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The original building at 21 Manresa Road MICRO-SENS®, like other ASD units in
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was completed in 1895 and started life as the TITANUS® range, incorporate PIPE-
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becoming the Chelsea School of Art in the a unique monitoring system that detects if
1930’s. The building became part of the a sampling hole is blocked, a pipe is
Chelsea campus of King’s College in 1985, ruptured or if the air sampling unit has
before being recently acquired for the new failed. This feature is vital in areas where doortoa
residential development. The finished access is restricted and identification of
development combines the original individually blocked sampling points is
nineteenth century facade with a new essential. LOGIC-SENS is an advanced neweraof
modern structure at the rear. signal processing technology that analyses
Five TITANUS® MICRO-SENS® the smoke sample and provides the
addressable air sampling smoke detection earliest possible smoke detection whilst railtravel
units were installed by Titan Fire & Security safely eliminating false alarms such as
in a number of the apartments. The unique cigarette smoke and diesel fumes. StPancrasInternationalistobekeptsafe
addressability of the system allows each The TITANUS® range has been fromfireinpartwithspecialistdoorsfrom
apartment to be individually monitored and developed by WAGNER as a simple and BoothIndustries.TheBolton-basedcompany
identified as the source of a fire alarm in low cost air sampling system replacement hasproducedbespokefiredoorsforthelikes
the event of an incident. Each MICRO- for point smoke detectors. As well as ofHighSpeed1andtheHongKongMTR
SENS® unit can monitor up to five applications where aesthetics are systemandnowadds130doorsinSt
different rooms or areas. Very early smoke important, TITANUS® ASD can provide PancrasInternationaltoitsprojectportfolio.
detection, adjustable sensitivity and very significant benefits for buildings with large Thedoors,installedintheThamesLink‘Box’
reliable false alarm protection make open spaces, in areas where future access sectionwhichrunsunderneathStPancras
MICRO-SENS® an ideal solution for the is likely to be a problem (in voids, shafts, International,include:
majority of fire detection applications. locked rooms, etc) or where the • Alargedoubleleafstainless
WAGNER’s discreet sampling points environment is too harsh for traditional steeldoorsetinstalledbetween
were fitted throughout the building to smoke detectors. www.wagner-uk.com theliftandthemainplatform
ensure that the all sampling pipes were lobby,measuring4mwideby3m
hidden from view. The impact on the tallwitheachleafweighingnearly
halfaton
• 106back-of-housecommercial
MCP call point
gradesteelfiredoors
• 23front-of-housecommercial
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grade,brushedstainlesssteelfire
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increase
WhenBoothwasawardedthecontractit
wasinitiallyworth£150,000,butRailLink
compatibility
Engineering,who,workingwithLondon&
ContinentalRailways,managedtheproject,
significantlyincreasedthescopeofsupply
KAC’s market-leading family of modular whentheysawtheproductdepthand
conventional manual call points, the MCP contractmanagementcapabilitiesBooth
range, has been further extended with the connecting the special terminal block to the Industriesisabletoprovide.Thefinalcontract
addition of six additional standard variants required terminations in the back of the MCP. valuewas£600,000.
that provide intrinsic compatibility with all The resistor and clean contact version, RLEProjectManagerPeterHodkinsaid:
popular variants of control panel on the MCP1, is available with either 470 or 680 “Boothhasbeenanexcellentcompanyto
market. All versions use the patented “plug Ohm resistors on one pair and a normally workwith.Atalltimestheyhaveperformed
and play” concept, in which a special open set of contacts on the other - versions veryprofessionallyandbeenabletoadaptto
terminal block is initially fitted with a simple compatible with Apollo and Hochiki Savwire thechangeswhichhavebeenthrownat
continuity link, enabling the wiring of the fire systems are also available. The MCP3 themasthecontractprogressed.
alarm system to be tested for open, short provides a pair of normally open and normally “Thequalityoftheinstallationandthe
circuit and earth fault without the manual call closed contacts and the MCP4 is configured fabricationissecondtononeandhassetthe
point unit itself in place. Upon final with double pole changeover contacts. standardfortherestofthenetwork.Atruly
commissioning, the continuity link is The MCP features soft curved styling, is ‘cando’teamandoneIwouldhavepleasure
removed and the terminal block is then fully backwards compatible with previous workingwithagain.Theprojecthadsome
plugged directly into the back of the MCP, so generations, offers a significant reduction in verytightdeadlinesandrestrictionson
no re-termination is required and no time is installation time and is fully compliant with workingtimesandatnotimedidBoothletus
wasted. The different configurations are the latest EN54-11 and BS5839 Part 1:2002 downormissadeadline.”
selectable during commissioning by standards.www.kac.co.uk www.booth-industries.co.uk
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