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T HE WA GNER GROUP C US T OMER M A G A Z INE 2 / 2 019 Extras as standard: Earliest smoke detection in automotive production NEWS PRACTICE PROJECT News from the Fire protection for KyotoCooling® Earliest smoke detection behind the world of WAGNER at noris network AG scenes at the Castle Theatre in Celle
EDITORIAL
Dear business
partners,
dear readers,
On the eve of 15 April we all witnessed on live TV
and social networks how large parts of Notre Dame
Cathedral in Paris were ravished by fire. The world
was shaken up, shocked, downright horrified. With-
in hours after the fire, countless companies, private
individuals, municipalities and large conglomerates
had pledged their financial support to rebuild the
landmark.
WAGNER has been an independent and reliable partner in
fire protection for over 40 years. We still observe valuable
cultural heritage, but also many private companies which
are inadequately protected. For this reason, we need to be
aware that there is always a risk of fire at any time. If we
deny this permanent risk, we will continue to suffer from
the consequences of catastrophes like the one in France
recently. Facilities without reliable very early smoke
detection are taking a risk that can be minimised with the
simplest of measures.
Building a consciousness for reliable fire prevention often
starts with minor details. Find out why the baroque Castle
Theatre in Celle has opted for air sampling smoke de-
tectors to guarantee very early fire detection. In our title
story we would also like to introduce you to how produc-
tion facilities in the automotive industry are protected
with aspirating smoke detectors. Not an easy task as the
many interference factors, such as finest dust particles or
layers of lubricant, are a real challenge for which we have
developed a trendsetting solution in collaboration with our
customer.
We hope you enjoy reading! Yours,
Werner Wagner Torsten Wagner
Managing directors and WAGNER Group GmbH
company owners
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CONTENTS
4 IN FOCUS
Extras as standard: Earliest smoke
detection in automotive production
10 NEWS
News from the world of WAGNER
12
PRACTICE
Always in motion: Pioneering fire
protection for KyotoCooling® at
noris network AG
14
PROJECT
Earliest smoke detection behind the
scenes at the Castle Theatre in Celle
WAGNER IMPULSE | 2/2019 3
IN FOCUS
Extras as standard:
Earliest smoke
detection in auto-
motive production
WAGNER can look back on around 20 years of
experience in fire protection for the automotive industry.
The fire protection expert has equipped various plants
of well-known automobile manufacturers with his individual
solutions. WAGNER employee Peter Stehr has been there
from the outset.
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“Some of the automobile manufac- TITANUS® aspirating smoke detectors. But they didn’t. For this reason, the
turers at that time had individual “Thanks to sophisticated smoke devel- car manufacturer then decided to also
fire protection solutions, but not a opment pattern detection they bring install air sampling smoke detectors
comprehensive, consistent system,” about a new dimension of immunity from the TITANUS® range in produc-
recalls Peter Stehr, sales employee from false alarms,“ explains Stehr. tion halls and other buildings. “Once
at the WAGNER branch in Hanover. the system was established, we kept
Since he had originally trained as an Initially, only one system was installed getting new projects.”
electrical mechanic at an automobile at one of the car manufacturers for
manufacturer, he was able to assess testing purposes. The customer was
the local requirements in the facto- sceptical. “The first devices featured
ries well. With great commitment, he a reset button in case they were too
finally convinced those responsible of sensitive and thus triggered false
the advantages of the highly sensitive alarms all the time”, Stehr reports.
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IN FOCUS
i
TITANUS TOP·SENS® becomes Each plant brings
the standard
about specific require- About Volkswagen
Today WAGNER works for various ments and for this reason, Commercial Vehicles:
automobile manufacturers and is
gradually installing fire protection we always provide an
solutions in different buildings at individual design. “We transport success.” Volkswagen
several locations. “If it is not a new Commercial vehicles (VWCV) is an
building, our projects usually run independent brand within Volkswagen
over several years, because we Group and responsible for the devel-
work our way through hall by hall”, opment, assembly and sales of light
explains Stehr. Volkswagen Commer- commercial vehicles worldwide. In 2018
cial Vehicles (VWCV) in Hanover is a the brand delivered around 499,700 light
WAGNER customer. Ulf Strassburger, commercial vehicles which were pro-
Specialist Planner for fire detection duced at sites in Hanover (D), Poznan
panels at VWCV, emphasises “it’s a (PL), Wrzesnia (PL) and Pacheco (ARG).
