Fireray 5000 Beam
The Fireray 5000 Auto Alignment Beam Detector range from Fire Fighting Enterprises (FFE) has received FM approval, certifying that it meets rigorous loss prevention standards. The Fireray 5000 is the first and only motorised, auto-aligning, self correcting beam smoke detector to receive FM (Factory Mutual) approval. The detectors already have LPCB and UL certification amongst many others — for a full list and details of all approvals please visit
www.ffeuk.com.
FM Approval is granted by FM Global, which offers insurance and property loss prevention engineering for properties worldwide. FFE’s Fireray 5000 was subjected to comprehensive testing and the company’s facilities were inspected as part of the approval process. Follow-up audits of manufacturing facilities are required in order to maintain FM Approved status.
The Fireray 5000 is a technologically
Detectors Seal FM Approval
advanced beam-type smoke detector which covers much larger areas with far fewer units than traditional ‘point’ type sensors. It houses the transmitter and receiver components in the same unit, with the beam being reflected by a small, unobtrusive prism fixed onto an opposing wall. This keeps the time, effort and expense of installation low. The beam can be fully adjusted, controlled and annually tested from the low-level system controller. Its AGC (Automatic Gain Compensation) monitors and reacts to environmental changes such as dust accumulation, while an Auto-Optimise feature automatically self-corrects to ensure alignment of the infra-red beam with the reflective prism. The need for risky and time consuming re-alignment and maintenance from atop ladders or lifts is eliminated. The Fireray 5000 Multi Head System allows up to four beam detectors to be installed on one
controller to further streamline set up. With over 600,000 installations worldwide, FFE is the largest independent producer of infrared optical beam fire protection technology. The company’s beam detectors are ideally suited for wide-area coverage such as warehouses, factories, hotels, shopping centres, indoor carparks, and power stations. Email:
sales@ffeuk.com www.ffeuk.com
Workplace Products provides cycle shelters for Benfleet regeneration project
Essex County Council looked to one of the UK’s fastest growing solutions providers to fulfil a contract to supply one of the area’s busiest railway stations with four undercover bicycle shelters. Workplace Products, from Aldridge in the West Midlands worked closely with the council during the Benfleet Railway Station regeneration projects.
In an effort to improve user facilities and reduce traffic congestion, Essex County Council invested £500,000 in the scheme to upgrade the station and its surrounding area. Benfleet is one of the busiest railway stations in Essex, sitting on the main line into London’s Fenchurch Street Station; servicing the needs of the local community and city commuters. Part of the programme was to extend and improve bicycle shelters at the station. Workplace Products was able to research the brief and because of its wide network of resources it was able to present the council with a number of options. In order to fully understand the requirements of Benfleet Railway Station, Workplace Products attended a number of site visits and so was able to advise on which products would suit best. As Brad Webster, Business Development Manager for Workplace Products, explained: “It wasn’t just a question of supplying the station with
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cycle shelters. We needed to provide a
product that is robust, but would also fit in with the surroundings. After the first consultation we completed a full site
survey making sure that the plans and drawings we would go on to create, ensured that everything would run smoothly.”
From beginning to end the whole project took just over two weeks. Workplace Products provided two different types of cycle shelter that cater for 100 bicycles and has eight new CCTV cameras to cover the area.
“We were really happy with the service we received from Workplace Products, and the quality of cycle storage supplied,” said Jayne Sumner, Senior Area Infrastructure Coordinator with Essex County Council.
“The shelters have made a vast difference to the existing provision with 60 covered storage places and 40 cycle spaces within a fully secure cycle compound, with entry gained from a key fob. The response from cyclists wanting to use the compound has been really positive. With the 2012 Olympic cycle event taking place at Hadleigh, the provision of cycle storage will be a great asset.”
www.workplace-products.co.uk Building & Facilities Management – September 2010
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