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News Release from: General Monitors | Subject: HazardWatch
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 May 2006
HazardWatch fire and gas detection
system
The HazardWatch Integrated Fire and Gas Detection System sets new industry standards for intelligent safety monitoring for process and plant engineers to protect from fire and combustible gases
The HazardWatch Integrated Fire and Gas Detection System from General Monitors sets a new industry standard for highly intelligent safety monitoring solutions designed to help process and plant engineers protect their operations, equipment and staff from fire and combustible gases, while meeting the world's most demanding safety standards Offering intelligence, flexibility and reliability, the HazardWatch System controller, hardware configuration and software have been tested and certified by Factory Mutual to verify NFPA 72 compliance
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 26 Feb 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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HazardWatch is an innovative, modular system that combines a highly reliable programmable logic controller (PLC) platform with the General Monitors advanced gas and flame field devices.
It is highly scaleable, making it suitable for small systems to large plant-wide applications.
Up to 13 local gas and fire alarm panels can operate over a wide network of up to 25 kilometers in length.
The HazardWatch System features a standalone local fire and gas alarm panel with a colour touch screen with an easy-to-use, human-machine interface (HMI) that is also FM approved for central station monitoring.
The optional HazardNet dual media (coaxial cable or fibre-optic) fault tolerant communications network supports communication between the local gas and flame panels and optional HazardWatch Central Station with a HazardView Workstation that is AC-powered with UPS back-up.
HazardWatch supports Modbus, Ethernet or ControlNet communication for interfacing with DCS or ESD systems.
Integration with third party devices such as horns, beacons, smoke detectors and suppression systems is flexible, simple and reliable.
HazardWatch comes complete with a power system and battery back-up that complies with NFPA 72 standards.
HazardWatch is ideal for a broad range of monitoring applications in demanding industries.
It is designed for use in oil/gas production, petrochemical refining, LNG and LPG plants and pipelines, electric power generation, aerospace launch facilities, warehouse and storage facilities, automotive plants and any industry where hydrocarbon vapours are a potential threat.
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