

pro

perly.

If th

e nut

is re

moved

aft

er

the stu

d is

in

sert

ed in

th

e

hole

, th

e stu

d could

be

part

ially separa

ted fr

om

th

e

expansio

n cone,

causin

g a

reduction in

anchor

str

ength

,

or

be deta

ched fr

om

th

e

expansio

n cone,

requir

ing

anchor

repla

cem

ent.

These

conditio

ns are

not

vis

ible

.

Description

Warning

Exte

rn

ally T

hread

ed

(co

nt.

)

Co

ncre

te

B

olt

s (c

ontinued

on next

page)

Concre

te bolts are

re

com

-

mended fo

r use in

dry

in

terior

applicati

ons.

Concre

te bolts m

ay be

accepta

ble

in

som

e cases fo

r

tem

pora

ry use in

exte

rior

applicati

ons.

Not

all concre

te bolts used in

resis

ting eart

hquake or

win

dlo

ads are

appro

pri

ate

and

may be beyond th

e scope of

the anchors

abilitie

s.

Concre

te bolts should

not

be

subje

cte

d to

vib

rato

ry lo

ads

such as th

ose encounte

red by

support

s fo

r re

cip

rocating

engin

es,

cra

ne lo

ads,

and

movin

g lo

ads.

Main

tain

equal

or

gre

ate

r th

an

min

imum

edge dis

tance

spacin

g specifie

d fo

r concre

te

bolts or

apply

re

duction

facto

rs if applicable

.

The em

bedm

ent

depth

is

th

e

dis

tance fr

om

th

e concre

te

surf

ace to

th

e bott

om

of

the

scre

w anchor.

Main

tain

m

inim

um

sla

b

thic

kness.

Use O

NLY

a specific

manufa

ctu

rer’

s re

com

mended

meth

od of

insta

llation.

NEVER substitu

te one

manufa

ctu

rer’

s concre

te bolt

insta

llation in

str

uctions fo

r

anoth

er

manufa

ctu

rer’

s

instr

uctions.

DO

N

OT ASSU

ME one

manufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

uctions

are

th

e sam

e as anoth

er

manufa

ctu

rer’

s in

str

uctions.

An

ch

or S

ele

ctio

n G

uid

eA

nch

or S

ele

ctio

n G

uid

e

We

dg

e A

nch

or

The m

ost

com

mon concre

te

anchor

for

heavy-

to light-

duty

applications.

Many

configura

tions are

available

for

most

applications.

Made

from

a variety

of

mate

rials

.

Typic

ally desig

ned fo

r sta

tic

loads and not

used w

ith

recip

rocating engin

es or

in

situations w

here

vib

rations are

pre

sent.

He

av

y D

uty

U

nd

ercu

t

Used in

heavy-d

uty

applica-

tions.

Typic

ally tw

o ty

pes:

self-u

nderc

utt

ing and

adhesiv

e.

Self-u

nderc

utt

ing ty

pes use a

specia

l underc

utt

ing drill bit

sim

ilar

to heavy-d

uty

sle

eve

anchors

except

that

they fill a

cavity gre

ate

r th

an th

e in

itia

l

hole

dia

mete

r.

May re

quire specia

l to

ols

and

specific

drill bits.

Typic

ally

cannot

be used at

variable

em

bedm

ent

depth

s.

Can be

com

plicate

d to

in

sta

ll.

May be

difficult to

verify

pro

per

insta

llation.

He

av

y D

uty

S

lee

ve

An

ch

or

Expansio

n anchor

for

heavy-

duty

re

quir

em

ents

.

A la

rge hole

is

re

quired fo

r

this

anchor. Som

e anchors

have m

etr

ic dia

mete

rs.

Som

e

have m

ultip

le part

s th

at

can

be unassem

ble

d.

If re

-

assem

ble

d im

pro

perl

y,

the

anchor

may not

perf

orm

pro

perly.

If th

e nut

is re

moved

aft

er

the stu

d is

in

sert

ed in

th

e

hole

, th

e stu

d could

be

part

ially separa

ted fr

om

th

e

expansio

n cone,

causin

g a

reduction in

anchor

str

ength

,

or

be deta

ched fr

om

th

e

expansio

n cone,

requir

ing

anchor

repla

cem

ent.

These

conditio

ns are

not

vis

ible

.

Description

Warning

Exte

rn

ally T

hread

ed

Ce

nte

r P

in A

nch

or

Mediu

m-d

uty

expansio

n

anchor. The anchor

is cor-

rectly in

sta

lled w

hen th

e pin

is com

ple

tely

in

sert

ed.

Insta

llation pro

cedure

s are

sim

ple

; no to

rque is

re

quired

to set

the anchor.

Typic

ally desig

ned fo

r sta

tic

loads and not

used w

ith

recip

rocating engin

es,

moto

rsor

in situations w

here

vib

ra-

tions are

pre

sent.

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Sh

ell

A

nch

or

Flu

sh-m

ount

or

sub-s

urf

ace

inte

rnally th

readed anchor

for

mediu

m-

to light-

duty

applications.

Com

es in

fractional

and m

etr

ic siz

es

and is

available

in

a variety

of

mate

rials

.

A specia

l sett

ing to

ol

is

required and m

ust

be supplied

by th

e anchor

manufa

ctu

rer.

The sett

ing to

ol

is desig

ned fo

r

each anchor

siz

e and sty

le.

In

te

rn

all

y T

hre

ad

ed

Un

de

rcu

t A

nch

or

Used in

heavy-d

uty

applica-

tions.

Typic

ally com

e in

tw

o

types:

self-u

nderc

utt

ing and

those usin

g a specia

lized

underc

utt

ing drill bit.

Anchors

have in

tern

al

thre

ads.

Shallow

em

bedm

ent

and

sm

all edge dis

tances and

spacin

g are

possib

le.

