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The combined performance of the A-101/LVS Twin-Agent Fire Suppression System provides the ultimate protection. While the FORAY dry chemical knocks down flames, the LVS agent cools surrounding areas, minimizing the possibility of reflash. The fire suppression system can be used as a protection of large, off-road type construction and mining equipment such as large excavators/shovels, draglines, haul trucks, and wheeled loaders. The system also protects underground mining equipment and specialty vehicles such as slag pot and/or slab carriers and tunnel boring machines, as well as waste management equipment and forestry vehicles.

The A-101 Fire Suppression System is an automatic or manual fire suppression system using FORAY dry chemical agent for Class A, B, and C fires. The system is designed for use on large, off-road type construction and mining equipment, underground mining equipment and specialty vehicles.

Rugged heavy equipment comes with substantial fire safety challenges often requiring an investment in life and property protection. The ANSUL CHECKFIRE 110 Electronic Detection and Actuation System offers cost-effective, single-zone detection and actuation for vehicles used in the extreme environmental and physical conditions of industries like forestry, waste/recycling, aviation and transit. The system is used with an ANSUL A-101 or LVS Vehicle Fire Suppression System for 24-hour protection of equipment.

The CHECKFIRE 110 system provides electrical and/or optional pneumatic input to actuate an ANSUL fire suppression system. When fire is detected, the control module sends an electrical signal to release the gas from an expellant gas cartridge to pressurize and discharge the fire suppression system.

The ANSUL CHECKFIRE 210 Supervised Electronic Detection and Actuation System is engineered to stand up to extreme operating environments. This versatile system is designed to provide detection, alarm and fire suppression system actuation for mobile applications like hydraulic excavators, haul trucks, wheeled loaders, dozers and graders.

The CHECKFIRE 210 is used with an ANSUL LVS, A-101, or twin agent vehicle fire suppression system for 24-hour protection of equipment. One of the hallmarks of the CHECKFIRE 210 system is its flexibility in protecting multiple hazard areas. Featuring color-coded, plug-and-play connectors, the system is equipped with two, independent detection circuits configurable for various options including single-zone detection, two-zone detection, cross-zone detection, discharge pressure feedback monitoring or alarm only.

The CHECKFIRE MP-N Electronic Detection and Actuation System provides automatic detection and actuation for underground mining equipment. The CHECKFIRE MP-N carries MSHA approval for use in underground mines (Permissible Applications in Explosive Methane/Air Applications).

The rugged control module resists shock and vibration and can be utilized as a self-contained system with its own internal Lithium battery. The CHECKFIRE system is typically used with an ANSUL Vehicle Fire Suppression System for 24-hour protection of equipment including detection, alarm, machine shutdown and fire suppression system actuation.

Class B Foam Concentrates are ideal for suppressing fires involving petroleum-based products, LNG, rubber, and flammable and combustible liquids; such as diesel fuel, crude oil gasoline and ethanol.

ANSULITE® Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) Concentrates can be applied through a wide variety of delivery systems which provides extreme versatility. The foam is an ideal fire suppression choice for airports, refineries, manufacturing plants, municipal fire departments, and other operations involving the transportation, processing, or handling of flammable liquids. It is available as 1%, 3%, and 6% concentrates or as 1% and 3% freeze-protected concentrates.

JET-X High-Expansion Foam Concentrates are flexible firefighting concentrates, used in fighting Class A, Class B, and LNG fires both indoors and outdoors. Expansion ratios from 50:1 up to 1000:1 make them suitable for a variety of applications including aircraft hangars, flammable liquid storage areas, and LNG facilities.

When used with high-expansion generators, JET-X High-Expansion Foam Concentrate can fill large areas, such as aircraft hangars, warehouses, ship cargo holds, mine shafts, and extinguish horizontal and vertical (three-dimensional) fires.

Class A foam concentrates are specifically designed to combat fires involving ordinary combustible materials, like wood, paper, coal, rubber, and plastic by making water more effective. The concentrates reduce the surface tension of water providing superior wetting and penetrating characteristics. This allows the solution to penetrate deep into the char of deep seated fires, promoting cooling and making the Class A fuel less combustible. The expanded foam solutions also create a dense foam blanket that provides an insulating barrier between the fuel and the air.

