Products In Focus
Connect2Fab MEP Design and Fabrication Application – Trimble
Trimble introduced Trimble Connect2Fab, a web-based application within the Trimble® Connect® collaboration platform that enables a seamless connection between design and fabrication workflows for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) contractors. Using an intuitive interface, Connect2Fab provides unparalleled visibility into, and control over, work packages and spool drawings that are sent to the fabrication shop and then to the field. This empowers teams to work with maximum transparency, streamlining traditionally cumbersome workflows and enabling stakeholders to execute data-driven decisions throughout a project’s life cycle.
Using Connect2Fab, shop and field personnel do not need modeling experience or CAD platform access to create or modify spools. Now, users can create spool drawings and set endpoints directly in Connect2Fab based on what works for the fabrication and installation teams, reducing bottlenecks between design and fabrication teams.
Trimble
https://construction.trimble.com
TDFi-RT Fan Inlet Airflow Measurement Device – Ruskin
Ruskin’s TDFi-RT (Thermal Dispersion Fan Inlet – Real Time) is a unique air measurement device for fan inlets utilizing thermal dispersion technology to establish both airflow rate and air temperature for a building’s automation system. This information allows the building’s automation system to automatically control speed of the supply, return, or exhaust fans and adjust damper positions to maintain HVAC airflow requirements.
The TDFi-RT uses standoff cantilevered sensor mounting to properly position the sensors in the airstream and minimize hardware located in the fan’s inlet. This mounting concept allows the sensors to measure airflow rate by monitoring both the rate at which heat is dispersed from its heated thermistor and the overall ambient temperature of the air entering the fan from its passive thermistor. One or two sensors can be used per fan inlet. The TDFi-RT air measurement system can collect information from up to 16 fans — and even from one or more air-handling units when using the BACnet network interface. On a fan array, the airflow from each individual fan can be monitored to help pinpoint a failed fan in the system.
Ruskin
www.ruskin.com
00e VR Series ECM Circulators – Taco Comfort Solutions
Taco’s new VR Series high-efficiency electronically commutated motor (ECM) cast-iron or stainless steel circulators offer a wide range of low-, medium-, or high-head options in sizes from 1/3-2 horsepower (hp). Easy, intuitive settings and operation will appeal to installers for a broad range of uses, including HVAC, hot water recirculation, and NSF commercial hot applications.
00e VR circulators provide an easy-to-program pump interface with real-time feedback. Modbus, BACnet, and 0-10Vdc + pulse width modulation (PWM) are standard. The circulators provide 62 feet max head and up to 320 GPM flow. They are NSF/ANSI 61 + 372 commercial hot certified.
The circulators are also equipped with ASHRAE’s 2019 Software Innovation Award-winning Taco Tags, providing vital product/application information instantly to phones or other mobile devices.
Taco Comfort Solutions
www.tacocomfort.com
Gas Monitoring Devices – Belimo
Commercial-grade gas monitoring devices are factory-calibrated and can measure up to two different gases simultaneously. All monitors offer CAN bus communication allowing daisy-chain installation of up to 32 devices. These monitors can easily be assigned to sites for wiring and installation. Enhanced communication enables expanded system integration and BMS control with the addition of BACnet MS/TP on select models.
The universal robust enclosure features an electronic display with an audible and visual alarm; it’s easily configured operation with adjustable alarm relays, indicators, and strobes allow for on-demand ventilation and relay activation; and it’s able to reduce cabling with a daisy-chain network of up to 32 devices.
Belimo
www.belimo.com
SiteLine Building Controls – Daikin Applied
Daikin Applied introduced SiteLine™ Building Controls — a portfolio of scalable, cloud-based technologies to effortlessly connect, monitor, and manage both individual pieces of HVAC equipment and integrated building systems. With SiteLine, building owners and operators have the tools and insights to optimize performance, improve indoor air quality, and trim energy use and carbon emissions.