May re

quire specia

l to

ols

and

specific

drill bits.

Typic

ally

cannot

be used at

variable

em

bedm

ent

depth

s.

Can be

com

plicate

d to

in

sta

ll.

May be

difficult to

verify

pro

per

insta

llation.

Oth

ers

Sim

ilar

to th

e w

edge concre

te

anchor

and used in

heavy-

to

light-

duty

applications.

Many

configura

tions are

available

to fit

most

applications.

Made

from

a variety

of

mate

rials

.

Typic

ally desig

ned fo

r sta

tic

loads and not

used w

ith

recip

rocating engin

es or

in

situations w

here

vib

rations are

pre

sent.

An

ch

or S

ele

ctio

n G

uid

eA

nch

or S

ele

ctio

n G

uid

e

Co

ncre

te

B

olt

s (co

nt.)

Concre

te bolts are

lim

ited to

insta

llation in

uncra

cked

concre

te m

asonry

. C

rackin

g

may occur

from

anchor

location in

te

nsio

n zone of

concre

te m

em

ber, anchor

location in

sett

ing concre

te

mem

ber, and anchors

sub-

jecte

d to

seis

mic

lo

ads,

win

d

loads,

or

movin

g lo

ads.

Concre

te bolts are

lim

ited to

non-f

ire-r

esis

tive constr

uction

unle

ss appro

priate

data

is

subm

itte

d dem

onstr

ating th

at

anchor

perf

orm

ance is

main

tain

ed in

fire

-resis

tive

situations.

Som

e m

anufa

ctu

rers

use

diffe

rent

dia

mete

r drill bits fo

r

the sam

e nom

inal

dia

mete

r

concre

te bolt.

Use th

e pro

per

dia

mete

r drill bit befo

re

insta

llation.

When a specific

scre

w anchor

manufa

ctu

rer’

s

drill bit dia

mete

r is

not

used,

a

reduction of

capacity m

ust

be

accounte

d fo

r in

th

e calc

ula

-

tions.

Oth

er

manufa

ctu

rers

may re

com

mend th

e use of

AN

SI

B212 m

atc

hed dia

mete

r

drill bits fo

r use w

ith th

eir

concre

te bolts.

Som

e m

anufa

ctu

rers

m

ay

allow

pow

er

tools

fo

r in

sta

lla-

tion and oth

ers

m

ay not.

Som

e scre

w anchor

manufa

c-

ture

rs re

com

mend not

usin

g

an ele

ctr

ic im

pact

wre

nch

when re

-usin

g th

e sam

e hole

.

Som

e m

anufa

ctu

rers

allow

piloting a new

anchor

hole

; 1

or

2 additio

n applications or

re-u

ses are

possib

le.

If th

e

manufa

ctu

rer

allow

s th

e scre

w

anchor

to be re

used,

inspect

for

excessiv

e w

ear

or

the

capacity of

the scre

w anchor.

Description

Warning

Exte

rn

ally T

hread

ed

(co

nt.

)

Description

Warning

In

tern

ally T

hre

aded

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To

gg

le o

r “M

oll

y”-ty

pe

An

ch

ors

Lig

ht-

to

m

ediu

m-d

uty

anchor

with easy in

sta

llation

in m

any substr

ate

s.

No

drillin

g is

re

quired fo

r som

e

anchor

types or

in som

e

substr

ate

s.

Som

e anchors

are

supplied w

ith bolts or

scre

ws.

Anchors

are

m

ade

from

vari

ety

of

mate

rials

and colo

rs in

clu

din

g pla

stic,

zin

c alloys,

and ste

el.

May re

quire a la

rge hole

.

Anchor

may or

may not

be

reusable

if th

e bolt is

re

-

moved.

Severe

dam

age to

th

e

substr

ate

can re

sult if th

ese

anchors

are

re

moved aft

er

insta

llation.

Le

ad

E

xp

an

sio

n A

nch

ors

Sim

ilar

to expansio

n shie

lds,

but

typic

ally consid

ere

d light-

duty

. M

any can be used w

ith

a variety

of

scre

ws or

bolts.

Quic

k and sim

ple

to

in

sta

ll.

Can be used in

concre

te,

CM

U,

brick,

or

sto

ne.

Anchor

mate

rial

is m

alleable

and th

e th

reads can be

str

ipped.

Anchor

should

not

be

used in

any applications.

DO

NO

T U

SE

FO

R S

EIS

MIC

RESTR

AIN

T

Description

Warning

Lig

ht

Du

ty F

aste

nin

gs (

co

nt.

)

An

ch

or S

ele

ctio

n G

uid

eA

nch

or S

ele

ctio

n G

uid

e

Sin

gle

a

nd

D

ou

ble

Ex

pa

nsio

n S

hie

lds

Multi-

purp

ose anchor

used in

concre

te,

Concre

te M

asonry

Unit (C

MU

), brick,

or

sto

ne.

This

anchor

dis

trib

ute

s fa

irly

even pre

ssure

, m

akin

g its

use popula

r in

CM

U,

brick,

and natu

ral

sto

ne.

Typic

ally

used in

conju

nction w

ith

machin

e bolts,

whic

h can be

rem

oved and re

pla

ced.

Anchor

mate

rial

is m

alleable

and th

e th

reads can be

str

ipped.

Driv

e P

in (n

ail

) A

nch

ors

(m

eta

l a

nd

p

lastic

)

Lig

ht-

duty

anchor

with fa

st

and easy in

sta

llation in

many substr

ate

s.

Co

ncre

te

S

cre

ws

Me

diu

m- to

L

igh

t-D

uty

A variety

of

length

s and

dia

mete

rs are

available

.

Oft

en used fo

r te

mpora

ry

anchora

ge.

Use only

fo

r sta

tic lo

ads.

Typic

ally not

used in

overh

ead

applicati

ons.