massive advantage for us to moni- VWCV employs a global workforce of
tor very large areas without having over 24,000 employees, around 15,000
false alarms with low maintenance Peter Stehr, Sales Representative of which work at the site in Hanover.
efforts.” at the WAGNER subsidiary in
Hanover
The fire protection experts from
WAGNER install air sampling smoke
detectors completely with acces- ates the finest dust particles. We take
sories, piping and power supply. note of these interference factors to
“TITANUS® air sampling smoke prevent false alarms. Our accesso-
detectors bring about the advantage ries portfolio is a great help to us to Video about techno-
that they detect in production areas enable individually tailored solutions.” logy: The benefits of
at ceiling level, yet can be tested re- However, installation itself can prove TITANUS® very early
motely every three months from the to be a real challenge too, especially fire detection
ground”, Stehr explains. The system in facilities with ceilings at a height of
has not only proven its worth with up to 20 metres and when the job re-
its high levels of immunity against quires industrial climbers rather than
false alarms, but also on the basis of platforms. Project management must
its cost-efficiency. “With TITANUS also make sure on-going production
TOP·SENS® devices it is possible to is not disrupted. In some areas
use very long, comprehensive piping WAGNER can therefore only work
systems and consequently this sus- outside the production times and
tainably cuts costs as part of pro- sometimes only during the factory
curement, maintenance and repairs.” holidays. However, all these chal-
lenges appeal to Stehr all the more
to install a tailor-made fire protection
Individual VdS-certified solutions system for his customers according
to master any challenge to their individual needs. The sales
representative has just received a
The challenges during installation new order from another plant. “We
change with each facility. “Each have been tasked with installing
plant brings about its very specific 30,000 metres of air sampling pipes
requirements and for this reason, we by the end of the year”, Stehr, who
always provide an individual design”, will soon be starting his well-earned
Stehr says. “In this process, we need retirement after having worked at
to take the specific conditions at site WAGNER for 30 years, says with a
into account. If we take the press smile. His colleagues will then take
plant as an example, an oily and hot over the support of the automobile
environment, we need to tackle a manufacturers. And Stehr knows:
developing layer of lubricants and TITANUS® will continue to reliably
consequently rely on special filters ensure that cars roll off the assembly
that we need to replace more fre- line safely.
quently. In contrast, welding gener-
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Check: customer
benefits of TITANUS®
Gain valuable time tha
nks to
the earliest possible
fire detection
Minimise damage by
fire and
other related, conseq
uential damage
Best possible persona
l protection and
protection from produ
ction downtime
Maximum levels of im
munity against
false alarms thanks
to smoke
development pattern
detection
Simple maintenance
thanks to
easily accessible detec
tors
Certified LABS confo
rmity, i.e.
does not influence pa
int coating
WAGNER IMPULSE | 2/2019 7
IN FOCUS
Safe and reliable:
TITANUS®
air sampling smoke detectors
TITANUS® air sampling smoke detectors are fire
detectors that actively take air samples from the
monitored area thanks to a vacuum before they
centrally analyse them. They essentially consist of
a basic device featuring fan and detector modules
as well as a connected pipe system with air sam-
pling points. Each air sampling point is assigned to
the same monitoring area as a point-type smoke
detector according to DIN VDE 0833-2. In this
process, TITANUS® is up to 2,000 times more
sensitive than conventional smoke detectors and
thus guarantees a valuable advantage in terms of
the time to search for and eliminate the cause of a
fire. Thanks to LOGIC·SENS® smoke development
pattern detection and VdS-certified filter technolo-
gies TITANUS® additionally provides unprecedent-
ed immunity from false alarms.
Air sampling smoke detectors are installed
centrally in an easy-to-access area. This measure
reduces installation and maintenance costs. One
TITANUS TOP·SENS® can also replace up to
144 point-type smoke detectors – a further cost
benefit. A broad range of accessories to ideally
adapt the system to the most diverse applica-
tion areas rounds off the TITANUS® series.
WAGNER knowledge portal
Technologies to protect from
false alarms – detailed functional
description
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It’s a massive advan-
tage for us that we can
safely monitor very large
areas with a relatively small
number of low-maintenance
devices.
