For railway transport

Sprite - for locomotives

Equipment Specifications

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Equipment Specifications:

DESCRIPTION

Capability:

Fleet maintenance automatic washer capable of cleaning front, sides, and rear of large locomotives.  Designed to fit individual customers’ requirements.  This system shall be fully automatic by means of infrared fiber optic beams, starters, and overloads.  If needed, washer controls may be overridden by manual controls as desired for concentrated washing action.

Operation:

 The locomotive enters the wash bay at 2 MPH or less, breaking first set of sonic beams which then activates the soap arch thoroughly cleaning front, sides and rear of the locomotive. After traveling down the track, allowing the chemical to dwell for maximum cleaning, the locomotive then breaks beams for the high-volume blaster arch. In entry of arch, one set of blaster nozzles spray towards the front of the locomotive and as the rear of the locomotive nears the exit of the arch, the second set of blasters spray back towards the rear. The locomotive than breaks the beams at the rinse arch for the final phase before exiting the bay. Once the beams are broken at each arch, the arches will continue to operate until the locomotive exits the arch allowing the spray action to be timed out. A speed readout package will be provided to assist in maintaining a constant travel speed through the wash bay. This will consist of a Digital MPH readout with amber color strobe lights. These will be located on left side of tracks every 100 feet of the wash bay.

FRAME CONSTRUCTION AND FEATURES:

The frame shall be constructed of welded stainless steel tube and stainless steel angle iron. Stainless steel construction stress points should be reinforced and double welded. All bolts, rivets, and fasteners shall be constructed of stainless steel. Operating components shall be easily accessible within the frame for maintenance.

Motors and Bearings:

All pump motors shall be totally enclosed, squirrel cage type, continuous duty wash-down motors. Each motor shall be individually protected by manual reset adjustable range thermal overload relays with bimetallic, ambient compensated operation. Motor starter and control relays shall be heavy-duty industrial type, rated for 600 volts. All bearings must be non-lubricating and completely sealed.

Blaster System:

The blaster arch shall have sixty blaster nozzles to ensure uniform coverage on each locomotive. Nozzle arrangement will be twenty on top with a 25-degree fan spray for each nozzle. By allowing two blaster bars in this arch, 45 angles in each direction will be used to target front & rear of the locomotives. With the overlay of each nozzle, this will also be effective in cleaning the sides without harm to decals & logos.

Detergent Coverage:

Complete detergent coverage on the front and rear of the locomotives shall be achieved by 60 angled soap nozzles, 30 on each spray bar, dividing the spray patterns to target the front and rear of the locomotives. This will achieve complete and consistent chemical coverage.

Piping and Nozzles:

Piping shall include 1” schedule 80 pipe for each chemical arch. The blaster arch shall utilize 2” galvanized schedule 40 piping. All water nozzles and pipes shall be separately removable for cleaning purposes.

Compressed Air System:

The washer shall be capable of operating with 80 to 120 PSI, 3 CFM, air pressure through 3/8” air line. All air hoses/ air components shall require no lubrication and shall be NFPA designed for continuous duty. Air control components shall be located behind an access panel and the main air hose shall have an automatic water filtration system.

Controls:

The control panel has numbered terminal strips for external wiring. The push buttons and selector switches are rated NEMA 4X. Internal wiring in the gantry is run through conduits. Limit switches are not acceptable. Thermal overloads and motor starters shall be equipped with auxiliary contacts to switch off control circuit in event of any motor failure. The electrical control system is hardwired with a master control relay circuit for positive electrical disengagement; i.e. all circuits de-energize when the stop button is pressed for maximum safety. A separate power push button shall re-engage the master control relay for operation.

PLC:

The PLC shall include input and output modules and be ready for modem interface to permit the ladder program to be accessed directly from the factory in case of a breakdown via designated phone line. Modem shall be included and installed from factory. Batteries located in the local control panel shall automatically provide power to the main PLC in case of power failure and shall be capable of maintaining all the software in memory for duration of four hours. During the duration of the power failure, the software program and associated processes residing within the PLC shall not be lost and after power is restored, the backup battery shall be automatically capable of being charged to its maximum level.