Typic

ally not

used in

situations

where

exte

nsiv

e vib

rations

are

pre

sent.

Requires th

e use

of

a specia

l drill bit (s

om

e

metr

ic)

supplied by th

e anchor

manufa

ctu

rer.

Sp

ecia

l S

ty

le H

ea

d

We

dg

e (R

ing

) A

nch

or

Wedge anchor

with in

tegra

ted

connection (h

ead)

desig

ned

for

tie w

ires or

suspended

ceilin

gs.

Typic

ally desig

ned fo

r sta

tic

loads and not

used w

ith

recip

rocating engin

es or

in

situations w

here

vib

rations are

pre

sent. D

O N

OT U

SE

FO

R S

EIS

MIC

RESTR

AIN

T

DO

NO

T U

SE

FO

R S

EIS

MIC

RESTR

AIN

T

Lig

ht

Du

ty F

aste

nin

gs

Description

Warning

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Ele

ctric

al

Da

ng

er In

stru

ctio

n C

ha

rt

� H

eavy equip

ment

should

be sta

biliz

ed w

ith str

aps

and oth

er

tie-d

ow

ns to

re

duce th

e possib

lity

of

tippin

g.

� Spre

ader

bars

m

ust

be evalu

ate

d by th

e appro

priate

desig

n pro

fessio

nal

pri

or

to lift

ing.

When l

ifting,

do n

ot

pass r

opes o

r cable

s t

hro

ugh l

ift

hole

s.

Use slings w

ith safe

ty hooks or

shackle

s.

� D

am

aged v

ent

housin

gs c

an c

onstr

ict

pro

per

air

flo

wand expose th

e in

teri

or

of

ele

ctr

ical

voltage

com

part

ment

to w

eath

er.

� D

o n

ot

make a

ny m

odific

ations t

o t

he e

quip

ment

or

opera

te th

e syste

m w

ith in

terl

ocks and safe

tybarr

iers

re

moved.

Conta

ct

your

manufa

ctu

rer’

sre

pre

senta

tive fo

r additio

nal

instr

uctions if th

eequip

ment

does not

fuction as descri

bed in

th

ism

anual.

Com

ple

te seis

mic

in

sta

llation and pro

per

inspection of

work

pri

or

to e

nabling t

he c

ircuit b

reakers

.

� U

se out-

of-

serv

ice ta

gs and padlo

cks w

hen w

ork

ing

on e

quip

ment.

Leave t

ags i

n p

lace u

ntil

the w

ork

is

com

ple

ted a

nd t

he e

qupm

ent

is r

eady t

o b

e p

ut

back

into

serv

ice.

� R

esto

re a

ll s

eis

mic

restr

ain

ts r

em

oved f

or

main

tenance to

th

eir

ori

gin

al

insta

llation

configura

tion and to

rque all bolts/a

nchors

to

th

eir

pro

per

valu

es.

� C

are

fully i

nspect

your

work

are

a a

nd r

em

ove a

ny

tools

and obje

cts

le

ft in

sid

e th

e equip

ment.

� R

em

ove a

ll t

ools

, lift

ing a

ssem

bly

, and m

iscellaneous

item

s l

eft

on t

he e

quip

ment

pri

or

to e

nabling t

he

cir

cuit b

reaker.

� A

ll i

nstr

uctions i

n t

his

manual

and p

rovid

ed b

y t

he

manufa

ctu

rer

are

w

ritt

en w

ith th

e assum

ption th

at

the custo

mer

has ta

ken th

ese m

easure

s befo

reperf

orm

ing any m

ain

tenance or

testing.

ELE

CT

RIC

AL D

AN

GE

R I

NS

TR

UC

TIO

N

CH

AR

T

� O

nly

qualified p

ers

onnel

fam

ilia

r w

ith p

roper

voltage

equip

ment

are

to p

erf

orm

work

descri

bed i

n t

his

set

of

instr

uctions.

Work

ers

m

ust

unders

tand th

ehazard

s in

volv

ed in

w

ork

ing w

ith or

near

ele

ctr

ical

cir

cuits.

� P

erf

orm

work

only

aft

er

readin

g a

nd u

nders

tandin

g a

llof

the i

nsta

llation i

nstr

uctions i

n t

his

manual

and t

he

manufa

ctu

rer’

s lite

ratu

re.

� Turn

off

all pow

er-

supply

ing equip

ment

befo

rew

ork

ing on or

insid

e equip

ment.

� A

lways use a pro

perl

y ra

ted voltage sensin

g devic

e to

confirm

that

the p

ow

er

is o

ff.

� B

ew

are

of

pote

ntial

hazard

s.

Wear

Pers

onal

Pro

tective Equip

ment

(PPE)

as re

quir

ed by N

FPA

-70E,

and ta

ke adequate

safe

ty pre

cautions.

� R

epla

ce a

ll d

evic

es,

doors

, and c

overs

befo

re t

urn

ing

on th

e pow

er

to th

e equip

ment.

� A

ll a

ctivitie

s m

ust

be p

erf

orm

ed b

y q

ualified p

ers

onnel

in accord

ance w

ith lo

cal

codes.

� P

recautions f

or

cir

cuit b

reakers

:

•The c

ircuit b

reaker

must

be r

em

oved f

rom

its

com

part

ment

and is

ola

ted fr

om

th

e voltage.

•C

ontr

ol

voltage m

ust

be i

n t

he o

pen (

O)

positio

n.

•The c

ircuit b

reaker

must

be in t

he o

pen (

O)

posit

ion.

•All c

ircuit b

reaker

springs m

ust

be d

ischarg

ed.

� H

andle

equip

ment

care

fully and in

sta

ll,

opera

te and

main

tain

it

corr

ectly in o

rder

for

it t

o f

unction

pro

perl

y.