The extended drain time of SILV-EX PLUS concentrate provides longer surface wetting and cooling of the fuel and reduces the risk of ignition or reignition. In addition, foams make water five times more effective on Class A fires and cling to vertical surfaces, providing structure protection.

Fluoroprotein foams provide better control, greater fluidity, and superior resistance to fuel contamination in comparison to standard protein foams. Fluoroprotein foams demonstrate good burnback resistance, are useful for hydrocarbon vapor suppression, and have been recognized as effective fire suppression concentrates for subsurface injection into hydrocarbon fuel storage tanks.

Fluoroprotein foams are derived from protein foam concentrates to which small amounts of fluorochemical surfactants are added. The fluorochemical surfactants are similar to those developed for AFFF foam concentrates but used in much lower concentrations. These surfactants provide an easier flowing foam and create oleophobicity (oil shedding properties) that make it well-suited for sub-surface injection.

TARGET-7 Vapor Mitigation and Neutralizing Agent provides for a single application to suppress dangerous vapor release from a chemical spill while also pH neutralizing the spilled material. When mixed with the appropriate neutralizing agent, the TARGET-7 concentrate may be used for chlorine dioxide, oleum, chlorosulfonic acids, sulfur trioxide, liquid ammonia, and other fuming acid spills. This is critical when time is of the essence after a dangerous spill of fuming acid or other hazardous chemicals.

Once TARGET-7 agent is applied and has formed its cover on the spill, there is no need to apply another neutralizing agent which would break the foam blanket. The foam blanket serves as the source for the neutralizing solution, acts to suppress vapor release from the spill and acts as a natural gas/vapor scrubber.

Training Foam is not intended for live fire training or for actual firefighting operations. It is functional in any proportioning and generating equipment and minimizes the effects of training on the environment. In addition, the low cost of training foam over regular foam provides a cost effective alternative for training purposes. Expansion and drainage characteristics are similar to conventional 3% and 6% AFFF products.

Depending on the type of hazard and its configuration, Portable High-Expansion Foam Generators may be used for total flooding applications involving three-dimensional hazards. The generators may also be used for local application on spill fires or for vapor suppression.

Water damage is minimized when using high expansion foam. Common applications for this equipment include warehouses, ship holds, engine rooms, machinery spaces, electric cable ducting, mining, communications switching rooms, basements, cellars and enclosed spaces, LNG spill fires and vapor suppression, and smoke extraction (with optional smoke extraction ducting).

The Foam Systems Mobilcart is designed to provide mobile firefighting foam capability for various hazardous areas where flammable liquids are present. Common applications include tank farms and refineries, loading areas, chemical processing plants, diked areas, warehouse facilities, paint storage areas, and other manufacturing areas where flammable liquids are a hazard.

A broad range of foam concentrates can be used for Class B applications including ANSULITE AFFF, Alcohol Resistant AFFF, JET-X high-expansion type, and protein based foam concentrates. For Class A fire hazards with wood, paper, coal, and rubber, SILV-EX concentrate proportioned at 1% is recommended.

Trailers provide mobile fire protection for flammable liquid hazards typically found in such areas as refineries and associated tank farms, chemical processing plants, truck and rail car unloading facilities, and marine terminals. This portable equipment is extremely mobile and substantially increases the firefighting capabilities of industrial, municipal and military fire departments.

The trailer assembly axle(s), wheels and tires are designed to carry the gross weight of the trailer with associated equipment and foam concentrate. Model options include the Master Foam Tote Trailer, Dual Foam Tote Trailer and Proportioning Foam Trailer.

Foam Chambers and Foam Makers are air-aspirating foam discharge devices designed to protect flammable liquid storage tanks by applying foam down the inside wall of the tank. Foam Chambers are designed to generate foam and apply the expanded foam to the fuel surface in a manner that lessens submergence and agitation as the foam contacts the fuel.

Foam Makers include High Back-Pressure, Floating Roof Foam Makers, and Rim Seal Foam Pourers. High Back-Pressure Foam Makers are designed to generate expanded foam for the purpose of subsurface injection into a cone-roof liquid hydrocarbon storage tank. Floating Roof Foam Makers (FLR) and Foam Pourers are air-aspirating foam discharge devices that are designed to protect floating roof, flammable liquid storage tanks.

