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Product Profile
FireFive – The perfect protection against polymeric materials fires
FireFive® is an additive that mixed with water in very low percentages, increases the extinguishing…
Reliable Model DDX – PrePak, DryPak and DelPak – factory assembled Preaction, Dry Pipe & Deluge Systems
The Reliable range of pre-packaged fire protection control valves are engineered to combine high levels…
Reliable Sprinkler – The Reliable Model TD test and drain valve
Introducing Reliable’s own Test and Drain valve: the Model TD. The valve is manufactured in…
Victaulic – Roll grooving creates cleaner, safer jobsites for customers
Roll grooving creates cleaner, safer jobsites for customers and has been accepted and utilized in…
Olympia Electronics S.A. – Self contained emergency luminaries with supercapacitor for back up source
Founded in 1979, Olympia Electronics S.A. is the market leader in the Greek electronic safety…
Victaulic® FireLock™ – Innovative Groove System IGS™ wins product of the year
Three Victaulic products have been selected as winners in Consulting-Specifying Engineer (CSE) magazines 2018 Product…
Reliable N-Rack-EC – New storage protection options in the 2019 edition of NFPA 13
Throughout North America and globally, NFPA 13 is one of the most widely used standards…
FireFive® – The Micelle encapsulator era
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The first of their kind model G5-80F and model J112SS
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4EVAC – Brace Yourself for IMPACT! 4EVAC’s new IMPACT launches at Security Essen
Security Essen 18 will see the debut of voice alarm (VA) and public address (PA)…
Kunkook Easy Lock – Aspirating smoke detection pipes and fittings
With today’s smart and intelligent super-high-rise buildings and the increase in the number of data…
Extover – Special extinguishing agent for lithium battery fires and metal fires
Extover® is a special extinguishing agent for lithium batteries and metal fires. Both types of…
TLX Technologies – Actuator designed for systems with operating pressures to 300 Bar
TLX Technologies introduced its newest actuation device for fire suppression systems at the 2018 Intersec…
4EVAC – New LoopDrive FIM safeguards any Voice Alarm / Voice Evacuation system
Launched in 2015 the LoopDrive Fault Isolator Module (FIM) integrates 4EVAC’s patented technology to increase…
Reliable – Introducing the Reliable diaphragm deluge valve range
When the risk from fire to property and critical business processes is at the highest…
Apollo – Refining fire detection with new Soteria® Dimension®
The SOTERIA® range of fire detection devices from Apollo Fire Detectors has an exciting new…
Thermarestor – Goes from strength to strength
The latter months of 2017 have been a busy time for the Thermarestor team, both…
The Fireray One – The beam smoke detector that aligns itself
With no specialist tools or knowledge needed for installation and operation, the Fireray One is…
CPVC or steel for fire sprinkler systems?
With so much talk surrounding adequate fire protection in the UK, one of the biggest challenges for many installers and specifiers will be finding, and implementing, the right system.
Steel piping for fire protection systems has become a traditional fixture in both new builds and retrofit projects throughout the UK and Europe. But with CPVC pipes on the market, should steel still be the preferred material for fire sprinkler systems?
BlazeMaster® CPVC piping is a specialty thermoplastic used reliably across more than 60 countries for decades, and poses a real challenge to traditional materials found in fire sprinkler systems in both cost, performance, and lasting quality. Here’s how:
Easy Installation
CPVC piping can be installed with a quick and simple one-step joining system, which eliminates the need for complicated heat-fusion techniques traditionally used in steel installations. CPVC is not just flexible – meaning it can get to hard-to-reach areas, but also light weight. For a standard DN25 pipe, CPVC weighs 0.390 kilograms per metre when empty. In comparison, steel systems can weigh 2.440 kilograms for the same measurement when empty.