Automatic Drain Protection System Panel

Client

Major UK spill care company

Product

Site specific fire protection control panel with remote activation and battery back-up

Services / Products

• Control System / Panel Design
• Control System Manufacture
• Functional safety
• Software
• Installation and commissioning

Scope of Service

We were tasked with redesigning an automatic drain protection system as the unit being used was not very user friendly and did not allow for any site specific features to be incorporated.

The system incorporates a heavy duty inflatable bladder suspended over the roof of a drain.

The control panel houses a compressor which fills the bladder with air, expanding within the drain to create a water tight seal and prevent potential contaminated product being discharged into the environment.

Our electrical and software team designed a compact, weather proof panel which was cost effect, flexible and allowed integration into other intelligent systems (something which the existing system did not).

It was designed and built with a battery-back up to ensure it remains functional during an emergency situation, for example in the event of a fire, when excess water used by a sprinkler system or the emergency services could cause overflow into “clean” drains, meaning the power may be switched off for safety reasons.

Since the initial experimental unit was developed, we have supplied over 120 units which are now installed all over the UK and Europe.  In Holland, 40 units are currently protecting the new headquarters of an internationally recognised software company.

Benefits of our work

• Site specific controls
• Fire protection panel
• Can be operated and monitored remotely via mobile phone
• Designed to function during an emergency situation
• Weather proof
• Built-in battery back-up
• Several units on the same site can be connected together