Foam Monitors control the horizontal and vertical directions of large capacity discharge streams. Water-oscillating monitors automatically move side-to-side using water pressure as the energy source. Remote controlled monitors use an electric joystick to control horizontal, vertical and stream pattern. Other monitors are operated manually using a tiller bar or housewheel.

Many monitor model are available including manual, FJM (high flow), and water oscillating with a variety of nozzle options including master stream non-aspirated monitor nozzles, and AFN air-aspirating nozzles.

Sprinkler Heads are available in both aspirating and non-aspirating versions. Aspirated sprinkler heads are required for protein and fluoroprotein foams in deluge systems. Non-aspirated heads with AFFF agents are more economical and can be used in either open deluge or closed-head sprinkler systems. Sprinkler head types available include the B-1 Foam-Water and TF Foam Discharge.

Bladder Tanks are a component of a balanced pressure proportioning system that includes a pressure-rated tank with an internal elastomeric bladder for foam concentrate storage. Upon system actuation, incoming water applies pressure to the concentrate in the bladder, which supplies pressurized concentrate to the proportioning device. The device meters the foam concentrate into the fire water line, creating foam solution. The solution is then piped to the discharge devices protecting the hazard area.

The Balanced Pressure Pump Proportioning System functions by maintaining an equal pressure in the foam concentrate and water inlets to the proportioner, allowing the proportioner to be used over a wide range of flows and pressures. The system connects to an atmospheric storage tank which allows refilling during operation. Controls respond quickly and accurately to changes in the water inlet pressures and flow rates.

The system operates by passing the required portion of foam concentrate from a positive displacement pump to a venturi proportioner with the remaining portion recirculating through a diaphragm valve in the return line to the tank. The diaphragm valve senses and balances the pressure (which can also be balanced manually) in the foam and water lines to the proportioner. The foam concentrate then enters the proportioner where a built-in orifice regulates the flow of pressurized foam concentrate entering the water stream.

Proportioning Equipment introduces a foam concentrate into a flowing stream of water to produce a foam solution. There are many methods of proportioning, but fixed foam systems typically use balanced pressure proportioning equipment such as the In-Line Balanced Pressure Proportioner. This proportioner is similar to a pump skid except it is a separate assembly that offers the advantage of proportioning the foam concentrate at a location remote from the tank and pump.

In-line balanced pressure proportioners are used with an atmospheric foam concentrate tank and a positive displacement foam concentrate pump. They are designed to accurately control the flow of a foam liquid concentrate into a water stream over a wide range of flow rates and pressures. These devices can be used with all types of ANSUL foam concentrates.

Sprinkler Heads are available in both aspirating and non-aspirating versions. Aspirated sprinkler heads are required for protein and fluoroprotein foams in deluge systems. Non-aspirated heads with AFFF agents are more economical and can be used in either open deluge or closed-head sprinkler systems. Sprinkler head types available include the B-1 Foam-Water and TF Foam Discharge.

Proportioning Equipment introduces the foam concentrate into a flowing stream of water to produce a foam solution. There are many methods of proportioning, but fixed foam systems typically use balanced pressure proportioning equipment. All balanced pressure systems use a modified venturi device called a proportioner or ratio controller.

Proportioners are available in a variety of sizes and styles to match required flow ranges and pipe sizes. Each proportioner consists of a body, inlet nozzle, and metering orifice—all of which are corrosion-resistant brass. Proportioners are UL listed and FM approved with certain foam concentrates and used in conjunction with bladder tanks and pump proportioning skids. Typical applications include flammable liquid storage tanks, loading racks, aircraft hangars, heliports, and anywhere flammable liquids are used, stored, processed or transported.

Around-The-Pump Proportioning Systems provide a simple and effective means to introduce a foam concentrate at the desired percentage to the water being discharged in a fire pump system. The number of different foam concentrates is only limited by available space as each concentrate requires a separate tank.

The types of foam concentrates typically include ANSULITE AFFF of either 1%, 3%, or 6%; ANSULITE AR-AFFF of either 3X3 LV or ARC types; or SILV-EX Class A foam concentrate. A fire truck pumper system may have a dual proportioning system with one tank having a Class B foam concentrate for flammable liquid fires and a second tank having Class A foam concentrate for structural fire attack or other ordinary combustible fire materials.

