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News Release from: Land Instruments International | Subject: Railcar Fire Detector
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 15 September 2005
Detector watches for hotspots in coal
The Railcar Fire Detector is a new horizontally mounted trackside line scanner and processor, released as part of the Coal Fire Detection system.
The risk of fire at points in the process where coal is moved is great due to the friction and dust produced Increased further by factors such as the growing use of highly volatile Powder River Basin coal, the danger of self-ignition due to oxidation cannot be neglected
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 20 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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With its new detector Land recognises the transfer of coal from railcar to plant as a susceptible point.
Land has developed effective infra-red temperature scanning technology to combat the risk of hotspots entering the plant unnoticed and causing costly and dangerous damage.
The Railcar Fire Detector is a new horizontally mounted trackside line scanner and processor, released as part of the Coal Fire Detection system.
It covers the entire width of the coal fall (with a built in laser to accurately define scan plane and angle) and picks up hotspots as they fall from the railcar into a trackside hopper triggering an alarm.
Other products in the Coal Fire Detection range are a Mill Fire Detector, Conveyor Fire Detector, IR Coal Fire monitor, Coal Pile Fire Detector and portable thermal imager, providing a complete fire detection service.
This entirely automated process saves costs and man-hours as well as reducing insurance premiums and improving plant safety.
The railcar fire detector allows high confidence in the safety of stored material due to its ability to view all of the coal and pick up very small hotspots.
Moreover this product is easy to install with no additional software or hardware required and a simple single cable connection between scanner and processor. Request a free brochure from Land Instruments International ...
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