Ulf Strassburger, Specialist Planner
for fire detection panels at VWCV
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NEWS
News from the
world of WAGNER
OxyReduct® protects “cool”
national icon in the US
Fertile, volcanic soil, fresh melt water from state with a capacity of approximately
the mountains, sunny days and cool nights: 90,000 pallet slots for a manufacturer of
the US state of Idaho provides perfect con- potato-based products. As a cooperation
ditions to cultivate potatoes. For this reason, partner, WAGNER is equipping the ware-
the potato was officially declared a national house with the OxyReduct® oxygen reduc-
icon in 2002. US Americans love this type tion system. It actively mitigates the risk of a
of tuber vegetable and annually consume developing fire – and frozen fries and chips will
more than 60 kg per head – of course also as only be hot and crunchy once they are taken
chips and fries. Refrigerated warehouse out of end consumers’ ovens or fryers. It’s the
operator NewCold is building an around second fully automatic system NewCold oper-
40-metre-high, highly automated deep ates in the US. WAGNER protects numerous
freeze storage warehouse in the potato of the operator’s systems around the globe.
Austrian company aqipa refers to it-
Fire self as the “Gear Guru”. It provides
and markets premium accessories
prevention within the consumer electronics
sector. Audio, computer and
for the photo products will now be pro-
Guru
tected by the OxyReduct® oxy-
gen reduction system. WAGNER
Austria equipped a 1,150 m2
AutoStore small parts ware-
house operated by the retailer
featuring 33,000 box slots with
Watch the video now!
the fire prevention system. Logistics
How fire prevention in the
company Swisslog was heading up this project
AutoStore warehouse works.
as an expert in automated warehousing solutions. The
project at aqipa was WAGNER’s first order for Swisslog
in Austria.
10 WAGNER IMPULSE | 2/2019Earliest smoke detection
for Bulgaria’s
largest warehouses
Bedding, solid wood furniture
and other items of furniture:
Next generation of products made by Danish
company JYSK are highly
data security in Austria flammable and require a
reliable fire detection system
to protect them from fire.
Built in only 17 months, with fire protection systems for earli- WAGNER was now able to
a footprint of 8,000 m2 and an est smoke detection involving air implement this at the new
infrastructure that meets maxi- sampling smoke detectors – and an JYSK distribution centre in
mum security demands: Austri- IG541 gas extinguishing system fea- Bulgaria near Sofia.
an telecommunications provider turing WAGNER Austria’s very own
A1 inaugurated the Next Gener- development, FirExting® SILENT Two high-bay warehouses
ation Datacenter in Vienna last sound suppressors to protect hard with more than 120,000
year. As IT and communication drives. “We were delighted to be a pallet slots were equipped
solutions are closely linked here, part of such a large-scale project”, with highly sensitive air
there are new demands in terms of Herbert Remer, Managing Director sampling smoke detector
data security, high levels of avail- at WAGNER Austria, says. A1 is systems as part of the pro-
ability and IT systems’ reliability. Austria’s largest service provider ject. “We used our TITANUS
General contractor IBM commis- operating 13 individual data cen- PRO·SENS® system”, Gerald
sioned WAGNER Austria to install tres. Koller explains as the Busi-
ness Development Manager
for Eastern Europe. “160
basic devices and 320
detector modules have
been installed – planning
Premiere in Greece: and implementation were
carried out as per VdS
protecting feta and the like Directive 2095 in line
with the insurer’s require-
ments.” Unsurprising then
The Greeks have been producing protect a total area of 110,000 m3. that so many devices were
the popular brined, cured Feta “This is WAGNER’s first order in required – with a height of
cheese since the ancient times. Greece and we are proud to have 43 m and 16 levels both
Tyras launched into the dairy established the country’s first ever high-bay warehouses are
industry in 1986 – and in oxygen reduction system”, the highest in Bulgaria.
future the company Gerald Koller, Business JYSK supplies 270 branches
will be protecting its Development Manager throughout the Balkans from
products with Oxy- for Eastern Europe, this facility.