The ANSUL® SAPPHIRE COMPACT Direct Low Pressure (DLP) Fixed Fire Suppression System has been specifically designed to protect small electrical enclosures. A self-contained system, it requires no power for either detection or operation and protects enclosures that use either natural ventilation or forced airflow. One system can protect up to four enclosures and each enclosure can contain multiple compartments.

Using innovative iFLOW delivery technology, the INERGEN® 300-Bar Clean-Agent Fire Suppression System provides a regulated agent discharge into the protected hazard area.

INERGEN agent is composed of naturally-occurring gases found in the air we breathe. Unlike other inert gas agents, INERGEN agent includes a small percentage of carbon dioxide which enhances its ability to sustain life in a reduced oxygen atmosphere. INERGEN agent is nontoxic, does not produce corrosive decomposition products when exposed to fire and is designed to protect valuable or sensitive assets that could be damaged by conventional agents. When discharged, it will not produce a fog, so escape routes will remain visible. And in the aftermath of an incident, the agent simply returns to the atmosphere in its natural state causing no environmental impact.

The INERGEN Fire Suppression System protects enclosed areas where people may be present, fire may strike day or night, and damage from conventional agents cannot be tolerated. Upon discharge, INERGEN agent fills the room, mixing with the air to suppress fires quickly and effectively. Safe for people, INERGEN agent is non-synthetic and made of naturally occurring gases: nitrogen, argon, and carbon dioxide. Once discharged, it returns to the atmosphere in its natural state.

INERGEN agent is free of residues and corrosive by-products that may produce further property damage. And because it poses no ozone depleting or global warming threat,INERGEN agent will never be subject to future legislative bans.

Data Centers and server rooms are continuously improving their efficiencies to store and process more data. Improvements in computing hardware have led to an increase in Hard Disk Drive (HDD) sensitivity to sound. Gaseous fire suppression systems, normally used to protect this type of equipment, can produce sound levels that may have adverse effects on noise sensitive equipment.

The ANSUL® Acoustic Nozzle, in combination with an INERGEN® or SAPPHIRE® Fire Suppression System, is particularly useful for suppressing fires in hazards where sound levels may affect sensitive electronic equipment as found in server rooms and data centers. The nozzle reduces the sound power level compared with standard nozzles and offers exceptional area coverage. It is suitable for use with existing hydraulic flow calculation software and available with both NPT and BSP connection threads.

Using water as a fire suppressant in areas where electronics operate and irreplaceable, high-value assets are stored, could be as devastating as fire itself. The SAPPHIRE Clean Agent System quickly suppresses fires and protects sensitive equipment without causing harm to people or the environment. The system is especially suited to suppress fires in areas where an electrically non-conductive medium is required, where electronic systems cannot be shut down in an emergency, where cleanup of other agents poses a problem, and in normally occupied areas that demand a non-toxic agent.

The SAPPHIRE system uses 3M Novec 1230 fire protection fluid for total flooding applications. The clear, colorless agent has zero ozone depletion potential, an atmospheric lifetime of just five days, and a global warming potential of 1.0. The SAPPHIRE system suppresses a fire before it can be fully engaged and once the fire is suppressed, Novec 1230 quickly evaporates without harming any valuable assets.

The ANSUL FM-200 Clean Agent Fire Suppression System is approved by Factory Mutual (FM) and listed by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) for Class A, B and C fires. Safe for use in occupied areas at the design concentration, the system helps protect critical infrastructure and delivers effective asset protection.

The system uses FM-200 (HFC-227ea) fire extinguishant which has zero ozone depletion (ODP). This colorless, odorless agent vaporizes upon discharge and absorbs heat to rapidly suppress fire while leaving no residue to clean up. It is electrically nonconductive, will not short-out electronic equipment or thermally shock delicate circuitry resulting in less damage to critical equipment, facilitating a much shorter recovery time and reducing downtime.​

AUTOPULSE detection, control and fire suppression system release panels provide automatic 24/7 fire protection. Detection options include smoke, heat and flame detection. The control panels process detection signals from protected areas and immediately perform key operations including sounding alarms, shutting down equipment and releasing the fire suppression system.

