HONEYWELL EXPANDS FIRE/FLAME DETECTION CAPABILITIES WITH ADVANCED RANGE OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL SOLUTIONS

POOLE, United Kingdom, May 2013 – Honeywell (NYSE: HON) has announced the integration of a range of proven electro-optical fire/flame detectors capable of maximising uptime and reducing ongoing costs.

With leading-edge detection capabilities and enhanced performance that virtually removes the occurrence of nuisance alarms, the integration of fire/flame detection complements
Honeywell Analytics’ existing gas detection product offering, allowing the brand to provide a complete solution for industrial fire/flame and gas detection.

The new range delivers versatile application monitoring addressing petrochemical, semiconductor and paint booth/finishing industries. Leading-edge performance and stability is achieved through a combination of advanced state-of-the-art aerospace-grade sensing technologies, sophisticated dual microprocessors, software algorithms and the combination of multiple detection technologies into single products.

The comprehensive range includes a variety of options, combining Ultraviolet (UV),
Visual (VIS) and Infrared (IR) detection technologies that compensate for cross-interference stimulating phenomena like corona discharge, arc welding, lightening (including Quartz lightning) and other common non-fire events.

Many conventional electro-optical solutions cannot offer the same degree of non-fire event immunity as Honeywell Analytics’ devices and many brands only provide DualBand or
Narrow TripleBand detection capability, i.e. the combination of two different sensing techniques such as

IR/IR or UV/IR. The Honeywell Analytic’s FSX range (FS20X and FS24X), includes TripleBand and QuadBand technologies offering maximised stability, with three or four detection sensors employed in a single device.

Unlike many competitors, Honeywell Analytics’ products use “Quantum” IR sensors that provide greater stability and a higher operational temperature. Electro-optical sensing is further enhanced by real-time processing of all radiant energy to determine a fire event. This is achieved by using patented technologies known as FireLogic including FirePic™ and Tri-Mode Plot™ algorithms, delivering high performance signal processing. These aspects facilitate real-time analysis of all radiant energy readings, helping to deliver some of the most stable detecting solutions available in the electro-optical fire/flame detection industry. Due to the costs associated with unnecessary process shutdown, this can help to deliver considerable efficiencies over whole product life.
Ongoing costs can be further reduced, when compared to other principles of fire detection like heat detectors, because they offer a faster speed of response – typically 2-5 seconds. Electro-optical devices are area monitors, and this means that they can also be situated further away from the location they monitor, helping to reduce the number of points of detection required, because a single device can monitor a larger area. In fact, the FSX range has a greater range and angle of coverage (Cone of Vision), than most comparable alternatives.

Honeywell Analytics’ range is also optimised to provide intuitive post-event analysis with
user-friendly graphical display functionalities delivered via SnapShot and FirePic™ data capture.  

For more information on Honeywell Analytics’ products and services please visit: http://www.honeywellanalytics.com/en-GB/products/Flame%20Detection/Pages/Default.aspx

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The value of Honeywell Analytics’ new fire / flame detectors

Comprehensive options for diverse applications:

·  SS2: IR/VIS/UV fire/flame detector designed to monitor diverse applications from refineries and petrochemical facilities to Silane and Hydrogen gas storage

·  SS3: IR/VIS/UV fire/flame detector designed for indoor monitoring applications including warehouses

·  SS4: IR/VIS/UV fire/flame detector designed to deliver flexible monitoring of diverse applications including co-generation plants and aircraft hangars

·  FS7: TripleBand IR/VIS fire/flame detector designed to monitor semiconductor clean rooms and wet benches

·  FS10: VIS/DualBand IR fire/ flame detectors and process control designed to monitor electrostatic paint spray booths

·  FS20X: UV/Dual IR/VIS fire/flame detector designed for refineries, petrochemical, offshore platforms, Acetylene processing and chemical production

·  FS24X: QuadBand solutions with TripleBand IR and VIS detectiondesigned to monitor the most hazardous locations including oil and gas and petrochemical/chemical production

Leading-edge performance and stability, maximising uptime and removing costs associated with unnecessary downtime:

·  State-of-the-art DualBand, TripleBand and QuadBand sensor technologies combined with intelligent algorithms deliver one of the most stable and high performance solutions

currently available

·  FireLogic (including FirePic™ and Tri-Mode Plot™ patented algorithm technologies), deliver intelligent real-time processing of all radiant energy to determine a fire event with maximised accuracy

·  Virtual immunity to false alarms from arc welding, corona discharge and other

common non-fire sources

Flexible detection that meets exact needs including the most hazardous applications:

·  User defined sensitivity settings

·  Wide temperature range of operation: -40°C to 85°C (-40°F – 185°F)

Saves you money:

·  Up to 90° full 100% cone of vision ± 45° from on axis or 110° full 100% cone of vision ± 55° from on axis: wide cone of vision means that less detectors are required to monitor an area

·  Visual indications via bright LEDs make devices needing attention easier to locate, assisting with ongoing maintenance

·  User-selectable communications protocol capabilities including HART^® via an optional
plug-in model provides enhanced diagnostics and assist with ongoing maintenance efficiency

Honeywell International (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell’s shares are traded on the New York, London, and Chicago Stock Exchanges.  For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywellnow.com. Honeywell Analytics is based in Lincolnshire, Chicago, Zurich, Switzerland, and Seoul, Korea with distributors and agents located across the globe. For additional information, please visit www.honeywellanalytics.com, e-mail gasdetection@honeywell.com  or call on +41 (0)44 943 4300  from Europe and Asia / 1 800 538 0363 from the U.S.

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