Over 100 FireRay 5000 advanced
wide-area beam detectors have been
installed in hypermarket chain
Kaufland’s logistics centre in Turda,
Romania. The system, manufactured
by Fire Fighting Enterprises, uses
state of the art technology to make
reflective infrared beam smoke
detection simple to install and
maintain.

The logistics centre’s storage halls,
loading bays and cold room areas all
benefit from the large area coverage
of the FireRay 5000. One single
FireRay 5000 system consists of a low
level controller, wall-mounted
transceiver ‘head’ unit and reflective
prism and can cover up to 1500m2.

For Kaufland, beams protect large
goods storage rooms, working with
point detectors where space is limited.

The head unit, housing the beam
transmitter and receiver is installed
on the wall near the ceiling, wired to
the easily-accessible ground-level
controller. The prismatic reflector,
which needs no wiring, is positioned
up to 100m away. By bouncing the
invisible infrared beam off the
reflector, the head unit can detect the
presence and density of smoke
particles across the space between
them, raising an alarm if interference
reaches a certain threshold.