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AST: A new age for fire protection

While AST has a strong footprint in South Africa, it also provides product and services to mining companies in the rest of the SADC region, and further north into central Africa.

November 18, 2022
AST News
Introducing The Pyroshield Universal Actuator, Ushering in a New Age of Fire Protection, Choosing a fire suppression system, PyroStorm protection for control equipment, smoke warns AST, Cable-type heat sensing systems, Enhanced fire detection for conveyor belts, Is your building safe from fire, AST’s automated fire extinguishing systems, Room integrity testing, When there’s clouds (not smoke), there’s fire, Are the Halon Bandits back, The first 400 bar inert gas filling plant in Africa, Low pressure monitor gauge, Pyrosense3, Fire risks that affect the power generation industry, Conveyor system protection,

Choosing a fire suppression system: Long-term approach required

Over the past 18 months, mining companies have been increasingly investing in fire protection systems to safeguard their operations…

October 19, 2022
AST News
Introducing The Pyroshield Universal Actuator, Ushering in a New Age of Fire Protection, Choosing a fire suppression system, PyroStorm protection for control equipment, smoke warns AST, Cable-type heat sensing systems, Enhanced fire detection for conveyor belts, Is your building safe from fire, AST’s automated fire extinguishing systems, Room integrity testing, When there’s clouds (not smoke), there’s fire, Are the Halon Bandits back, The first 400 bar inert gas filling plant in Africa, Low pressure monitor gauge, Pyrosense3, Fire risks that affect the power generation industry, Conveyor system protection,

PyroStorm protection for control equipment

If you work at a large industrial plant or mine, you may have noticed those hydraulic lubricating oil packs, or perhaps the diesel generator sets, oil store rooms, pump rooms or flammable liquids stores…

October 19, 2022
AST News
Introducing The Pyroshield Universal Actuator, Ushering in a New Age of Fire Protection, Choosing a fire suppression system, PyroStorm protection for control equipment, smoke warns AST, Cable-type heat sensing systems, Enhanced fire detection for conveyor belts, Is your building safe from fire, AST’s automated fire extinguishing systems, Room integrity testing, When there’s clouds (not smoke), there’s fire, Are the Halon Bandits back, The first 400 bar inert gas filling plant in Africa, Low pressure monitor gauge, Pyrosense3, Fire risks that affect the power generation industry, Conveyor system protection,

Pirate operators can have you up in smoke warns AST

Allowing untrained professionals to service and maintain fire protection systems will not only dent a mining company’s profit but it also puts its employees at great risk…

October 19, 2022
AST News
Introducing The Pyroshield Universal Actuator, Ushering in a New Age of Fire Protection, Choosing a fire suppression system, PyroStorm protection for control equipment, smoke warns AST, Cable-type heat sensing systems, Enhanced fire detection for conveyor belts, Is your building safe from fire, AST’s automated fire extinguishing systems, Room integrity testing, When there’s clouds (not smoke), there’s fire, Are the Halon Bandits back, The first 400 bar inert gas filling plant in Africa, Low pressure monitor gauge, Pyrosense3, Fire risks that affect the power generation industry, Conveyor system protection,

Cable-type heat sensing systems

Broadly speaking there are two methods to sense fire conditions using cable. Most commonly used in the South African market is the digital type method: essentially…

October 19, 2022
AST News
Introducing The Pyroshield Universal Actuator, Ushering in a New Age of Fire Protection, Choosing a fire suppression system, PyroStorm protection for control equipment, smoke warns AST, Cable-type heat sensing systems, Enhanced fire detection for conveyor belts, Is your building safe from fire, AST’s automated fire extinguishing systems, Room integrity testing, When there’s clouds (not smoke), there’s fire, Are the Halon Bandits back, The first 400 bar inert gas filling plant in Africa, Low pressure monitor gauge, Pyrosense3, Fire risks that affect the power generation industry, Conveyor system protection,

Enhanced fire detection for conveyor belts

When a fire breaks out on a conveyor belt, the consequences can be devastating. Not only can it result in a considerable loss of profits and downtime but it also puts mine workers in harm’s way…

October 19, 2022
AST News
Introducing The Pyroshield Universal Actuator, Ushering in a New Age of Fire Protection, Choosing a fire suppression system, PyroStorm protection for control equipment, smoke warns AST, Cable-type heat sensing systems, Enhanced fire detection for conveyor belts, Is your building safe from fire, AST’s automated fire extinguishing systems, Room integrity testing, When there’s clouds (not smoke), there’s fire, Are the Halon Bandits back, The first 400 bar inert gas filling plant in Africa, Low pressure monitor gauge, Pyrosense3, Fire risks that affect the power generation industry, Conveyor system protection,

Is your building safe from fire?

Correct selection of detectors is vital.

October 19, 2022
AST News
Introducing The Pyroshield Universal Actuator, Ushering in a New Age of Fire Protection, Choosing a fire suppression system, PyroStorm protection for control equipment, smoke warns AST, Cable-type heat sensing systems, Enhanced fire detection for conveyor belts, Is your building safe from fire, AST’s automated fire extinguishing systems, Room integrity testing, When there’s clouds (not smoke), there’s fire, Are the Halon Bandits back, The first 400 bar inert gas filling plant in Africa, Low pressure monitor gauge, Pyrosense3, Fire risks that affect the power generation industry, Conveyor system protection,

AST’s line-type heat sensing

Alien Systems & Technologies (AST) offers a wide range of automatic fire detection systems from advanced ultra-smart addressable point type detection systems to regular conventional systems.

October 19, 2022
AST News
Introducing The Pyroshield Universal Actuator, Ushering in a New Age of Fire Protection, Choosing a fire suppression system, PyroStorm protection for control equipment, smoke warns AST, Cable-type heat sensing systems, Enhanced fire detection for conveyor belts, Is your building safe from fire, AST’s automated fire extinguishing systems, Room integrity testing, When there’s clouds (not smoke), there’s fire, Are the Halon Bandits back, The first 400 bar inert gas filling plant in Africa, Low pressure monitor gauge, Pyrosense3, Fire risks that affect the power generation industry, Conveyor system protection,

AST adds new value to fire suppression in 2019

Moving forward into 2019, Alien Systems & Technologies has put new value-added services in place for customers.New value-added services Pyroshield IG55 gaseous automatic fire extinguishing systems.

October 19, 2022
AST News
Introducing The Pyroshield Universal Actuator, Ushering in a New Age of Fire Protection, Choosing a fire suppression system, PyroStorm protection for control equipment, smoke warns AST, Cable-type heat sensing systems, Enhanced fire detection for conveyor belts, Is your building safe from fire, AST’s automated fire extinguishing systems, Room integrity testing, When there’s clouds (not smoke), there’s fire, Are the Halon Bandits back, The first 400 bar inert gas filling plant in Africa, Low pressure monitor gauge, Pyrosense3, Fire risks that affect the power generation industry, Conveyor system protection,

Don’t forget to test your fire protection systems before the holiday shutdown

As the year draws to a close, it is natural that people start looking forward to the holidays. It is therefore quite easy to neglect to consider the damaging effect a fire could have on businesses during.

October 19, 2022
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