Architectural and Engineering Design Standards

SECTION 14 92 00 November 1, 2016^

HOSPITAL WIDE PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEM

149200-2

UIHC # THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
POST BID CON. DOC.:

TITLE OF PROJECT HERE

20X-XXX

DATE

f. Individual branch on/off switch.

B. System shall be computer controlled pressure-vacuum pneumatic tube network of nominal 6" size, designed for

transport of documents, x-rays, I.V. containers, laboratory samples, pharmaceuticals, and small supplies.

System shall be fully automatic requiring no intermediate handling of carriers once inserted and receiving

address accepted by system.

C. Carrier transactions shall take shortest route to destination avoiding superfluous travel. Carrier shall not be

required to travel to central location for destination routing.

D. Carriers shall be dispatched from system by vacuum and pressure delivered. System shall present tubing

dimensioned equipment to carrier through all travel areas within air stream - from dispatch to delivery.

Expanded bends, Y-branches are not permitted. Impact operated devices are not desirable.

E. System characteristics shall ensure carrier is handled in gentle, controlled manner so sensitive materials and

laboratory samples can be transported without damage.

F. System shall be computer controlled and supervised. A master interface panel shall be provided to permit

convenient communications with system for maintenance and management.

G. Transfer from one operational section of system to another shall be through above-ceiling mounted transfer

units in minimal time periods.

H. System shall be based on eleven thousand carrier transactions per 24 hour day with peak system performance of

1,650 carrier transactions per hour for two hours each twenty-four hour day when future expansion is

completed. System Supplier shall take into account selective station slowdown if capability is available.

Selective station slowdown transactions will represent approximately twenty percent of total daily transactions.

Transaction capacity and system configuration upon completion of ultimate expansion will be determined as

specified in paragraph 1.2 A.

2.2 SYSTEM CONTROL

A. System control shall be by mini-computer system controlling and supervising transactions from dispatch

addressing to delivery at receiving station with provision of fault location, maintenance diagnosis and data

output for management control. System control shall include the following:

1. Supervise and control all sending and receiving transactions and provide selective monitoring, on
   demand, of each dispatch through entire transaction route.


2. Provide fault alarm in event of malfunction and visually display fault location and nature of fault.


3. Standard commercial Mini-computer, magnetic core memory, software programmable or compatible
   with existing system computer.


4. Computer-operated Interface Panel which provides the following inter-action capability:
   a. Display module to verify address of each system device and confirm nature and location of
   system faults.
   b. Keyboard for addressing and exercising all devices within system. Supplier shall provide
   description of keyboard with bid submittal.
   c. Monitoring of each dispatch through entire transaction route and memory function to re-trace
   route in event of delivery failure.
   d. Carrier dispatch backlog indicator on master control.
   e. System transaction counter and resettable individual branch counter.

g. Plug-in circuit boards.

h. CRT add-on capabilities.

i. System voltage level display on Master Control.

j. Blower mode indicator.

k. Disabling key switch for keyboard operation (off-operate-exercise) on Master Control.