Negle

cting fu

ndam

enta

l in

sta

llation and

main

tenance re

quir

em

ents

m

ay le

ad to

pers

onal

inju

ry,

as w

ell a

s d

am

age t

o e

lectr

ical

equip

ment

or

oth

er

pro

pert

y.

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62

Glo

ss

ary

Cab

le b

race –

A s

teel cable

desig

ned f

or

use a

s a

seis

mic

sw

ay bra

ce fo

r suspended equip

ment,

conduit,

cable

tr

ays or

racew

ays.

Als

o see

Pre-s

tretc

hed

cab

le.

Can

t str

ip –

A m

ate

rial used t

o f

ill void

s in r

oof

flashin

g.

Can

tile

vered

– A

support

mem

ber

connecte

d a

t one

end and unsupport

ed at

the oth

er

end.

Cast-

in-p

lace –

A s

teel

shape e

mbedded i

nto

concre

te.

Cast-

in-p

lace a

nch

or –

A h

eaded s

teel bolt s

et

within

a c

oncre

te f

orm

befo

re c

oncre

te i

s p

oure

d.

Cold

join

t – A

n e

dge b

etw

een t

wo c

oncre

tesurf

aces.

Con

str

ucti

on

docu

men

ts –

Dra

win

gs,

specific

ations,

and m

anufa

ctu

rer’s in

str

uctions (a

ppro

ved by th

eappro

pri

ate

desig

n pro

fessio

nal)

th

at

define th

escope of

a pro

ject

and pro

vid

e deta

iled in

form

ation

to s

eis

mic

ally r

estr

ain

the e

quip

ment,

conduit,

or

racew

ays.

Als

o know

n as blu

e prints

.

Cou

nte

r f

lash

ing

– A

lig

ht-

gauge s

heet

meta

l fo

lded

support

or

equip

ment

fram

e to

shed w

ate

r or

snow

onto

th

e ro

of.

Cu

rb – Rais

ed or

enclo

sed fr

am

ew

ork

th

at

support

sequip

ment.

Cu

re –

To g

ain

inte

rnal str

ength

over

tim

e t

ow

ithsta

nd exte

rnal

forc

es.

Cu

re t

ime –

The t

ota

l tim

e it

takes f

or

the m

ate

rial

to b

e a

t an a

bsolu

te f

ull l

oad c

apacity.

Desig

n p

rofe

ssio

nal

– T

he r

esponsib

le p

art

y,

recogniz

ed by th

e auth

ority

havin

g ju

risdic

tion,

work

ing w

ithin

th

eir scope of

qualifications and

pro

vid

ing desig

n serv

ices.

Dif

feren

tial

movem

en

t – T

he m

ovem

ent

betw

een

two obje

cts

or

surf

aces.

D

GLO

SS

AR

YA

dh

esiv

e a

nch

or –

A s

mooth

or

defo

rmed s

teel bar

or

thre

aded r

od,

set

in a

pre

drilled h

ole

in h

ard

ened

concre

te o

r m

asonry

(in

clu

din

g m

asonry

units a

nd

mort

ar

join

ts)

that

derives i

ts h

old

ing s

trength

fro

ma chem

ical

bondin

g com

pound pla

ced betw

een th

ew

all o

f th

e h

ole

and t

he e

mbedded p

ort

ion o

f th

eanchor.

An

ch

or –

A d

evic

e f

or

connecting e

quip

ment

and

att

achm

ents

to

th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re.

Att

ach

men

ts –

Support

syste

ms u

sed t

o c

onnect

equip

ment,

pip

e,

conduit,

or

ductw

ork

to t

he

buildin

g.

Att

ach

men

t ty

pe –

Use o

f att

achm

ents

to f

loors

,w

alls,

roofs

, ceilin

gs,

and vib

ration is

ola

tors

.

Bar j

ois

t – C

eilin

g j

ois

ts s

upport

ing i

nte

rmedia

tefloors

or

roof

made f

rom

ste

el

angle

s a

nd s

teel

bars

.

Base p

late

– A

ste

el pla

te u

sed f

or

support

and

anchora

ge of

an angle

support

or

vib

ration is

ola

tor.

Bed

join

t – A

horizonta

l seam

in a

brick o

r concre

teblo

ck w

all.

Als

o s

ee H

ead

join

t.

Bolt

dia

mete

r –

Thic

kness o

r w

idth

of

the o

uts

ide o

fth

e th

readed port

ion of

the bolt.

Bu

ild

ing

str

uctu

re –

Ste

el, c

oncre

te,

masonry

and

wood m

em

bers

or

surf

aces th

at

transfe

r th

e w

eig

ht

of

the b

uildin

g a

nd e

quip

ment

to t

he g

round.

Bu

mp

ers –

Angle

s o

r oth

er

ste

el

shapes w

ith

ela

sto

meric paddin

g rigid

ly m

ounte

d to

th

e buildin

gstr

uctu

re in

a patt

ern

aro

und th

e equip

ment

base to

lim

it h

orizonta

l m

ovem

ent.

Bu

sb

ars

– A

conducting b

ar

(usually m

ade o

f copper)

that

carr

ies c

urr

ents

to v

arious e

lectr

ic c

ircuits.

Cab

inet

– A

n e

nclo

sure

desig

ned f

or

surf

ace

mounting or

flush m

ounting th

at

houses contr

ols

and ele

ctr

ical

com

ponents

.

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Fle

xib

le c

on

necto

r –

A c

onnecto

r desig

ned t

o a

llow

slight

movem

ent

betw

een a pie

ce of

equip

ment,

com

ponent,

or

syste

m a

nd a

noth

er

syste

m i

n t

he

event

of

an eart

hquake.

Fle

xib

le m

ou

nte

d e

qu

ipm

en

t – A

pie

ce o

f equip

ment

support

ed o

n o

r fr

om

a v

ibra

tion i

sola

tor.

