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WireWorks

®  

Panel System 

Assembly Instructions

Assemble units as described herein only. To do otherwise 
may result in instability. All screws, nuts and bolts must be  
tightened securely and must be checked periodically after  
assembly. Failure to assemble properly, or to secure parts 
may result in assembly failure and personal injury.

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Storing Extra Data Cables 

Inside Of Panel

Extra data cabling can be stored 

inside of panels behind tiles.

Extra cable loops can be hung 

from an unused acoustic tile 

horizontal cable support 

(Figure 49).

Summary of Contents for WireWorks

Page 1: ...Assembly Instructions WireWorks Panel System January 2020...

Page 2: ...A...

Page 3: ...assembly Failure to assemble properly or to secure parts may result in assembly failure and personal injury Required Tools 2 Overview 3 Frame Assembly 4 Enhanced Horizontals Rails 10 Tile Hook Install...

Page 4: ...r assembly Failure to assemble properly or to secure parts may result in assembly failure and personal injury Required Tools for Assembly The following tools are required to assemble panels Dead blow...

Page 5: ...parts may result in assembly failure and personal injury 3 Scope of Manual This installation manual is organized in the same order as a typical installation would be conducted Starting with frame mem...

Page 6: ...sult in assembly failure and personal injury Overview WireWorks Panel System uses four basic parts to build the framework for the panels full width vertical post half width vertical post horizontal ra...

Page 7: ...sary intersection specifications 1 Assemble intersections by bolting two three or four half posts together using a connector block shoulder bolts and washers with a 3 16 allen wrench Figure 1 Refer to...

Page 8: ...njury Assembling Intersections continued 2 Install height change connector block if required to the frame using shoulder bolts and washers with a 3 16 allen wrench Figure 2 Refer to the table on next...

Page 9: ...fying the shortest panel in your intersection Refer to corresponding chart 3 Determine quantity of height change connector blocks by subtracting heights of the two shortest panels Refer to the chart f...

Page 10: ...also use horizontals at intermediate heights with the opening facing up Note Refer to the space planning layout and start with a panel corner intersection building out in two directions so the panel f...

Page 11: ...et of pockets on the vertical posts with the opening facing downward and tap into place with a dead blow style mallet Continue to add horizontals as required by the style of panel Figure 7 Note Rememb...

Page 12: ...olts must be tightened securely and must be checked periodically after assembly Failure to assemble properly or to secure parts may result in assembly failure and personal injury Recognizing Enhanced...

Page 13: ...more than one tile use additional standard construction horizontals at intermediate heights with the opening facing up Note Refer to the space planning layout to determine which panels receive enhance...

Page 14: ...ls relative to the lowest set of embossed areas on the vertical posts with the opening downward and tap into place with a dead blow style mallet Continue to add standard horizontals as required by the...

Page 15: ...pport worksurfaces or counter tops Rules Any return between 48 and 96 in length requires enhanced horizontals Any return greater than 48 requires enhanced horizontals on both panels that make up the r...

Page 16: ...otate the hook one quarter turn to the right so the top of the hook is pointing upward Figure 14 Hint If the tile hook does not turn properly the horizontal has not been installed properly Check to be...

Page 17: ...into the appropriate slot on the horizontal rail Slide the clips near side open saddles Figure 16 on to the frame until a snap is heard Then squeeze frame until the far side saddles engage the rail a...

Page 18: ...l jumper Figure 19 Horizontal jumpers use a plastic mesh sheathing and come in two lengths 17 and 20 The 17 jumpers are used on inline conditions while 20 jumpers are used to pass straight through an...

Page 19: ...mpers are used to run power within a single panel between two different heights There are two lengths of vertical jumpers 20 and 56 The 56 long vertical jumper is capable of running power from the bas...

Page 20: ...zel filler plate into the unused bottom opening of the bezel from the inside Figure 20 Note The bezel filler plates always occupy the lower of the two openings on bezels in base raceways The bezel fil...

Page 21: ...e a painted steel or fabric wrapped steel face 1 Determine the position at which the receptacle will be installed and ensure a rigid wireway is already mounted behind the raceway tile See page 15 2 Re...

Page 22: ...first rotate the top hook into the opening in the base raceway then snap the bottom into position to secure Figure 29 Figure 26 Figure 27 Figure 28 Figure 29 base raceway door base raceway door base r...

