Safety Built-In Reliability
The highly intelligent FL5000 MSIR Flame Detector features a built-in self-check known as Continuous Optical Path Monitoring (COPM). Every two minutes, the instrument’s electronics perform an optical and electrical check to ensure the path is clear and the electronic circuitry is operational. In addition, it includes a built-in heater that keeps frost and condensation away to help ensure the optical integrity of the infrared sensor array.
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Figure 2: FL5000 Detector Extended Range & FOV Graphic
already protected by these toxic and combustible gas monitoring devices as they install the FL5000 Detectors.
MSA’s Flame Connect App (Figure 3) for the FL5000 Flame Detector is now available on both the Google Play and Apple App stores. New FL5000 Detector users will appreciate the way this app enables their quick setup and checking of detector status, as well as the ability to monitor detector performance in near real time, turn the optics heater off/on, and download event logs. In addition to its unique Bluetooth app, the FL5000 Detector features Modbus RS-485 and HART 7 bus communications for integration with automated plant process and comprehensive safety systems.
Rugged Design With Approvals
The SIL 2/3 rated FL5000 Detector comes with comprehensive hazardous area safety classifi cations and approvals including FM, CSA, IECEx, ATEX, UKCA, CE Marking as well as performance approvals for FM, ULC, and EN 54-10. MSA’s rugged fl ame detector design features a red powder coated 316 stainless steel body, which is resistant to harsh outdoor climate conditions around the globe from the freezing temperatures of northernmost Europe to the heat of the Middle East/African continent and the humidity of the tropics.
Figure 4: Flame detector being tested with TL105 test lamp Ease of Maintenance
Field technicians will appreciate that the FL5000 Detector can be manually tested from the ground with MSA’s explosion-proof TL105 Test Lamp (Fig 4), which simulates the fl ickering of a fi re. This allows the detector to be in-situ tested under real fi re conditions without the associated risk of an open fl ame.
Upgrading To Next Gen Technology
The new FL5000 MSIR Flame Detector has been designed with existing users of General Monitors FL4000H MSIR Flame Detectors in mind. For starters, these devices have the same footprint in common and much more.
To upgrade to the FL5000 Detector, all the user needs to do is remove the FL4000H front housing, remove the wiring, remove the optical and relay electronics, insert the FL5000 optical and relay electronics, hook the wiring back up, and put the FL5000 front housing on. This easy-upgrade design means the user need not remove any of their wiring conduits or remove seals that would require signifi cant additional work and inspections.
Conclusions
Representing the future, but available today, MSA Safety’s new FL5000 MSIR Flame Detector offers process, plant, and safety engineers a step forward in technology to help protect people, equipment, and the planet from fl ame incidents and catastrophic fi res. Not only does it offer improved range-ability with a wide fi eld of view covering more fuel types, but its industry-fi rst Bluetooth application software allows those responsible for plant fi re protection to access these detectors with mobile devices for true safety peace-of-mind.
Figure 3: Sample Bluetooth App Screen(s)
Author Contact Details Kevin Killeen, Product Line Manager • MSA Safety • 1000 Cranberry Woods Dr., Cranberry Twp, PA 16066 USA • Tel: +1-724-776-8600 • Email:
fgfd@msasafety.com • Web:
msasafety.com/FL5000
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