Final Rinse Arch:

Frame mounted, self-standing, automatic fresh water rinse arch shall be provided at the wash bay exit. The rinse arch shall have a minimum of 30 stainless steel spray nozzles threated into 2” galvanized schedule 40 pipe arranged to provide full rising coverage with fresh water over entire locomotive and capable of delivering 100 gallons per minute or greater at 200 PSI. Piping shall be supported by a frame constructed of 2 x 2 x 1/8” stainless steel structural tubing welded to four stainless steel base plates.

Water Supply System:

Includes wash pumps, electrical panels, detergent distribution system, and miscellaneous equipment to fully support washer operation.  An automatic freeze protection system for the spray arches will be activated when outside temperatures drop to freezing.  Customer to provide adequate supply of city feed water source with RPZ valve per city codes.  Reclaim System, Water Softener, and Hot Water Heaters are optional.  

1. Pump Skid: The main electrical panel shall be factory plumbed and wired and located on the pump skid along with the following pumps:

а) 4 - High-Volume Blasters: 40 HP, 150 GPM at 390 PSI for a total of 600 GPM.  Multi-stage centrifugal, motor-stacked, chamber and impeller design, 80% efficient pump with water-resistant bearings and cartridge shaft seals.

б) 1 - Wash Water: 10 HP, 50 GPM at 200 PSI Multi-stage centrifugal, motor-stacked, chamber and impeller design, 80% efficient pump with water-resistant bearings and bellow shaft seals.

в) 1 – Precise chemical metering injection pump mixed with the wash water pump, together make-up the desired chemical solution to the gantry.

г) 1 – Final Rinse: 25 HP, 100 GPM at 200 PSI. Multi-stage centrifugal, motor-stacked, chamber and impeller design, 80% efficient pump with water-resistant bearings and bellow shaft seals.

1. Detergent Distribution System: Washer detergent distribution system, consisting of chemical metering pumps and hot water heaters (optional), shall be capable of injecting chemicals to pressure side of wash water pump.  Chemical volumes will be applied to achieve maximum cleaning of locomotive & to customer

1. Electrical System: The entire wash system and pump skid is pre-wired and factory tested, except for field wiring to accommodate shipping. Electrical components are UL approved. Factory construction and installation shall meet Division 16 specification requirements. Provide wire markings and labeling per Section 16195. Installation will include final connections to customer provided service panels& hookups. Electrical requirements for locomotive wash equipment will be 480V 3 Phase with a 400 amp service.

WARRANTY:

 The wash equipment comes with a 1-year parts warranty from the date of completed installation.

INSTALLATION:

Installation will be performed by Whiting Systems, Inc. Customer to provide all building plumbing, electrical, gas & chase lines. Whiting Systems will provide to contractor, all necessary building layouts and specifications prior to start of construction. The wash equipment will be installed to the customer’s satisfaction and to the customer-supplied utilities such as water, natural gas, and electricity supply. Any unscheduled or additional work or permits needed, will be time plus material. All plumbing and electrical must conform to city and state codes.

INCLUDED COMPONENTS:

• SmartWash^® Sprite Drive-Thru Locomotive Wash and necessary components listed above.
• Speed read-out package
• Final plumbing and electrical connections to customer supplied utilities, building plumbing, and electrical.
• Installation.

SUPPLIED BY CUSTOMER:

• Building to Whiting Systems, Inc. specifications.
• In-coming utilities stubbed inside equipment room to WSI specified locations.
• Building plumbing, chase lines, electrical runs to WSI designated points.
• Proper electrical supply with 230V or 480V 3 Phase (400 to 600 amp).
• Gas plumbed to equipment room.
• A minimum water supply of 600 gpm with RPZ.
• Forklift with 20’ lift and 5000 lbs. capacity to off-load equipment.
• Crane or lift to set wash arches.
• Designated phone line for off-site diagnostics ran inside equipment room.
• Drains & drain pits.