Fire safety specialist FFE, whose Talentum UV/Dual IR flame detectors are protecting the pencil-shaped Bloodhound, will have a full-sized replica of the car on its booth at the show.
Powered by a jet engine and a rocket engine the Bloodhound has been designed with the 763 mph world land-speed record in mind. Should that threshold be breached then its team, headed by former land-speed world record holder Richard Noble, will then aim to break the 1,000 mph barrier.
“Bloodhound is a truly prestigious and ambitious engineering British project and we are delighted that our Talentum flame detection products have been selected as part of the vitally important safety system,” says FFE’s Managing Director Mark Osborne. “We will be closely following the Bloodhound team’s progress as they attempt to break 1,000mph.”
Infra-red (IR) sensors mean Talentum UV/Dual detectors can detect visible and invisible flames from virtually any source, irrespective of dust, steam or smoke, and are also invulnerable to the effects of wind or draughts. They also give the highest immunity to false-flame sources.
Also on display at FIREX will be FFE’s Fireray 5000 motorised, auto-aligning optical beam smoke detector, which is ideally suited to large interiors with high ceilings they enable coverage of a large area at minimal cost. The Fireray 5000 combines an infrared transmitter and receiver in the same unit and operates by projecting a well-defined beam to a reflective prism, which returns the beam to the receiver for analysis.
The Hertfordshire-based company will also showcase its soon-to-be-launched explosion-proof Fireray 3000 Exd optical beam smoke detector. Designed for use in potentially explosive atmospheres, such as large enclosures in oil rigs, refineries and ordnance stores, it provides an early warning of smouldering or strongly smoke-generating fires in hazardous areas.
FFE, which has offices in the USA, Dubai, India and China, also leads the global market in providing fire extinguishers for aviation use and produces a range of vibration switches for industrial applications.
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CLWright42 Fireray_FFE Thanks for sharing, Charlotte!