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News Release from: Apollo Fire Detectors | Subject: Apollo Discovery and XP95 fire detectors
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 April 2006
Apollo Fire Detectors protect Styal Mill
Apollo Discovery and XP95 fire detectors have been installed to protect Styal Mill, a working museum and industrial heritage site near Wilmslow, Cheshire, which is owned by the National Trust.
Apollo Discovery and XP95 fire detectors have been installed to protect Styal Mill, a working museum and industrial heritage site near Wilmslow, Cheshire, which is owned by the National Trust The intelligent fire detection system incorporates over 700 Apollo devices and forms part of an upgrade of the whole property
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 1 Oct 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The fire detection system was supplied by First City Fire and Security and installed by G R Bayley Electrical to meet the client's specification.
Styal Mill, which is also known as Quarry Bank Mill, is a museum which charts the history of silk and cotton making.
Set in the beautiful Styal Country Estate, the Georgian building dates from 1784 and now serves as a resource for learning about the industrial and social heritage of textiles manufacturing.
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Among other attractions, visitors to the site can see working demonstrations of textile production, the most powerful working waterwheel in Europe, and one of the earliest steam-powered beam engines to be built in the world.
The museum also houses a restaurant and cafe and is hired out as a conference centre and wedding venue.
The design of the fire detection system had to take into account the diverse activities that take place in the museum.
Barry Cook, Manager at Styal Mill and a chief engineer for The National Trust, explains: "We had to ensure that the fire detection system protected out visitors as well as the mill equipment, which is irreplaceable".
"We also wanted the best specification possible at the best price".
Having examined the client's requirements, First City Fire and Security and G R Bayley recommended a fire detection system based on Apollo technology.
Managing Director of First City Fire and Security, Darren Morrell, comments: "We know Apollo well and consider them an excellent company with which to work".
"As well as offering a wide range of options and add-ons, they are very competitive on price".
"We try to give our installers a good deal and this was definitely the best option for them, too".
Jason Dunn, contracts manager of G R Bayley adds: "The open digital protocol shared by all Apollo intelligent fire detection products enables forwards and backwards compatibility, so we have confidence that future maintenance and system upgrades will be easily achievable".
The new fire detection system at Styal Mill is based around two Morley networked analogue addressable control panels.
The working demonstration areas, where activities such as spinning can create a lot of dust that could lead to unacceptably high incidences of nuisance alarms, are protected with approximately 300 Apollo Discovery multisensor fire detectors.
The Discovery multisensor uses an optical smoke and a thermistor temperature sensor in combination, which means it responds well to a range of fires.
The outputs from both sensors are analysed to produce the final analogue value, which makes the multisensor particularly reliable and virtually eliminates causes of false alarms such as steam, exhaust fumes and transient high dust levels, like those encountered at Styal Mill.
In addition to the Discovery multisensors, the Styal Mill fire detection system includes some 400 other devices from the compatible XP95 analogue addressable range including optical smoke and heat detectors, manual callpoints, loop-powered sounders and loop-powered sounder beacons.
It also interfaces with other pieces of plant such as boilers, gas valves and lifts.
The fire detection system uses a 'one out, all out' evacuation principle in the event of an emergency.
Commenting on the new fire detection system, Styal Mill Manager Barry Cook says: "The Apollo system is highly efficient, the panels are user-friendly and the installers provided exactly what we wanted".
"We suffered a number of false alarms with the old system, which proved very costly".
"Since the Apollo fire detection system was installed, these have been completely eradicated.".
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