Infra-red beam smoke detectors

The company, a leading supplier of fire, safety and disability products,
selected Fireray beam detectors over more conventional fixed-point detectors.

Infra-red beam smoke detectors provide wide area detection
and are used when it is impractical, inappropriate or not cost effective to use
traditional point-type detectors. They are ideally suited to large interiors
with high ceilings, such as warehouses, as they enable coverage of a large area
at minimal cost.

“Installing FFE’s beam detectors instead of point detectors
was the right decision for our warehouse,” comments Illumino Ignis’ sales technical manager, Jason Hill. “We saved a lot of time and money with the
installation as we did not need to hire access equipment or install long cable
runs. The Fireray really is ideal for a large warehouse like ours as the beams
easily cover the entire length of the building’s interior.”

The built-in laser is also an excellent feature as it helped
us position the detectors in the correct position, avoiding the light fittings
hanging from the warehouse roof,” added Jason.

The motorised, reflective, auto aligning Fireray 5000
combines an infrared transmitter and receiver in the same unit and operates by
projecting a well-defined beam to a reflective prism, which returns the beam to
the receiver for analysis. It can be installed with up to two detector heads
per system, saving on installation time and costs. In addition, each system
controller houses two pairs of fire and fault relays, one per detector. The
Fireray 5000 excels at detecting smoke over large areas in wide indoor spaces,
with the infra-red beam of a single detector spanning up to 100m.

In addition to warehouses, other applications for FFE
beam detectors include exhibition centres, shopping malls, airports, hotels and
museums – basically any large indoor spaces.