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Practical installation Katharina Bengsch explores the installation of aspirating detectors at a prestigious concert hall in Germany, and how they can ensure life and property protection
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CCORDING TO the fi re source statistics of the Institute for Loss Prevention and Disaster Research (IFS) from 2002 to 2016, it can be assumed that more than two thirds are initiated by slowly developing, smouldering fi res. Conventional point type smoke detectors
are at a disadvantage here, as depending on whether they are optical fire detectors or heat detectors, the smoke detectors only react to a high smoke concentration or the heat detectors to an elevated temperature in the protected area. Then, it is often too late for countermeasures, and only the early recognition of smouldering and incipient fires ensures material values and saves human lives. For this purpose, the Wagner Group has
been developing aspirating smoke detectors since 1997. For example, its Titanus systems detect the causes of fi re as early as possible by constantly supplying air samples to the sensitive optical detectors that are examined for the smallest smoke particles. The aspirating smoke detectors can be used in a temperature range from -40°C to +60°C. Using fi re pattern recognition, the detectors differentiate between fi re and deception and offer safety against
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false alarms, while all devices and accessories are VdS certifi ed. But there is more to it than functionality:
the group has been installing aspirating smoke detectors in aesthetically demanding environments for years. In this context, one of the most prestigious projects is the Elbe Philharmonic Hall in Hamburg, Germany, where air sampling smoke detectors disappear into the ‘white skin’ of the Great Concert Hall and form part of the comprehensive fi re protection concept.
Elbe Philharmonic Hall
A visit to Hamburg’s Elbe Philharmonic Hall starts with a little ticket. But not necessarily with a concert ticket. A plaza ticket is enough to visit the hall, which offi cially opened in January 2017, 15 years and three weeks after the fi rst sketch was drawn up. The 360° outdoor terrace is freely accessible to visitors, and the route to it is impressive. An 80m long escalator known as ‘The Tube’ links the hall’s ground floor entrance to its visitor deck. This is one of the longest escalators in Western Europe.
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