September 8, 2020 | Company News
We recently upgraded an industrial facility’s Life Safety System (LSS) from Draeger Polytron XP Tox and Flame 2300 hardware to Drager Polytron 8000 and Flame 5000. At the same time, we removed the 3 associated PLC’s and replaced them with Draeger’s’ new Regard 7000 rack-based system. This system is integrated into a Siemens fire system and that integration was retained.
The plant cannot operate without the LSS being functional, so we had scheduled for a plant shutdown from Friday to Sunday. All of the removal and new installation work was finished by Saturday night with gas system testing done on Sunday. This allowed the plant to operate again on Monday whilst the integration to the fire system was tested.
The new platform provides state of the art functionality in terms of connectivity and diagnostics. Field technicians can now attach their laptops anywhere in the plant and without a need to adjust their IP addresses. The Regard 7000 racks utilize a proprietary ethernet protocol that does not require IP addressing. It is possible to ‘tunnel’ through the IO racks and out to the Polytron 8000 transmitters in order to make adjustments or read diagnostic information.
The Regard 7000 integrates immediately and completely with all Draeger Polytron devices over a HART connection and even integrates to competitive devices using a 4-20mA signal. It supports relay outputs to drive horns and lights and digital inputs to support alarm acknowledge pushbuttons or inhibit switches.
The Regard 7000 supports Modbus TCP slave, so a Samsara IG21 was added to the network to pull data from each of the gas detectors and display it via a cell connection to the cloud on mobile devices for plant management. These are AES256 bit end-to-end encrypted connections that are also used to produce text, email and voice alerts when any gas level goes out of its standard range. In addition, the IG21 allows for NSI to set up a secure VPN tunnel to diagnose any faults securely and remotely, thus providing lower cost and more timely support for our customer.
The Flame 5000 is an explosion proof flame detector that is actually a video camera that uses advanced algorithms to ‘see’ a flame. Welding, hot CO2 emissions and flare reflections do not trigger the alarms but it will detect an n-heptane fire of 0.1m2 at 44m separation. It also supports full color video camera functionality and can record locally to an SD card for before and after event analysis.
September 2, 2020 | Company News
This years WaterJAM will be held virtually! This means you have access to everything WaterJAM from September 14th to October 2nd! Neal Systems will have have a unique presentation titled: Will it work? Modern Wireless Technologies for the Water/Wastewater Industry available throughout those two-weeks.
On Wednesday, September 16th at 11:30AM, Shane Filer and Peter Jackson will be live answering questions about their presentation and will give you an opportunity to learn more about the wireless technologies available!
View more information on WaterJAM and sign-up here!
August 17, 2020 | Product News
The Draeger Flame 5000 detects characteristic properties of flames on the basis of a live video signal. By using Draeger’s sophisticated digital signal processing and software algorithmics – false alarms can practically be excluded and true flame emergencies can be detected from a safe distance.
The Flame 5000 is easy to install using a mounting bracket of stainless steel. The swiveling mount allows for the device to always be aimed towards a potential source of fire. Detection of fires of 0.1 m2 at a distance of 44m within a horizontal visual field as of 90 degrees. The detector’s field of view is a rectangular pyramid shape and represents a radial projection of the sensing element, therefore giving it the greatest coverage area of any flame detector currently available.
The detector transmits live video signals, which can also transmit alarm and status signals to a controller and fire alarm system. A 0 to 20 mA signal or relay outputs are available for this purpose. Additionally, video recordings of the time period immediately before and after a detected fire can be saved, collected and retrieved by means of a digital memory card.
The Flame 5000’s visual technology allows for instant verification of a fire alarm without the operator having to enter a dangerous area. The device status is displayed by tricolor LED light at the front of the device so that the status of the device is always clearly visible for persons working close to it. Green means normal operating conditions, the yellow LED indicates a fault and the red LED turns on if flames are detected.
The device is available with aluminum or stainless-steel housing and can be employed worldwide due to its variety of approvals: ATEX, IECEx, FM and cFM.
The Neal Systems service team can install and service all aspects of this device, as well as provide you the best complete solution for flame detection.
For more information on how the Draeger Flame 5000 can increase your safety and efficiency, contact us here!
June 26, 2020 | Company News
Neal System’s engineering team knows how much effort it takes to estimate installed accuracy for a specific pressure application. To reduce the effort of looking up tables in datasheets, our team designed a working spreadsheet calculator to make this process easy. The document allows you to:
- Use a pre-filled drop down menu
- Fill-in style fields to ensure your calculation is correct
- Easily print or place into PDF format for you to add as a record for your project documentation
Download our pressure calculator here!
