Firetec CT Systems

Firetec® CT systems are available in Cyclops or Axial format. Both designs are registered internationally. Both consist of standard cylinders permanently attached to Reacton™ 80 tubing, (N.B. a new high temperature tube, Reacton™ 108, has now been developed by Firetec®) which is blanked off at the outer end.

Heat touching any point on the tube causes it to rupture precisely at that point releasing the pressurised contents of both cylinder and tube directly towards the heat source.

In this way, the Reacton™ tube acts as an infinite array of combined detectors and nozzles, strategically only the ’best positioned one’ of which will be used. Unlike systems with electronic detectors, all of the suppressant is discharged accurately towards the heat source. There is no need for overkill in terms of cylinder capacity as Firetec® CT systems are able to suppress the fire at the point of outbreak, before it has had a chance to spread.

Firetec® CT systems have no moving parts, and do not rely on any electrical input, wires, detectors, solenoids, batteries, switches or circuitry. The equipment costs only a fraction of electrically triggered hard plumbed systems, yet is more reliable and reacts more quickly and accurately.

Firetec® CT systems are used in a variety of UK and overseas road vehicles, marine craft, site plant and machinery, site vehicles, telephone installations, electrical and chemical cabinets, power stations, locomotives, mines, tunnels and industrial premises.

Fire Monitoring Systems Ltd. has developed a range of ancillary equipment for use with Firetec® CT systems. This includes full length Chafegard™ for use in rough environments (adopted in 1997 by the Swedish army), pressure-drop activated switching, remote system status displays and monitoring, and Firetec® automatic alarm and engine or plant shut down.

Firetec® CT units are available, with all known legal fire suppressants, in sizes from 0.5 kgs to 40 kgs, and in vertical, Layflat or universal ‘any-way-up’ formats.

Standard Reacton™ tubing melts in response to an incident temperature peak of 140°C. However, Reacton™ 80 tubing can be configured to respond to incident temperatures peaks.

In conditions of high turbulence, such as those produced by the cooling fans of large engines, both the impinging heat and the resultant discharge can be misdirected. Experienced fire fighters are familiar with the problems of drift caused by wind. We designed Firetec® CTX equipment to overcome this problem.

Firetec® CT Options

• A full list of Firetec® CT options is available here.

Firetec® CT Sales

• Firetec® CT systems are available by mail order normally only to persons or companies, who have, or who’s employee(s) have received training in Firetec®. Customers are asked to discuss their particular requirements with our technical staff to ensure that the appropriate system/option and training is supplied.
   
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Firetec® CT Installation

• Customers must ensure that the installation of a Firetec® CT system is carried out only by a person trained in Firetec® equipment.
   
• No special tools or equipment is required.
   
• Full safety and installation instructions are supplied with every Firetec® CT system.

Firetec® CT Servicing

• With most CT installations, no servicing is required, other than to occasionally check the pressure gauge, and that the Reacton™ tube has not been damaged.
   
• Where the customer has specified a powder filled CT system to be installed in an environment of prolonged vibration, simple periodic service is necessary.

 

• Firetec® CB single units
   
• Firetec® CB systems
   
• Firetec® CTX multi nozzle systems
  
  
• Firetec® CTX/CBX hybrid systems