Gel

tim

e –

A s

pecifie

d a

mount

of

tim

e f

or

an a

dhesiv

eto

form

a j

elly-l

ike s

ubsta

nce w

ith s

trength

to h

old

its

ow

n w

eig

ht

or

the w

eig

ht

of

a l

ight

ste

el

anchor.

Grom

met

– A

rubber

or

ela

sto

meric b

ushin

g-s

haped

ring t

hat

may b

e u

sed i

n r

estr

ain

ed s

prings,

snubbers

, or

with b

olts t

o p

rovid

e a

cushio

ned o

rflexib

le connection.

Han

d t

igh

t – T

he f

orc

e a

pplied b

y h

and o

r w

ith h

and

tools

to b

ring t

wo o

r m

ore

mate

rials

firm

ly in c

onta

ct

without

a space.

Head

join

t – A

vert

ical jo

int

betw

een t

wo c

oncre

teblo

cks in a

blo

ck w

all o

r tw

o b

ricks in a

brick w

all.

Als

osee B

ed

join

t.

Head

ed

stu

d –

A larg

e b

olt w

ith a

thre

aded s

haft

and

a hexagonal-

shaped bolt head ty

pic

ally used fo

rem

bedm

ent

into

concre

te s

urf

aces o

r in

-fille

d m

asonry

walls.

Heig

ht-

savin

g b

racket

– A

bra

cket

used t

oaccom

modate

th

e heig

ht

of

spring is

ola

tors

w

ithout

rais

ing t

he e

quip

ment

base m

ore

than a

few

inches.

Hou

sed

sp

rin

g –

A s

pring isola

tor

with s

teel guid

es

usually separa

ted by an ela

sto

meric sheet

locate

d on

two opposite sid

es of

the spring.

Hou

sed

sp

rin

g i

sola

tor –

A s

teel coil s

pring d

esig

ned

to b

e l

oaded i

n c

om

pre

ssio

n a

long t

he a

xis

of

the

spring.

Housed springs have a tw

o-p

iece housin

g and

mounting s

tud f

or

the p

urp

ose o

f le

veling e

quip

ment.

The housin

g has lim

ited la

tera

l re

str

ain

ing capabilitie

sand cannot

resis

t uplift

.

Hou

sekeep

ing

pad

– A

concre

te p

ad u

nder

equip

ment

that

rais

es th

e ele

vation of

the equip

ment

above th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re or

str

uctu

ral

sla

b.

H

Glo

ss

ary

G

Glo

ss

ary

Ed

ge d

ista

nce –

The d

ista

nce b

etw

een a

concre

teanchor

and t

he e

dge o

f a c

oncre

te s

urf

ace o

rconcre

te c

old

join

t.

Ela

sto

meric

– A

mate

rial w

ith fle

xib

ility in a

lldirections t

hat

will

retu

rn t

o i

ts o

rigin

al

shape i

fre

moved f

rom

its

environm

ent.

Ela

sto

meric

mou

nt

– A

mold

ed o

ne-p

iece m

ount

with surf

aces desig

ned to

att

ach th

e equip

ment

toth

e str

uctu

re w

ithout

meta

l-to

-meta

l conta

ct.

Ela

sto

meric

pad

– A

resilie

nt

natu

ral or

synth

etic

rubber-

ike pad used to

re

duce sound,

shock and

hig

h fr

equency vib

rations.

Em

bed

ded

pla

te –

A s

teel pla

te s

et

into

concre

te t

operm

it a w

eld

ed att

achm

ent.

Em

bed

men

t – H

ow

far

a p

ost-

insta

lled a

nchor

isin

sert

ed i

nto

a h

ole

in c

oncre

te o

r w

ood a

fter

the

anchor

is s

et

in p

lace a

nd t

orq

ued.

Em

bed

men

t d

ep

th –

See E

mb

ed

men

t.

En

clo

su

re –

A c

ase o

r housin

g t

o p

rote

ct

ele

ctr

ical

com

ponents

.

Eq

uip

men

t – A

ny m

echanic

al or

ele

ctr

ical com

ponent.

Exp

an

sio

n a

nch

or –

A p

ost-

insta

lled a

nchor

that

uses s

om

e f

orm

of

wedge o

r shell h

eld

again

st

the

edge o

f a d

rilled h

ole

with f

riction.

Ferru

le –

A s

mall m

eta

l tu

be t

hat

can b

e c

rim

ped

aro

und ste

el

cable

s.

Fib

erg

lass p

ad

– A

pad w

ith a

core

of

resilie

nt

fiberg

lass m

ate

rial

covere

d by a m

ois

ture

re

sis

tent

resilie

nt

shell u

sed t

o r

educe s

ound,

shock a

nd h

igh

frequency vib

rations.

Fille

t w

eld

– A

type o

f w

eld

betw

een t

wo p

ieces o

fste

el

where

th

e w

eld

ed surf

aces are

at

right

angle

s.

Fla

sh

ing

– M

eta

l, a

sphalt,

or

ela

sto

meric m

ate

rial

with o

ne o

r m

ore

layers

surr

oundin

g a

roof

penetr

ation specific

ally desig

ned to

w

eath

erp

roof

the buildin

g.

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Poin

t lo

ad

– W

eig

ht

and s

eis

mic

forc

es t

hat

are

focused t

o a

sin

gle

poin

t connection t

o t

he b

uildin

gstr

uctu

re.

Post

an

d b

eam

– A

n e

levate

d s

tructu

re u

sually m

ade

from

beam

s re

sting on posts

or

sta

nchio

ns

connecte

d to

th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re.

Post-

insta

lled

an

ch

or –

Anchors

insta

lled a

fter

the

concre

te has re

ached its specifie

d str

engh.

