Foam monitors are one of the equipment that allows reaching the risky area in the fastest and shortest time in fire fighting.
Foam monitors aim to deliver a sufficient amount of extinguisher to the fire area from a safe distance.
At this stage, the size of the foam monitor allows different proportions and amounts of foam to be directed.
Foam monitors, which maximize safety, are also one of the best ways to respond to emergencies.
How to Use Foam Monitors?
Foam monitors can be controlled by an operator, vehicle or engine, as well as automatically.
Foam monitors, which can be separated from each other according to the material they are made of, play an important role in extinguishing fires with their high flow rates and pressures.
These equipment are among the most needed extinguishers, especially in areas where flammable and combustible liquids are stored. Foam extinguishing foam monitors used in places that require foam monitors bring the possibility of manual or automatic intervention to the fire.
Foam monitor types, which help to maximize life safety, have many areas of use.
Ambient conditions must be taken into consideration in the supply of foam monitor types that enable the detection of horizontal and vertical directions of large-capacity agent flows.
After the system installations, launch distances, flow rates and similar technical conditions are determined at the most ideal levels, the correct applications and integrations are made for the area to be used.
In this way, a high level of security can be ensured in all areas where the foam monitor will be used.
What are the Uses of Foam Monitors?
The right amount at the right distance from the fire intervention with foam The foam monitor aims to reach the fire-affected area within the minimum time frame and extinguish the fire.
These monitors are often used in risky factories and warehouses.
The use of foam monitors is quite common for both the health of employees and property safety.
Foam monitors, which have a wide range of uses from industrial plants to chemical factories, attract attention with their high performance in fire extinguishing.
The most common areas where foam monitors are generally used are as follows:
- Pharmaceutical factories
- Paint factories
- Food factories
- Flammable flammable liquid tanks
- Solid waste facilities
- Generator rooms
- Boiler rooms
- Tank sites
- Engine test chambers
- Engine rooms on ships
- Fuel stations
- Tanks with chemical substances
- Cargo areas
- Industrial plants
- Chemical factories
- Storage areas with shelves
- Cable and installation areas
- Areas of energy production
- Helicopter hangars
- Aircraft hangars
- Solid material storages
- Solid material mills
- Solvent storage areas
- Hydrocarbon storage areas
- Refineries
- Storage areas for flammable gases such as LNG and LPG
- Tankers
- Barges
- Docks and harbors
- Fire Brigades
- Extinguishing ships and boats
- Waste disposal facilities
- Wood industry
- Stockpiles of wood and wood chips
What Are the Types of Foam Monitors?
Foam monitors have a wide range of applications in industry and production facilities, including these areas.
Therefore, this wide usage area has also led to an increase in product diversity.
There are many types of foam monitors according to their purpose and usage.
These products are primarily divided into two as portable monitors and fixed monitors.
Portable monitors have types such as manual control and self-oscillating.
Fixed monitors, on the other hand, stand out with types such as manually controlled, self-oscillating, hydraulically controlled and electrically controlled.
It is necessary to measure the capacity and firing distance in the selection of the types of foam monitors that enable intervention to the risky and affected area as soon as possible from a safe distance.
According to the types of products, the firing ranges are between 30 meters and 120 meters.
Determining the area of use is extremely important in the selection of the flow rates of foam monitors, which also have flow rates of 1000 to 50 thousand per minute.
Although figures such as throw range and flow rate vary according to manufacturers, there may be some standardized values for the areas where the products will be used.
What to Consider When Choosing a Foam Monitor?
Since foam monitors are generally used in industrial sites, foam monitors operating in the 1000 to 12 thousand flow range are more frequently preferred in these areas.
Products with these flow rates are ideal options for industrial sites and help to ensure the safety of life and property.
Foam monitors with larger capacities, values and distances are used in extreme situations.
Depending on the intended use of the foam monitors and the hazard group of the site to be used, the nozzle type should be determined.
The nozzles used in these products can have features such as direct jet and fog jet.
Of these options, fog jet is used more frequently because it increases the firing range to a better level.
Especially those that can calibrate the flow rate of fog jet nozzles bring flexibility and can provide more effective use.
Monitors also have configurations such as those that use water and foam at the same time or those that use only water. At this stage, it is very important to determine the method of use and the place of use. In addition to the type and place of use, the type of control to be added to the monitors is also determined by the experts according to the conditions of the area. The products can be set up to be controlled manually or by remote control. Foam monitors that are versatile and have this type of control are used more often in high-risk areas, depending on the requirements.
Evenos offers a wide range of foam monitors with rotation features such as 360 degree horizontal or 90 degree vertical, EX – PROOF or various other features depending on the project needs.
Along with the monitors, Evenos also offers platforms and other equipment that enable the monitors to be used.
After measurements are made by Evenos’ engineering department consisting of expert engineers, the most suitable foam monitor is determined for the area to be used.
The systems are also fully maintained for a longer life.
You can also take an effective measure against the risk of fire with foam monitors designed by Evenos, all the support offered by experts you can make full use of it.