Accessories include smoke/heat/flame detectors, manual pull stations, horns, strobes, bells, abort switches, maintenance switches, and more.

VESDA aspirating smoke detectors buy the critical time needed to investigate an alarm and initiate an appropriate response to prevent injury, property damage or business disruption. VESDA detectors have multi-level warnings and a wide range of sensitivity where minute levels of smoke can be detected before a fire has time to escalate. VESDA detectors accommodate a broad range of environments and applications: small to very large open spaces and cleanest to dirty environments.

Bridging the gap between high pressure cylinders and low pressure bulk tanks, mini-bulk tanks offer capacities of 1,000 and 1,500 lb (454 and 680 kg). The Mini-Bulk Low Pressure Carbon Dioxide Systems provide an alternative to manifolding high pressure cylinders. The tanks are configured vertically to save valuable floor space. Mini-bulk tanks provide protection for non-occupied total flood, local application hazards, hose reels or custom designs such as inerting or spurt systems.

Each mini-bulk tank is equipped with a low-cost, high-efficiency, air-cooled refrigeration unit. The refrigerant media, R134a, is environment-friendly and efficient. Most system components are interchangeable between the mini-bulk system and the larger bulk storage tank system. Typical hazards protected by carbon dioxide systems include printing presses, transformer vaults/electrical cabinets, open pits, dip tanks, rolling mills, ovens, coating machines, process equipment, exhaust and fume handling systems, flammable gas or liquid storage areas, generators, and inerting applications.

The Bulk Low Pressure Carbon Dioxide Systems are ideal for non-occupied fire hazards requiring large amounts of extinguishing agent in a limited space. A single bulk tank can store from 3 3/4 to 46 tons (680 to 41,730 kg) of carbon dioxide, which is maintained in a stand-by fire-ready state that allows the system to provide effective distribution of agent on demand. Bulk low pressure CO2 systems offer multiple discharge capabilities between recharges as an economical option.

The liquid CO2 is stored in an ASME-coded pressure vessel equipped with its own refrigeration system. The temperature within the vessel is kept at approximately 0 °F (-18 °C) by maintaining the internal pressure near 300 psi (20.7 bar). Valve control is electro-pneumatic or manual. Each master and selector valve assembly consists of either a ball or a butterfly valve, a spring-return pneumatic valve operator and a three-way electronically operated solenoid valve. Typical hazards protected by carbon dioxide systems include printing presses, transformer vaults/electrical cabinets, open pits, dip tanks, rolling mills, ovens, coating machines, process equipment, exhaust and fume handling systems, flammable gas or liquid storage areas, generators and inerting applications.

The Dry Chemical Piped Fire Suppression Systems are designed to provide full-time fire protection in high-risk areas where large, potentially disastrous fires could occur. They use proven technology for fast knock down of the toughest flammable liquid and gas fires and provide a means of detection and suppression for complex hazards that are too difficult and inaccessible for manual means of firefighting.

Typical applications include petroleum and petrochemical loading racks, refinery processing equipment, product transfer and storage areas and offshore platforms; marine tanker decks, machinery spaces and loading docks; paint spray booths, dip and quench tanks, warehouses, hazardous materials storage buildings, machinery lubricating systems, and flammable liquid storage areas; and many other settings. For large industrial applications, large fixed nozzle piped systems provide up to 3000 lb. (1360.8 kg) of dry chemical extinguishing agent.

Extremely hazardous fires require top-level skills and innovative agents. Twin-Agent Fire Suppression Systems provide proven technology to fight large flammable liquid and gas fires. Twin-agent technology combines the fast flame knockdown of a dry chemical with the fire securing capabilities of aqueous film-forming foam. The twin-agent attack provides the most effective extinguishing and securing capability known for many flammable liquid fires. Industries that benefit most from the system include petroleum and petrochemical, marine, natural gas, and aviation.

The Twin-Agent System combines two proven, powerful agents: Purple-K dry chemical agent and ANSULITE AFFF. A potassium bicarbonate-based dry chemical, Purple-K provides rapid knockdown and suppression of flammable liquid fires. ANSULITE AFFF is synthetic, aqueous film-forming foam that blankets the fuel with a thin film, preventing the escape of flammable vapors and cooling the site.