Category: Emergency and Fire Safety Valves and Devices
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How NFPA 30 Impacts Valve Selection for Thermal Shutoff in Hazardous Environments
When handling flammable and combustible liquids, safety isn’t optional—it’s a code requirement. The NFPA 30 Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code establishes the standards for storing, transferring, and protecting these liquids to minimize the risk of fire. One critical aspect of compliance involves valve selection, particularly when it comes to thermal shutoff and emergency shutdown functions.…
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Achieving Compliance with Fire Safety Standards Using FireChek® Emergency Shut-Off Valves
FireChek® emergency shut-off valves ensure fire safety compliance. It is critical for industries handling flammable materials, such as oil and gas, chemical processing, and liquefied natural gas (LNG). These sectors must comply with strict regulations set by organizations like the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Compliance ensures…
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Selecting Fire Safety Shut-down Valves
Thermal shutoffs prevent overheating, trigger fire suppression, and comply with safety regulations makes them an essential component of industrial fire prevention strategies.
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Safeguarding Operations with FM Fire-Safe Valves for Flammable Liquids
Flammable liquids are integral to many industrial processes, including chemical manufacturing, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, and flavor and fragrance manufacturing. However, the very properties that make these liquids useful also make them hazardous. The risk of fires or explosions when handling flammable liquids cannot be overstated, which is why robust safety measures are crucial. The Importance…
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Assured Automation’s FireChek® Equipped Pneumatic Shutoff Valves Support Growth of LNG Distribution
FireChek triggers quickly, securing pneumatically operated process line valves LNG transport is growing as supplies for natural gas continue to grow in the U.S. LNG is used to transport natural gas to markets, where it is regasified and distributed through natural gas pipelines. The carriers store the LNG in cryogenic tanks during transport. The United…
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Emergency Shutdown Valves In Stock
The Problem: A large chemical company was looking to purchase a rush project for emergency shutdown valves for their gas and chemical lines to meet insurance requirements. The automated ESD valves needed to be tied into their main fire alarm system to fail closed upon a triggering of their fire alarms. The specification called for…
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Improved Fire Safety for Pneumatic Control Systems
FireChek® with Quick Exhaust and Pilot Valves Quickly Shutdown Large Pneumatic Actuators in Fire Situations FireChek® FC-4 Series-Heat Activated Pneumatic Shut Off Valve Clark NJ – Now FM approved FireChek® thermal shutoffs * with resettable memory shape alloy can be used to automatically shut down a pneumatic control system when a nearby fire occurs, or…
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FM Fire-Safe Emergency Shutdown Protection for Fuel, Oil, Gas
Factory Mutual’s rigorous testing of the FM Fire-Safe ensures the quality and reliability of the shutdown system. Factory Mutual certifies that the FM Fire-Safe emergency shutdown valves * have been tested and will protect properties from loss according to their internationally recognized FM 7440 standard for liquid and gas safety shutoff. To meet this standard,…
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3 Types of Emergency Shutdown and Emergency Isolation Valves
The two most common methods used to trigger a thermal shutoff, eliciting a failure position in pneumatically operated Emergency Shut Down and Emergency Isolation Valves are: (1) Fusible Plugs, and (2) Plastic Tubing. Both of these techniques have been used in emergency shutdown systems for years in refining, chemical, petrochemical, pulp and paper, flavors and…
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FM Fire-Safe Durable Fusible Link Design Saves Field Maintenance
When selecting a thermal or electro-thermal shutoff, it is important to determine the correct valve material for the media you will be using, the correct size, the regulations and industry standards you need to conform to, the valve type (ball or butterfly), and end connections. Online configurators, such as the FM Fire-Safe Shutoff configurator makes…
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FM Fire-Safe Shutoffs Use as Emergency Block Valves (EBV) For Flammable or Combustible Liquid or Gas Service
FM Fire-Safe Shutoff emergency block valves prevent or thwart catastrophic losses. Too frequently small accidents become major losses when fuel continues to flow in an emergency situation. When used correctly, these FM Fire-Safe Shutoffs keep hazardous materials from entering an area with an existing fire, saving major losses, and possibly even lives. Problem Fuel is…
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Assured Automation’s FM Fire-Safe Fusible Link Valves
FM Fire-Safe Fusible Link Valve Protects Refineries and Chemical Processors from Fire Hazards The FM Fire-Safe Shutoff fusible link valve assemblies from Assured Automation are API 607 and Factory Mutual approved for flammable liquids, and are commonly used to: To shut down hazardous lines when fire occurs, and Activate sprinkler systems to control fire These…