Thom, we're working on an aircraft tire retread facility right now. Duct protection for the buffer duct and looking at a pre-action system for the blower, maybe anti-freeze or some other configuration for the roll away bins (2400 cu ft of buffed rubber). They want to be able to disconnect the system from the bins for disposal without calling out the sprinkler guy every time. I haven't found an end user compatible system for this. I hope your system is more sprinkler friendly! P.S. Any one with a solution? :)
Jamie Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2010, at 4:25 PM, "Tom Duross" <[email protected]> wrote: > Got a call this morning and took a tour of a book binding facility that had > a fire. > It's a fairly large (60K SF +/-) plant with 2 dry systems, tapered steel > beam, purlin construction, insulated and heated, 20' ceilings. It has a > paper collection system running from about 20 of these stitchers and binders > that exits the building to a hopper with the blowers next to it. > The fire occurred in the hopper, outside the building but melt and deformed > the purlin steel wall pretty good. Apparently, the sprinkler system never > tripped. > I was given a letter from their insurer suggesting when they replace the > blowers and repair the hopper, then enclose them in exterior rooms and > protect the spaces with dry sidewall heads from the overhead system. Has > anyone ever done this? > I walked around and talked to the workers there about how things work, what > does what, etc.; they're still working without the functioning collection > system, not happy about it, but it's work. They tell me the exhaust > collection system can have anything from small particles from the stitching > machines to larger sheets from when they trim pages. > Should I just follow the insurers' recommendation, maybe write them a letter > sighting possible standards that apply? They of course want to spend no > money on sprinklers even though they had a fire. > "How much for a couple of heads?" was the first thing the owner said to me. > TD > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