Reduct® systems by reports. “Our partner
WAGNER. WAGNER from Bulgaria helped us
provided the entire fire bring the project to life.”
protection system for a By the way, feta cheese is
new high-bay warehouse not only popular in Greece:
in Trikala near Thessaloniki. every year more than 20,000 t
In this process, TITANUS® air of the delicacy are exported from
sampling smoke detector sys- Greece to Germany – and this figure is
tems and an OxyReduct® system said to increase in the future.
WAGNER IMPULSE | 2/2019 11P R AC T I C E Enormous heat exchanger wheels,
so-called KyotoCooling®, guarantee
energy-efficient cooling at the
data centre.
Always in motion
Pioneering fire protection for
KyotoCooling® at noris network AG
WAGNER engi- him about the current collaboration Consequently, WAGNER equipped
neers particularly with long-standing customer noris the longest-running noris site at the
enjoy projects that network. By 2016 merely the first heart of Nuremberg with compre-
challenge their develop- construction phase of the new hensive fire detection units in
ers’ spirit: whenever standard high-performance Nurem- 2018.
solutions reach their limits. berg South data centre
noris data centres in Nuremberg had been completed Ingo Kraupa
South and Munich East are ex- and in September CEO, noris network AG
actly that kind of project. 2018 they already
launched the second
Safety thanks to partnership construction phase.
noris network AG has been build- “Earlier than sched- Turning the wheel
ing and operating cutting-edge, uled”, says noris CEO Enormous heat exchanger
highly secure data centres for Ingo Kraupa, “as Germany wheels make sure at noris data
more than 25 years. WAGNER and in particular the region around centres Nuremberg South and Mu-
has been taking care of the fire Munich and Southern Germany are nich East that so-called KyotoCooling®
protection at noris since 2002. lacking cutting-edge data centres.” guarantees energy-efficient cooling
As a team, they mastered quite a And the next project is already on within the facilities. An element with
few challenging issues, modified, the horizon: capacities in Nurem- a positive effect on costs in normal
updated and enhanced existing fire berg will be further enhanced. mode (except for a few hot summer
protection systems. “We continue However, with all the new develop- days the data centre can be operated
to be very busy”, Christian Dupier ments and extensions going ahead, without additional air conditioning)
says as the head of System En- we are also keeping an eye on fire is a significant challenge for fire pre-
gineering at WAGNER if you ask prevention in existing buildings. vention. As a result of natural leaks
12 WAGNER IMPULSE | 2/2019at Kyoto wheels, extinguishing gas gen levels are initially lowered to a We both appreciate the efforts we
would continuously escape from the reduced target concentration by the invest”, Christian Dupier explains.
data centre in the event that the nitro- nitrogen extinguishing system. Staff The first OxyReduct® system was
gen extinguishing system triggers. It can still access these areas to search installed at noris as a traditional fire
was not possible to provide a reliable for and eliminate the cause, as the prevention system in 2002. Further
extinguishing. The holistic solution by reduced oxygen level is unharmful. projects followed until the decision
WAGNER engineers was to imple- This target concentration can be was made in 2018 to update the
ment a two-stage concept. maintained for as long as required first system and make it even more
thanks to the OxyReduct® oxygen energy efficient. An N2 extinguishing
reduction system as the system's system was installed and the concept
The combination of nitrogen generators directly produce was fundamentally changed. The
the very early fire de- the required nitrogen on site from the oxygen content at this data centre is
ambient air to thus compensate for now no longer lowered continuously.
tection with a reduced losses as a result of leaks within the Oxygen reduction is used to maintain
pressure and safe oxy- building or at Kyoto wheels. Reducing the nitrogen concentration suitable as
the oxygen concentration significant- extinguishing agent after the extin-
gen reduction, as well ly impairs the development of the fire guishing system has been activated –
as the inertisation of meaning that ideally the fire is already similar to the principle applied at the
put out at this stage. The data centre data centre with KyotoCooling®. ”Our
the protected area with must not be de-energised and com- systems are absolutely flexible and
OxyReduct®, that allows puting power also remains available suitable for use in the most diverse
in the event of an incident. protection schemes. If operators’
us to bridge the time to demands and requirements change,
refill extinguishing cylin- If TITANUS® devices continue to we can ideally adapt our technology
detect a fire, a second extinguishing to the new customer specifications”,
ders, has us complete cylinder is activated and the oxygen Dupier continues.
