Interestingly, I just finished up a project on an oven where the owner's insurance company (FM Global) did not require sprinklers within the oven but the owner's customer did for business interruption reasons.
Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Dec 4, 2014, at 5:46 PM, Taylor, Galen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
