Option AL-DECO
The AL-DECO extinguishing system
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The greatest physical threat to companies involved
in the machining sector: Fire!
In recent years, fire risks have constantly increased in the machining sector. The reasons are, in fact, obvious. The rapid development of machines and tools has resulted in a steady increase in cutting rates. Requirements have also risen sharply in respect of materials. This means that many companies have been compelled, for reasons of cost, to make full use of their fleet of machines by operating a phantom shift.
Our experience with companies in this sector shows that every 4th company has had to put up with one or more fires over the last 5 years. It is not unusual for the consequential costs to amount to several hundred thousand francs or even reach the million mark.
In spite of this, automatic extinguishing systems have, up to now, only been used in isolated cases. One reason for this is the high price of conventional systems and another is the deregulated insurance market with premiums that do not reflect the risks. It must be assumed that in future, insurers will no longer be willing to bear such high risks, without making corresponding demands of their customers. It should be a vital aim of a company to keep to a minimum the extent of damage and hence loss of production by deploying appropriate means.
Quotation from a court judgement:
"It is consistent with our experience of life that a fire must be expected to break out at virtually any time. The fact that no fire has broken out in many buildings for decades, does not prove that there is no risk, but rather that it is a matter of luck for those people concerned, and is a situation that must be expected to change at any time."
Gelsenkirchen administrative court, Münster higher administrative court.
Al-DECO, the optimum, flexible solution
The al-deco extinguishing system, with its unique price-to-performance ratio, provides the solution. Thanks to the amazing simplicity and robustness of this system, it is precisely pre-destined for applications in this field. The cost of efficient fire protection, in the form of a retrofit to a machine tool, is less than 1% of the machine's capital investment, depending on the size and nature of the machine.
Practically one in ten of all Al-trade installed extinguishing systems has already proved itself in the real thing. All these fires were extinguished within a few seconds and production was resumed within a short period thanks to the extinguishing gas, which leaves no residue and is non-corrosive.
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Main components:
- Extinguishing container
- Special valve (IHP)
- Reversed contact free of potential for alarm
- Detection pipe
- Fire extinguishing pipe
- Extinguishing nozzles
- Manual switch
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Method of operation
The «al-deco» fire extinguishing system from Al-trade is unique in its technical design. The core is a hose, made from specially developed, high molecular polymer, which is positioned, according to fire risk, as a linear sensor in the item being protected. This detection hose, which is connected to a bottle of extinguishing agent by way of a special valve, is permanently under pressure. As soon as its ambient temperature exceeds 110°C it bursts. The drop in pressure causes the pneumatically-operated bottle valve to open, thereby triggering the extinguishing system. A separate line and appropriately located nozzles are used for extinguishing.
You can obtain further information from:
ALTRADE AG
Baarerstrasse 112
CH-6300 Zug
Switzerland
Tel. +41 (0)41 760 40 00
E-Mail: info@altrade.ch
http://www.altrade.ch
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