Victaulic VicFlex AB12, Field Installation Handbook

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STYLE AB5 BRACKET INSTALLATION FOR
WOOD OR METAL JOISTS/STUDS AND CD
PROFILE (60 MM) CHANNEL SYSTEMS REV_A
INSTALLATION FOR CD PROFILE (60 MM) CHANNEL
CEILING SYSTEMS (FM AND VdS ONLY)
1.
Install the flexible hose into the sprinkler piping and the sprinkler reducing nipple onto
the flexible hose by following the applicable instructions in the “Connection to Sprinkler
Piping” and “Connecting the Sprinkler Reducing Nipple to the Flexible Hose” sections.
2. Place an end bracket assembly onto each end of the square bar so that the wing
screw is facing inward (toward the center gate assembly), as shown above.
3. Install each end bracket of the Style
AB5 Bracket into the rails of the CD
Profile (60 mm) Channel Ceiling System.
Verify that the lip of each end bracket
assembly engages with the channel.
4.
Tighten the wing screw on the top of each end bracket to a torque of 15 inch-lbs/
1.7 N•m (approximately hand-tight, plus 1/4 of a turn).
5. Complete the installation by following the applicable instructions in the “Sprinkler
Reducing Nipple Installation” and “Sprinkler Installation” sections.