0 GENERAL SECTION 5
0.1 INTRODUCTION INFORMATIONS 5
0.1.1 DEFINITIONS 5
0.1.2 TERMS AND SYMBOLS USED 5
0.1.3 RULES REFERENCE 5
0.2 DOCUMENTS RELATED WITH INSTALLATION 5
0.3 SAFETY PRECAUTION DURING INSTALLATION 5
0.4 TOOLING 5
0.5 GENERAL ORDERS 6
1 FEATURES AND REQUIREMENTS 7
1.1 THE NGV A3 VALVE 7
1.2 THE FLUID 7
1.3 HOW THE NGV A3 WORKS 8
1.4 THE DOUBLE SAFETY 9
1.5 MAIN FEATURES 9
2 INSTALLATION OPERATIONS 10
2.1 HYDRAULIC CONNECTIONS 10
2.1.1 MINIMUM DIMENSIONS AND HOLES FOR POWER UNIT 10
2.1.2 INPUT AND OUTPUT -POWER UNIT SIDE 11
2.2 HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT 11
2.3 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS 12
2.3.1 CONTROL PANEL REQUIREMENTS 12
2.3.2 INTERVENTION TIME 12
2.3.3 FAULT SCHEMAS 13
2.4 OPERATIONS PRELIMINARY TO CONNECTION 13
2.5 SCHEMAS OF THE CONNECTIONS TO CONTROL PANELS 14
2.5.1 MAIN SCHEMA 14
2.5.2 CONNECTION SCHEMAS FOR SIGNALS 15
2.5.3 CONNECTION SCHEMAS FOR POWER 15
2.6 CONNECTIONS TO THE TERMINAL 16
2.7 CONNECTIONS TO THE CARD 16
2.8 CONNECTION OF HYDRAULIC PIPES 17
2.8.1 CONNECTION WITH FLEXIBLE HOSE 17
2.8.2 CONNECTION WITH A RIGID PIPE 17
3 NGV A3 CONTROL BOARD 18
3.1 ELECTRICAL FEATURES 18
3.2 PERFORMANCES 18
3.2.1 SIGNALLERS 18
3.3 CONNECTIONS 19
3.3.1 CONTROL PANEL INTERFACE 19
3.3.2 VALVE INTERFACE 20
3.3.3 USER INTERFACE 21
3.4 SIGNALS AND COMMANDS SEQUENCE 22
3.4.1 UPWARD DIAGRAM 22
3.4.2 DOWNWARD DIAGRAM 23
3.5 DECELERATION DISTANCES 24
4 ADJUSTMENTS AND TEST 25
4.1 ADJUSTMENT OF THE OVERPRESSURE VALVE (OPP/MPS) 25
4.2 RAM PRESSURE ON THE VSMA ADJUSTMENT 26
4.3 PIPE RUPTURE VALVE (VC) TEST 26
4.4 TEST OF DEVICES THAT PREVENT UNCONTROLLED MOVEMENT 26
4.4.1 PREREQISITES 26
0.1.1 26
4.4.2 TEST IN UP DIRECTION 27
4.4.3 TEST IN DOWN DIRECTION 27
4.5 TEST OF THE DOUBLE SAFETY SYSTEM 28
4.5.1 SIMULATION OF THE VRP FAULT 28
4.5.2 SIMULATION OF THE VB FAULT 29
4.5.3 TEST OF THE MONITORING SYSTEM 29
4.6 FAULT SIMULATION ON OUTPUT RDY AND RUN 30
4.6.1 TEST RUN ALWAYS ON 30