The innovation of Safety Systems Srl for fire detection and extinguishing in the food industry

In the confectionery industry, baked goods are frequently subject to fire ignition due to high oven temperatures and/or mishaps in the baking and transport process.

The defective product does not reach the manufacturing process; it is collected by a specific belt and destined to become animal feed.

Incandescent particles (scrap) very often result in real fires that are dangerous for personnel and harmful to machinery and the environment.

Our customer was looking for a system that could detect the fire at an early stage and extinguish it quickly using a natural extinguishing agent so that the integrity of the product would not be compromised, at a very low cost compared to the systems and gaseous extinguishers normally used.

In order to meet different customer requirements, Safety Systems has developed a detection system with infrared cameras and water mist extinguishing - Water Mist - delivered at high pressure through special nozzles in the various manifolds.

The Water Mist extinguishing system is natural, with negligible environmental impact and high effectiveness, with low water flow rates that guarantee very high compatibility with human presence, unlike gaseous extinguishing agents (CO2).

The system is basically composed of thermal cameras for temperature/fire monitoring, a mains water pressurisation unit, one or more stainless steel manifolds, specific for each application, complete with shut-off valves and atomising nozzles, a PLC panel for control and command logic, and an operator station for monitoring and supervising the system.

Safety Systems has developed specific software for setting and managing the functional and safety parameters of the system, diagnostics and historising all system events and alarms.

An innovative, safe and reliable system, appreciated by renowned customers in Italy and abroad.