GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT SYSTEM

1. General
The general announcement system shall facilitate announcement / paging over a
number of loudspeakers distributed judiciously all over the plant complex.

2. Design feature
The system shall be central amplifier type. The amplifiers shall be located in the
CONTROL ROOM premises and the announcement points shall also be installed
in the in plant control room.

The amplifier shall have the capacity of suitable output power inclusive of 50%
stand-by capacity.

The announcement / paging shall normally be made from the main plant control
rooms with provision of a second announcement point in the Shop in charge's
office.

The loudspeakers shall be operated group wise or all at a time depending upon
the requirement.

The system having the requisite number of loudspeakers shall be provided for the
plant complex for announcement of instructions and smooth flow of information
between process points.

3. System feature
The general announcement system shall ensure quality performance using the
latest technology in design and manufacture of audio equipment.

The system shall facilitate near total reproduction of original speech or music and
shall guarantee trouble free operation.

The system shall adopt modular construction. The amplifier rack shall be provided
with input and output terminals, plated and tinned for good contacts.

The system shall be switched on through press to - talk switch.

Suitable protection of the system against accidental wrong connection, over loading,
short circuit etc. shall be provided.

The equipment shall be of rugged construction to withstand shock and vibration.

The system shall be capable of withstanding extreme conditions of temperature

 and humidity.

The equipment shall be suitable for operation from 240V +/- 10%, 50Hz +/- 5%,
Single phase, AC mains power supply. The power supply equipment shall be

provided with protections against short circuit, over voltage, under voltage &
transients.

The communication equipment shall be designed to work effectively to provide

clear speech communication in the plant under the following ambient condition :

Temperature - 0 deg.C to 55 deg.C

Relative humidity - Upto 90% at 35 deg. C
Surrounding - Dusty and Corrosive
Vibrations - 25 Hz (+/-) 2 Hz
Ambient noise - 90 to 110 db

4. Equipment details
Each of the system shall broadly consist of but not limited to the following:

Amplifier rack housing preamplifier, power amplifier including working and

stand-by capacity with changeover facility, monitoring facilities etc.

Microphone assembly

Loudspeakers (re entrant horn type / indoor box type) complete with mounting
accessories such as poles, mounting brackets.

Cable network comprising cables, wires, junction boxes, cable termination

devices, GI pipes/conduits, and all other cable laying accessories.