Post-

ten

sio

n (

pre-s

tressed

) b

uild

ing

– A

concre

tebuildin

g str

uctu

re surf

ace w

ith in

tern

al

ste

el

cable

sth

at

are

str

etc

hed and re

str

ain

ed to

perm

anently

com

pre

ss th

e concre

te surf

ace.

Pre-m

an

ufa

ctu

red

cu

rb

– A

sheet

meta

l curb

manu-

factu

red a

t a f

acto

ry a

nd s

ent

to t

he j

ob s

ite.

Pre-m

an

ufa

ctu

red

vib

rati

on

isola

tion

cu

rb

– A

facto

ry-b

uilt

curb

desig

ned t

o a

ttach e

quip

ment

to a

roof

and conta

inin

g vib

ration is

ola

tors

, w

hic

h allow

for

slight

movem

ent

of

the e

quip

ment.

Pre-s

tressed

beam

– A

concre

te b

eam

bonded t

oste

el in

tensio

n in t

he f

orm

of

a b

eam

.

Pre-s

tretc

hed

cab

le –

Cable

that

is s

tretc

hed a

fter

itis

m

anufa

ctu

red.

Racew

ay –

A c

hannel

(conduit o

r open r

acew

ay)

desig

ned to

hold

w

ires and cable

s or

busbars

.

Rate

d s

prin

g d

efl

ecti

on

– T

he d

imensio

n t

hat

aspring w

ill

com

pre

ss w

hen th

e w

eig

ht

of

equip

ment

is applied.

Reh

ab

ilit

ati

on

– A

new

insta

llation w

ithin

an e

xis

ting

facility.

Restr

ain

ed

ela

sto

meric

mou

nt

– A

n e

lasto

meric

mount

with an in

tegra

ted seis

mic

re

str

ain

ing m

echa-

nis

m t

hat

lim

its m

ovem

ent

in a

ll h

orizonta

l and

vert

ical

directions.

Restr

ain

ed

sp

rin

g –

A v

ibra

tion isola

tor

conta

inin

g a

spring enclo

sed in

a w

eld

ed or

bolted ste

el

housin

gth

at

lim

its m

ovem

ent

of

the s

pring e

quip

ment

att

ach-

ment

in a

ll d

irections.

R

Glo

ss

ary

Glo

ss

ary

In

erti

a b

ase –

A h

eavily w

eig

hte

d b

ase,

usually

made o

f concre

te,

that

weig

hs m

ore

than t

he

equip

ment

it support

s.

In

-fille

d b

lock –

A c

oncre

te b

lock w

all w

hose c

ells

are

rein

forc

ed w

ith r

ebar

and f

ille

d w

ith a

sand-g

rout

mix

ture

.

Isola

tors –

See V

ibrati

on

isola

tors.

Levelin

g s

tan

ch

ion

s –

See S

tan

ch

ion

s.

Load

path

– S

eis

mic

support

of

equip

ment

and

inte

rnal

com

ponents

th

at

can be tr

aced th

ough

connections and support

ste

el

to th

e buildin

gstr

uctu

re.

Load

tran

sfe

r a

ng

les –

Angle

s b

olted t

o e

quip

ment

and to

th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re,

transfe

rrin

g th

e w

eig

ht

and eart

hquake lo

ad th

rough th

e angle

s to

th

ebuildin

g str

uctu

re.

Lon

git

ud

inal

brace –

A b

race t

hat

restr

ain

s p

ipes,

ducts

, or

racew

ays para

llel

to th

e lo

ngitudin

al

direction o

f th

e p

ipe,

duct

run,

or

racew

ay.

Op

en

sp

rin

g –

A s

pring isola

tor

with a

bolt

att

achm

ent

at

the t

op o

f th

e s

pring f

or

connecting t

oequip

ment

without

any hori

zonta

l support

.

Op

en

sp

rin

g i

sola

tor– A

ste

el coil s

pring d

esig

ned t

obe l

oaded i

n c

om

pre

ssio

n a

long t

he a

xis

of

the

spring.

Open s

prings h

ave a

pla

te o

r cup o

n t

he

bott

om

and t

op w

ith a

mounting s

tud.

Oversiz

ed

hole

s –

Bolt h

ole

s g

reate

r th

an s

tandard

bolt hole

s allow

ed by in

dustr

y sta

ndard

s.

Pad

-mou

nte

d –

Equip

ment

mounte

d o

n a

concre

testr

uctu

re n

ot

norm

ally p

art

of

the b

uildin

g s

tructu

re.

Plu

g w

eld

– T

he w

eld

of

a p

late

or

base p

late

to

anoth

er

meta

l surf

ace w

here

a pla

te is

perf

ora

ted

with o

ne o

r m

ore

hole

s,

whic

h a

re t

hen f

ille

d w

ith

the w

eld

fille

r m

ate

rial.

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Set

tim

e –

The s

pecific

tim

e r

equired f

or

mate

rial to

hard

en w

hen a

lig

ht

load m

ay b

e a

pplied.

Sh

allow

con

crete

an

ch

or –

Any a

nchor

with a

nem

bedm

ent

depth

m

easuring le

ss th

an 1/8

th of

its

dia

mete

r.

Sh

eet

meta

l cu

rb

– A

square

or

recta

ngula

r box

made fr

om

galv

aniz

ed ste

el

sheets

used to

connect

equip

ment

to a

roof.

Sh

im –

A t

hin

wedge o

f m

ate

rial used t

o f

ill a s

pace.

Sn

ub

ber –

A s

eis

mic

restr

ain

t devic

e u

sed o

nis

ola

ted syste

ms w

ith an air gap and ela

sto

meric

bushin

g o

r oil-f

ille

d h

ydra

ulic c

ylinder

(shock

absorb

er)

restr

icting t

he r

apid

motion o

f a p

ipe.

