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Aisle Cocooning

Cold Aisle Containment

How does it work? All Aisle Cocooning components such as overhead panels
and aisle end doors are fixed to the cabinet bay structure
The Aisle Cocooning concept is technically elegant. Stated alone and not connected to the room structure.
simply, all significant air pathways from the hot aisle to the
cold aisle are blocked.The Cannon Aisle Cocooning solution The whole infrastructure is:
provides a system of overhead aisle panels and aisle end Modular
doors which effectively seal off, usually the cold aisle. Quick-Fit
This ensures that the cold air emitted from the floor is sealed Effective
in a cocoon and is therefore unaffected by hot exhaust air. Re-locatable
The cooling air can only exit through the equipment for Inexpensive
which it is intended.

The Cannon Aisle Cocooning solution is available in two versions: Passive or Active

Passive Aisle Cocooning Active Aisle Cocooning
In the passive version, the overhead panels which cocoon In the active version, the panels are electrically controlled by
the aisle are mounted with Quick-Fit spring pins which fix BMS* Control Panel and will automatically and instantly open
the panel to the edge beam on the cabinet top cover. in the case of fire/smoke, to allow gas suppressant or water
These modular panels can be fixed in position or manually from an overhead sprinkler system to pass through to the aisle.
demounted in seconds. Remote control and monitoring is available with this version.

In all other respects, the two versions are identical.

Features Cannon Aisle Cocooning is compatible with all
Cannon enclosures
A fully integrated infrastructure, end-to-end compliant Cannon Aisle Cocooning is compatible with Cannon
Overhead, modular panels of Quick-Fit design to cocoon overhead cable raceway
the aisle (usually the cold aisle) Special adaptor kits can be provided where non-Cannon
Ideally panel widths match the widths of supporting enclosures are required to be included in Cannon
cabinets providing matched modules (these can be of enclosure bays with Aisle Cocooning
mixed width if required) i.e. 600mm, 700mm or 800mm CannonGuard upgrades to enable temperature
wide cabinets and panels mapping of aisles (hot and cold), remotely monitored
The cocooning panels can be mounted to non-matching and alarmed
cabinet widths, if required, by installing an adjustable edge Aisle Cocooning retrofit service for any installed
beam (customising kits) cabinet range
Active system upgrades to provide automatic panel
opening, to allow gas suppressant or water from sprinklers
to pass-through in case of fire/smoke (avoids the need
to modify and extend room sprinklers)
Panel options: transparent or opaque polycarbonate
Panel mounting height options to suit room constraints
and headroom needs
Optional cocooning panel spans, to suit aisle widths
Within-aisle lighting upgrades to supplement or replace
room lighting
Sliding Aisle end doors of various widths, single or pairs.
A sliding door may be specified to “auto close” when not
manually held open, to instantly preserve cocooning

*BMS = Building Management Systems

Size conversions: 1U = 44.45mm = 1 3/4” 600mm = 24” 700mm = 28” 800mm = 32” 1kg = 2.2lbs

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