Instruction Manual

Amico Source Equipment
6.4.1 Summary of CSA Specication of Division 15 (Air Compressors System)
PART 1 – GENERAL (Medical Air)
RELATED DOCUMENTS: Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including general and supplementary
conditions and Division I specication section, apply to this section.
SUMMARY EXTENT OF WORK
A. This Section pertains to all labor, equipment and services necessary for and complementary to the
installation of piped medical gas and vacuum systems (PMGVS) including: oxygen, medical air, medical
vacuum, waste anesthesia gas disposal (WAGD), nitrogen, instrument air, nitrous oxide, helium, carbon
dioxide, argon, dental air, dental vacuum, laboratory air and mixed gas systems as shown on the drawings
and/specied herein.
1. Oxygen systems shall be complete to the source valve, ready for connection to the bulk gas supply
system.
2. Medical Vacuum, WAGD and Medical Air systems shall be complete, started, tested and ready for
use.
3. Nitrous Oxide, Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide, Helium, Argon and Mixed Gas. Systems shall be complete,
tested and ready for use.
PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A. All materials used shall be new and of the best grade and quality available and workmanship shall be rst
class in every respect. Contractor shall be accountable for compliance with all Local, Provincial or
Federal codes.
B. Provide all elements and accessories required for complete systems per latest edition of CAN/CSA
Standard.
C. Contractor shall make all necessary connections to owner furnished equipment.
D. Install all piping as shown on Drawings; described herein and using methods of fabrication; grading; testing;
repairing; cleaning and other procedures.
E. Electrical power wiring for vacuum pump(s), medical air compressor(s), WAGD Producer(s), ceiling columns,
alarms, and modular accessories associated with the system(s) shall be part of the electrical contract. Any
equipment supplied by a contractor requiring additional electrical services shall be the responsibility of the
contractor to supply these services.
F. Perform Installer pressure testing, cross connection testing, nal testing per CSA Standards, perform a leak
test; perform a 24h standing pressure; and purge the terminal units.
Speciers; if contractor will retain Verier, use this paragraph:
G. Retain a qualied third party verier acceptable to the engineer and owner to perform and attest to nal
verication of the systems. Make corrections as needed, including additional testing in order to illustrate full
and unqualied certication.
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