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News Release from: Spectrex | Subject: SharpEye ELITE Triple IR
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 May 2004
Triple Infra-red flame detectors
launched
Two new SharpEye Flame Detectors, both based on innovative triple infrared technology, ensure high reliability fire detection with no false alarms from other radiation sources
Spectrex Inc has just added two new SharpEye Flame Detectors, both based on their innovative triple infrared (IR3) technology, which ensures high reliability with no false alarms from other radiation sources Both units carry a 3-year warranty
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 26 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The SharpEye ELITE Triple IR (IR3) Optical Flame Detector (20/20XI) includes a heated window, to eliminate ice and snow and a rugged stainless steel ATEX EExde(ia) approved enclosure.
The ELITE IR3 also includes a fast connection to an Intrinsic Safe handheld unit for function set-up, troubleshooting and maintenance.
The housing design isolates the electronics circuitry and sensors in a sealed section during installation with wiring via the segregated integral terminal section.
The ELITE IR3 is extremely sensitive.
It can detect 0.1m2 gasoline pan fire at 60m in less than 5 seconds.
The sensitivity is user-programmable, offering 4 ranges of detection.
The SharpEye Mini Triple IR (IR3) Optical Flame Detector (20/20MI) is a high performance and high reliability self-contained triple spectrum flame detector, packaged in a compact stainless steel housing for easy installation in tight areas.
Can be installed as intrinsically safe to ATEX EExia.
It is specially designed as a general-purpose flame detector for industrial applications with the highest immunity to false alarms.
The Mini Triple can detect 0.1m2 gasoline pan fire at 40m in less than 5 seconds.
Both new detectors have applications in a wide range of industrial and commercial facilities, where the threat of accidental fire involves hydrocarbon fuels such as gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, aviation jet fuels like JP-4, JP-5, JP-8, hydraulic fluids, paints and solvents, monomers and polymers like ethylene and polyethylene, natural gas (LNG), town gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), hydrocarbon gases like methane, ethane, propane, butane, acetylene, propylene.
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