Sn

ug

tig

ht

– T

he f

orc

e a

pplied b

y h

and o

r w

ith h

and

tools

to

bring t

wo o

r m

ore

mate

rials

firm

ly in c

onta

ct

with one anoth

er

without

a space.

Solid

brace –

A s

teel angle

or

str

ut

channel

desig

ned f

or

use a

s a

seis

mic

sw

ay b

race f

or

suspended equip

ment,

pip

ing,

ductw

ork

, conduit,

cable

tr

ays,

or

racew

ays.

Sp

rin

g-i

sola

ted

– S

ee V

ibrati

on

-isola

ted

.

Sta

nch

ion

s –

Colu

mns o

r short

str

uctu

ral ste

el

shapes pla

ced vert

ically th

at

connect

to equip

ment

bases or

horizonta

l str

uctu

ral

ste

el

fram

es to

pro

vid

e equip

ment

support

.

Str

uctu

ral

ste

el

sh

ap

es –

A m

anufa

ctu

red s

teel

com

ponent

in a

variety

of

shapes.

Str

ut

– A

manufa

ctu

red s

teel

shape i

n v

arious

U-s

haped patt

ern

s and siz

es.

Str

ut

fram

e –

Ste

el fr

am

ing m

ade f

rom

str

ut

mem

bers

that

act

as a

support

to t

ransfe

r th

eequip

ment

weig

ht

to th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re.

See

Str

ut.

Sw

ay b

race –

Solid b

races o

r cable

bra

ces t

hat

pro

vid

e seis

mic

re

str

ain

t.

Glo

ss

ary

Glo

ss

ary

Restr

ain

ed

sp

rin

g isola

tor –

A s

teel coil s

pring

desig

ned to

be lo

aded in

com

pre

ssio

n alo

ng th

e axis

of

the spring.

Restr

ain

ed springs have a housin

gw

ith in

tegra

ted seis

mic

re

str

ain

ing m

echanis

ms,

that

lim

it m

ovem

ent

in a

ll h

orizonta

l and v

ert

ical direc-

tions.

Rig

id-m

ou

nte

d e

qu

ipm

en

t – E

quip

ment solidly

bra

ced o

r bolted d

irectly t

o t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

rew

ithout

vib

ration is

ola

tion.

Screen

– A

tube o

f ste

el

wire m

esh u

sed a

s a

nadhesiv

e a

nchor

for

anchoring t

o b

lock o

r brick w

alls.

Seis

mic

cab

le –

A g

alv

aniz

ed s

teel

or

sta

inle

ss s

teel

bra

ided ro

pe th

at

is pre

-str

etc

hed.

Seis

mic

restr

ain

t d

evic

e –

An a

ttachm

ent

devic

edesig

ned to

re

str

ict

movem

ent

of

equip

ment

during

an eart

hquake.

Seis

mic

restr

ain

t su

bm

itta

ls –

Docum

ents

cre

ate

dby contr

acto

rs or

vendors

describin

g th

e m

eans and

meth

ods fo

r in

sta

llin

g seis

mic

re

str

ain

t devic

es and

subm

itte

d fo

r desig

n appro

val.

Seis

mic

rod

cla

mp

– A

cla

mpin

g d

evic

e f

or

att

achin

gro

d s

tiffeners

to a

vert

ical

thre

aded r

od.

Seis

mic

sep

arati

on

join

t – A

space p

rovid

ed

betw

een buildin

gs or

port

ions of

a buildin

g to

pre

vent

conta

ct

caused by diffe

rential

movem

ent

during an eart

hquake.

For

pip

ing,

ductw

ork

and

conduits c

rossin

g t

he s

eis

mic

join

t, t

he s

yste

ms a

reconnecte

d w

ith a flexib

le com

ponent

that

allow

s fo

rdiffe

rential

movem

ent

at

least

twic

e t

he w

idth

of

the

seis

mic

separa

tion jo

int.

Self

-drillin

g –

A s

pecia

l ty

pe o

f concre

te s

hell a

nchor

with c

utt

ing t

eeth

for

drillin

g i

nto

concre

te.

Self

-tap

pin

g –

Either

a s

heet

meta

l scre

w w

ith

bla

des o

n t

he e

nd (

sim

ilar

to a

drill b

it),

allow

ing t

he

scre

w t

o d

rill a

hole

and e

mbed i

tself i

nto

a s

teel

shape,

or

a c

oncre

te s

cre

w w

ith a

poin

t and s

pecia

lly

desig

ned th

reads allow

ing th

e scre

w to

grip th

econcre

te a

nd e

mbed i

tself i

nto

the c

oncre

te.

