Art, I have worked in the composites industry. It's a second career paralleling my fire service. The vast majority of industrial ovens I've seen in the composites industry have sprinklers. I'm surprised to hear that your clients insurance rep does not think sprinklers are a good idea. Factory Mutual would disagree based on the attached data sheet. NFPA 86 Standard for Ovens & Furnaces advises sprinklers in accordance with NFPA 13.
One possible exception may be if the actual oven is physically outside the building and the oven doors are incorporated into the building wall. But as I always say too, Check with your local AHJ to get their take on the matter; because at the end of the day it's what AHJ wants that counts. Galen Taylor County of Los Angeles Fire Department Fire Prevention Engineering 323-890-4339 [email protected] "Ensuring Public Safety Through the Built Environment" -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Art Tiroly Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 1:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Curing oven for reinforced plastic tanks. We designed a sprinkler system for a gas fired curing oven for plastic tanks reinforced with carbon fiber and fiberglass. The 10 - 40 gallon tanks hang from a conveyer. Zone temperatures vary from warm to 200-250*F. Cure is over 24 hours. We show about 20 sprinklers but the owner is reluctant to have sprinklers in the oven and his insurance company agrees. What say the forum. Art Tiroly ATCO Fire Protection/Tiroly 24400 Highland Rd CLE 44143 216-621-8899 216-570-7030 cell _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
