Common causes of fires in recycling: Heat, sparks, embers and hot particles

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To help prevent fires or explosions, GreCon Spark & Extinguishing Systems provides excellent preventive protection.

Detect fire sources and extinguish before ignition

The waste management and recycling industries’ processing of materials hold a high risk of fire. Heat, sparks, glowing embers or hot particles can be transported through conveying systems and ignite causing serious fires and explosions. A GreCon spark detection and extinguishment system significantly increases the safety and protection of production facilities.

Wherever material is shredded, transported or stored, there is a constant risk of sparks being generated. Sparks + air + fuel (recycled materials and dust) equals a high risk of fire in many recycling processes. Key areas of a recycling facility that should be considered for Spark Detection & Extinguishing Systems include shredders, cyclones, filters, sorting areas and storage spaces.

Fire prevention for the recycling industry | Fagus-GreCon | Fagus-GreCon

Now, preventive fire and explosion protection is even better with GreCon’s new detection technology to identify dangerous ignition sources.

Fagus GreCon’s DLD 1/9 Spark Detector offers additional protection to industries with new intelligent detection technology (IDT). IDT not only identifies hazardous moving ignition sources before a fire breaks out, but the DLD 1/9 detector is also able to differentiate between dangerous sparks or harmless incidence of extraneous light. Additionally, it has highly sensitive detection in processes up to 150 degrees Celsius and is not dependent on temperature of the ignition source.

GreCon Spark Detection & Extinguishing Systems provide excellent preventive protection; it does not wait for an actual fire or dust explosion to erupt. The GreCon system prevents the development of these hazards by early detection and elimination of the ignition source. Infrared (IR) detectors monitor the conveying paths and activate countermeasures, including high-speed water extinguishing or diversion, within milliseconds. 

GreCon Spark & Extinguishing systems are FM Approved and are part of the fire and explosion protection outlined in NFPA 660.

Fagus GreCon Inc.
Charlotte, North Carolina
704-912-0000