Tyco Fire Suppression Group has launched a new range of portable extinguishers in the UK under the TOTAL brand. The options include foam, water, dry powder and CO2 extinguishing agents.
Manufactured in Germany, the range comprises models that are suitable for Class A, B, C, D and F fires. The offering also includes several speciality portable extinguishers, each of which is designed to satisfy particular fire safety challenges or market needs. These include powder portables for metal and coal fires; antimagnetic CO2 portables for hospitals and clinics; specially formulated water portables for sawdust fires; wet chemical portables for cooking oil and fat fires; and purpose-designed foam portables for polar liquid fires.
The range is available exclusively through Express Fire in Manchester and CheckFire in Cardiff, and from a countrywide network of approved supply partners that are trained to advise, install and maintain the right extinguishers in peak condition, explains Tyco.
Engineers at the company’s research and manufacturing facility in Neuruppin in Germany, where the portables are produced, have also devised an all-in-one portable and automatic extinguisher, called the ‘Tandem’. With an integral sprinkler head, it doubles up as a fixed, automatic extinguisher when unattended.
Almost every stage of cylinder manufacture is under the company’s direct control, explains Tyco, including: material selection and sourcing in Europe; low-heat plasma welding; fabrication; assembly and high-performance powder-coating; cylinder pressure testing; and agent filling. Each cylinder is uniquely numbered to provide a complete quality audit trail.
The portables are manufactured from specially formulated steel that remains flexible after heating and welding, and have a 1mm-thick internal powder coating. Every cylinder is electrode-tested to ensure that there are no pin-point flaws in the coating. The cylinder wall-mounting brackets are designed to ensure that there is no metal-to-metal or metal-to-wall scuffing. TOTAL portables are guaranteed for five years, providing they are serviced from new in accordance with the appropriate regulatory standards.