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IN

DEX

A accepta

ble

gap 110

anchor

104-1

32,

162

adhesiv

e 104,

105-1

10,

117,

118,

151-1

53,

162

cast-

in-p

lace 72,

104,

111,

163

concre

te bolt 104

concre

te scre

w 114,

119

dry

wall 114-1

21

em

bedded pla

tes 104

exte

rnally th

readed 154-1

56

gap 110

general

104

inte

rnally th

readed 157

lag bolts 104,

112-1

13,

114,

120

light-

duty

fa

ste

nin

gs 158-1

59

masonry

104,

114-1

21

non-a

dhesiv

e 104,

105-1

10

post-

insta

lled 73,

105

pow

er-

actu

ate

d 122,

151

sheet

meta

l scre

w 114,

120

shell 104,

105-1

10

siz

es fo

r equip

ment

less th

an 400 pounds 130-1

32

sle

eve 104,

105-1

10,

114,

120

ste

el

bolt 104,

123-1

27

thro

ugh-b

olt 75,

116

toggle

bolt 114,

120

um

bre

lla 114,

119

underc

ut

104

wedge 104,

114,

120

weld

ing 128-1

29

anchor

sele

ction guid

e 151-1

59

angle

3

0-3

3,

35,

37-3

9,

43-4

4,

47,

49,

56-5

8,

60,

78-8

0,

83-8

4,

100,

110

att

achm

ent

type 51-1

03,

162

rigid

floor-

mounte

d/pad-m

ounte

d 51-64

see als

o ri

gid

floor-

mounte

d/pad-m

ounte

d att

achm

ent

roof-

mounte

d 65-7

0

see als

o ro

of-

mounte

d att

achm

ent

suspended 71-8

6

see als

o suspended att

achm

ent

vib

rati

on-is

ola

ted/floor-

mounte

d 87-97

see als

o vib

rati

on-is

ola

ted/floor-

mounte

d att

achm

ent

wall-m

ounte

d 98-1

03

see als

o w

all-m

ounte

d att

achm

ent

auto

matic tr

ansfe

r sw

itches 4-5

Glo

ss

ary

Ten

don

s –

Ste

el

cable

s u

sed i

n p

ost-

tensio

nbuildin

gs. Als

o s

ee P

ost-

ten

sio

n b

uild

ing

.

Th

imb

le –

A m

eta

l spacer

used o

n a

cable

to p

rote

ct

it f

rom

bein

g b

ent

and d

am

aged.

Toe o

f th

e w

eld

– T

he e

dge o

f a f

ille

t w

eld

.

Torq

ue –

A t

urn

ing f

orc

e a

round a

bolt a

pplied b

ytw

isting a

bolt h

ead o

r nut

so t

he c

om

ponents

will

not

separa

te.

Tran

sverse b

race –

A b

race t

hat

restr

ain

s p

ipes,

ducts

, or

racew

ays perp

endic

ula

r to

th

e lo

ngitudin

al

dir

ection.

Tu

rn

-of-

nu

t m

eth

od

– A

pro

cess t

o p

roperly t

orq

ue

a b

olt w

ithout

a s

pecia

l to

ol

like a

calibra

ted t

orq

ue

wre

nch. See H

an

d t

igh

t and S

nu

g t

igh

t.

Vib

rati

on

-isola

ted

– A

llow

s f

lexib

le m

otion b

etw

een

equip

ment,

pip

ing,

ductw

ork

, conduit,

cable

tra

ys,

or

racew

ays and th

e buildin

g str

uctu

re.

Vib

rati

on

isola

tors –

Com

ponents

conta

inin

gre

silie

nt

ele

ments

such as ste

el

springs,

air springs,

mold

ed pre

-com

pre

ssed fiberg

lass or

ela

sto

meric

pads used to

separa

te vib

rating equip

ment,

pip

ing

and d

uctw

ork

fro

m t

he b

uildin

g s

tructu

re.

Web

– A

thin

meta

l str

ip in a

str

uctu

ral ste

el shape.

Weld

base m

ate

ria

l – T

he m

ate

rial com

positio

n o

fan item

bein

g w

eld

ed.

WP

S –

Weld

Pro

cedure

Specific

ation i

s r

equired f

or

all w

eld

ing i

n a

ccord

ance w

ith A

merican W

eld

ing

Socie

ty D

1.1

. The W

PS d

efines t

he e

ssential

variable

s a

nd t

heir l

imits f

or

the w

eld

and m

ust

be

in t

he v

icin

ity w

here

the w

eld

is o

ccurr

ing.

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E ela

sto

mert

ic pads 96-9

7

ele

ctr

ic unit heate

r 28-2

9

ele

ctr

ic w

ate

r heate

r att

achm

ent

101

ele

ctr

ical

danger

instr

uction chart

160

em

bedded pla

tes 58,

104,

128,

163

em

bedm

ent

depth

107,

164

equip

ment

4-2

9,

164

auto

matic tr

ansfe

r sw

itches 4-5

batt

ery

ra

cks 26-2

7

contr

ol

panels

6-7

genera

tors

8-9

less th

an 400 pounds,

anchor

siz

es fo

r 130-1

31

lighting 10-1

1

load cente

rs 12-1

3

low

voltage:

substa

tions,

capacitor

banks,

sw

itchboard

s,

and sw

itchgears

14-1

5

mediu

m to

hig

h voltage:

sw

itchgears

,

cir

cuit in

terr

upte

rs,

substa

tion cir

cuit

bre

akers

, and w

alk

-in enclo

sure

s 16-1

7

mete

rs and dis

connects

18-1

9

moto

r contr

ol

cente

rs and vari

able

fr

equency dri

ves 20-2

1

mutli-

media

ra

cks 22-2

3

panelb

oard

s 12-1

3

sett

ing/m

ovin

g in

pla

ce 54,

59,

64

transfo

rmers

24-2

5

typic

al

3,

5,

7,

9,

11,

13,

15,

17,

19,

21,

23,

25,

27,

29

type o

f in

sta

llation 3

, 5,

7,

9,

11,

13,

15,

17,

19,

21,

23,

25,

27,

29

unin

terr

upta

ble

pow

er

supplies 26-2

7

unit heate

rs and ta

nks 28-2

9

F ferr

ule

cla

mps 135-1

36,

164

flashin

g

65,

67,

68,

70,

164

floor-

mounte

d

anchor

siz

es fo

r 130

att

achm

ents

see ri

gid

floor-

mounte

d/p

ad-m

ounte

d

att

achm

ents

auto

matic tr

ansfe

r sw

itches 4-5

capacitor

bank 14-1

5

cir

cuit in

terr

upte

r 16-1

7com

pute

r ra

ck 22-2

3

contr

ol

panels

6-7

equip

ment

rack 22-2

3genera

tors

8-9

low

voltage sw

itchboard

14-1

5m

edia

equip

ment

22-2

3m

ete

r cente

r 18-1

9

moto

r contr

ol

cente

r 20-2

1

In

de

xIn

de

x

B bar

jois

t 7

4,

77,

162

base in

ert

ia,

concre

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wall anchor

114-1

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weld

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16