Page 23: ...ure and personal injury 21 Installing Base Trim at Intersections When base trim is snapped into place at 90 and T intersections the upper tabs engage slots in the half post and the lower tabs snap ove...

Page 24: ...Installation 1 Install the base module receptacle portion of the non handed universal base infeed into the rigid wireway as shown Figure 31 Use the same procedure you use for installing a receptacle S...

Page 25: ...y connected furnishings must also be mechanically connected Note The panel being used as the top infeed panel must be in its final position in the room The top infeed consists of four parts the power...

Page 26: ...time 2 Insert a screw into the hole in each half of the trim The screw will go through the trim and into the boss on the opposite piece of trim Detail H 3 Tighten the screw until the two halves of tr...

Page 27: ...have receptacles installed in them Note The 24 60 PPTs are the same length as a corresponding rigid wireway and have connection sockets on each end The 36 60 PPTs feature flexible steel conduit in the...

Page 28: ...NING Assembly of all mechanical frame components must be completed before making any electrical connections All electrically connected furnishings must also be mechanically connected 12 18 PPT Install...

Page 29: ...n the trough of the top horizontal rail For 90 intersections the optional 90 top cap cable guard can be slid in between half posts to enforce a 1 minimum bend radius around 90 corners Figure 39 2 Opti...

Page 30: ...commended that wires only be run behind tiles which you will have easy access to after the installation is complete You will not be able to hang on module mounted components in front of areas where da...

Page 31: ...scribed herein only To do otherwise may result in instability All screws nuts and bolts must be tightened securely and must be checked periodically after assembly Failure to assemble properly or to se...

Page 32: ...horizontal cable support To install align the rectangular projection on the top of the wire support with the rectangular hole in the horizontal Push the wire support through the horizontal and rotate...

Page 33: ...able trough behind a raceway tile If a rigid wireway is not used then two cable troughs can be utilized to allow a total of 48 0 20 diameter four pair UTP data cables behind the raceway tile 1 Hang th...

Page 34: ...d The septum is slid up flush underneath the rigid wireway and held in place by the supplied self drilling and tapping screws Figure 46 2 Lay the cables in the raceway as required Figure 47 Using one...

Page 35: ...htened securely and must be checked periodically after assembly Failure to assemble properly or to secure parts may result in assembly failure and personal injury 33 Storing Extra Data Cables Inside O...

Page 36: ...2 Hold the top of the tile against the frame and gently lift up on the bottom of the tile while pushing it in toward the frame to engage the bottom hooks Let the tile slide down into position while c...

Page 37: ...or razor blade remove the fabric Detail L 2 Snap the receptacle data bezel into the knock out to cover the cut edge of the fabric Figure 52 Caution should still be used to avoid excessive fraying of t...

Page 38: ...ooks are used per side instead of four The extra hooks are installed just above the lower two hooks and just below the upper two hooks 1 With the tile hooks already in place on the frame See Installin...

Page 39: ...ult in assembly failure and personal injury 37 Installing Top Caps Top caps snap over the top horizontal rail and are the same width as the panel 1 Align the cap over the top horizontal rail and firml...

Page 40: ...urpose of the cap is to fill in the gap between the end of the base raceway and the end of run trim 2 Install end of run top cap into the end of run trim A To Floor note is molded into the inside of t...

Page 41: ...h downward and snap the trim over the exposed portions of the connector block Figure 62 Note Face the opening of all height change connector blocks toward the shortest panel to allow for lay in wire m...

Page 42: ...lled over the exposed portion of a full post in an in line height change condition 1 Remove the lower top cap in the intersection and trim the required amount from its length Replace the trim Hint Use...

Page 43: ...l by taking off any tile hooks that are locking the horizontal rail in place Then tap the horizontal rail out with a dead blow mallet Once the horizontal rail is free from the pockets on the vertical...

Page 44: ...vertical post and the top trough cable guard if equipped 2 Position the stacking splice above the top of the vertical post and tap into place Do not damage top of stacking splice during installation...

Page 45: ...f panels Panels may be stacked to a maximum height of 12 and must remain below the height of the ceiling but the returns must remain within 18 in height of the main run Any combination of glass open o...

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