The SiteLine portfolio currently includes three offerings to meet a range of needs, including SiteLine for Dedicated Equipment, SiteLine for Wireless Building Automation System (BAS) and SiteLine for Pre-Programmed BAS.
The new controls portfolio provides complete transparency into the entire HVAC ecosystem to help create comfortable and sustainable environments where people work and live. Intuitive dashboards keep facility personnel connected to their operations at all times and arms them with data to drive efficiency and lower costs while maintaining comfort.
Daikin Applied
www.daikinapplied.com
QEI Mixed Flow Fan – Greenheck
Greenheck’s QEI mixed flow fans are now available with aluminum and spark-resistance Type-A material construction options. The expanded construction material offering combined with the QEI’s high-efficiency mixed flow wheel makes it a great solution for challenging exhaust air applications. The aluminum material option, including an aluminum mixed flow impeller wheel, inlet cone, housing, and straightening vanes, is ideal for high-humidity environments and corrosive environments, where aluminum is a better option than coated steel. The aluminum construction also reduces the fan’s overall weight for easier handling as well as structural concerns within a facility. Spark-resistance Type A construction adds shaft seals, nonferrous shaft covers, and welded tubular housing to ensure there are no spark-causing materials in the airstream, making it suitable for flammable applications, such as dust, gases, or vapors. Belt-drive model QEI, direct drive model QEID, and the QEID-FJ FumeJet® are Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) licensed for sound and air performance and Fan Energy Index (FEI).
Greenheck
www.greenheck.com
Airstage Integration Manager VRF Hardware Platform – Fujitsu General America Inc.
For use with Airstage VRF systems, Fujitsu General America Inc. is introducing its Airstage Integration Manager™, optimized for the Niagara Framework by Tridium Inc.
A dramatic evolution in the integration of Airstage systems, this new controller features a new global design that functions with legacy systems and is also scalable for future needs.
The Airstage Integration Manager is a compact controller and integration platform for connecting Airstage VRF and devices to any commercial building management system (BMS). It is compatible with all Airstage VRF models and includes a guided configuration tool, basic monitoring and control functions, an alarm console, and cloud-based access.
The licensing model for the Airstage Integration Manager controller is simple and features native Airstage and standard open-protocol drivers, including BACnet, LonWorks, and Modbus. Optional IO and field bus expansion modules provide flexibility and expandability.
Fujitsu General America Inc.
www.fujitsugeneral.com
Model ES-1 and ES-2 Sprinkler Shields – Tyco
Johnson Controls introduces the Tyco Model ES-1 and ES-2 Sprinkler Shields for the protection of in-rack early suppression fast response (ESFR) sprinklers in storage facilities and warehouses. The all-metal shields work to protect sprinkler elements from cold soldering, which occurs when cascading water from ceiling-mounted and high-mounted, in-rack sprinklers cool down and inhibits the operation of in-rack sprinklers mounted at lower heights.
As storage ceiling and rack heights continue to trend higher and hold higher-hazard material, like non-expanded and expanded plastics, the need for in-rack sprinklers has increased. When used in conjunction with ceiling protection, in-rack ESFRs have become an integral component in an overall fire protection solution. FM datasheets 8-9 and 8-34 now require that when multiple levels of ESFR sprinklers are used, the sprinklers below the highest level have shields to protect them from getting wet should a sprinkler above them operate.
“ESFR pendent sprinklers now have an FM-approved shield for in-rack storage applications to help ensure proper function when used in combination with ceiling protection,” said Don Ricca, global product director, Johnson Controls. “The shields provide a dry atmosphere, allowing sprinkler elements to operate as designed, even when surrounded by falling water from sprinklers mounted higher in the rack or on the ceiling.”
The sprinkler shields are designed for use with Tyco Model ESFR pendent sprinklers. The ES-1 Shield is designed for a thread size of 3/4-inch and works with ESFR-14 and ESFR-17 sprinklers. The ES-2 Shield is designed for a thread size of 1 inch and works with ESFR-22 and ESFR-25 sprinklers.