SPX Cooling Technologies SS-NC-08A specifications Specifications, Specification Value, Access

Marley / NC Class Stainless CoolingTower / Specifications: Base 10

	Specifications	Specification Value
10.0	Access:
10.1 A large stainless steel, rectangular		■ The access doors on NC8301 and
	access door shall be located on both	NC8302 towers are 76cm wide by
	end panels for entry into the cold	84cm high. On NC8303 thru NC8312
	water basin. Doors shall provide	the access doors are 122cm high.
	access to the fan plenum area to facili-	Small access doors are prohibitive
	tate inspection and allow maintenance	and discourage maintenance, which
	to the fan drive system.	in turn can impact your operation.
		Specifying the size of the door will
11.0	Cold Water Collection Basin:	cause some bidders to take excep-
		tion, alerting you to a potential
11.1 The collection basin shall be heavy-		maintenance headache. Two doors
	gauge S300 stainless steel, and shall	are standard on all NC Class tow-
		ers—one in each endwall.
	include the number and type of suction
	connections required to accommodate	■ The NC tower design offers side-
	the outflow piping system shown on
	the plans. Suction connections shall be	suctions, side-outlet sumps, and
	equipped with stainless steel debris	bottom outlets to accommodate
	screens. A factory-installed, float-oper-	a significant variety of piping schemes. Unless so specified, the tower
	ated, mechanical make-up valve shall	you may be asked to approve may only be available with one type of
	be included. An overflow and drain	suction connection, requiring you to redesign your piping layout.
	connection shall be provided in each
	cell of the cooling tower. The basin
	floor shall slope toward the drain to
	allow complete flush out of debris and
	silt which may accumulate. Towers of
	more than one cell shall include stain-
	less steel flumes for flow and equal-
	ization between cells. The basin shall
	be accessible and maintainable while
	water is circulating.