convinced. concentration is further lowered to
consequently put out the fire. Thanks Plans for the most recent prestige
to OxyReduct® this second target project Munich East already include
Ingo Kraupa, concentration can be maintained for an extension of the existing fire pre-
CEO, noris network AG as long as needed until all causes vention system. A two-stage concept
of fire have been eliminated – even is also applied here. The second con-
Strong combination: traditional beyond the 10 minutes required for struction phase has just started and
gas extinguishing technology gas extinguishing systems as per VdS 130 additional extinguishing cylinders
with oxygen reduction directive. will be added to the installed gas
The two-stage concept combines tra- extinguishing system. We will also
ditional gas extinguishing technology This two-stage fire prevention con- enhance the OxyReduct® system by a
with oxygen reduction, earliest pos- cept adapted to KyotoCooling® has further nitrogen generator.
sible fire detection and false alarm- already been installed at two noris
proof fire detection to deliver max- data centres. A further system will
imum safety. This is how it works: be installed next year in Nuremberg.
the protected area is continuously
monitored by TITANUS® air sampling Creative, flexible and reliable
smoke detectors. If they detect a fire “We have been working success- Check: custom
at the earliest possible stage, oxy- fully with noris for many years. er benefits
Very early sm
oke detection
with immunity
from false alar
ms
Maximum av
ailability of
computing po
wer and data
no power dow –
n
Permanent ac
cessibility of th
data centre – e
even in the ev
of an incident en t
Energy-efficien
t operation
WAGNER IMPULSE | 2/2019 13PROJECT
Earliest smoke
detection behind
the scenes To us, a fire at the
Castle Theatre would
be comparable to
the incident at Notre
Dame – just on a
smaller scale. A catas-
trophe in terms of
our cultural heritage.
Hans-Dieter Schomaker,
Facility Engineer at Castle Theatre
14 WAGNER IMPULSE | 2/2019Safely protecting visitors and staff, historic architecture,
valuable sets and musical instruments from fire: TITANUS® Check: custo-
air sampling smoke detectors have been doing exactly that for mer benefits
over seven years as part of an effective and subtle way at Castle
Highly sensitive fire detection
Theatre in Celle, a town in Germany’s Lower Saxony region.
Subtile integration into archi-
tecture – does not influence
The Castle in Celle represents an TITANUS PRO·SENS® air sampling the aesthetic appeal
impressive witness to the town's smoke detectors for earliest smoke
exciting history: the Castle Theatre is detection to protect both the audito- Gain valuable time thanks to
located at the heart of the baroque rium as well as the stage including the earliest possible fire detec-
stately home, which was established drawing loft as well as roof structure tion
in 1674 by George William, Duke of above the auditorium. These systems
Brunswick-Lüneburg. Today the Castle have also been installed in the the- Reliable protection for persons
Theatre is one of the oldest regularly atre’s foyer and the lounge featuring and cultural heritage
used theatre buildings in Europe with the fireplace at the adjacent “Schloss-
a permanent ensemble. The horse- könig” [king of the castle] café, pro- Very high levels of immunity
shoe-shaped auditorium was mod- viding the audience with refreshments from false alarms thanks to
elled on Italian 17th century stages during the interval. smoke development pattern
while fire engineering behind the detection
scenes meets contemporary stand- Aesthetic appeal unaffected
ards: as part of the two-year restora- One significant advantage of TITANUS® Simple maintenance thanks to
tion phase between 2010 and 2012 air sampling smoke detectors com- easily accessible detectors
the TITANUS PRO·SENS® air sampling pared with conventional smoke
smoke detector system was installed detectors is that they can be aesthet- Very silent – particularly suitable
at the Castle Theatre. ically integrated into the architecture for areas sensitive to noise,
without onlookers noticing they are such as theatres
Ideal safety levels for the audi- even there. Consequently, low-noise
ence, crew and monument air sampling smoke detectors influ- Long service life – perfect oper-
The core aspect of the project was to ence neither the visual nor acoustic ation for the last seven years
line up the challenging architecture properties of this glamorous baroque
with effective fire protection without theatre. Highly sensitive air sampling
influencing the listed building. “Apart smoke detectors continuously take air
from protecting the architecture, the samples from the ambient air which taken to combat the fire in due time.
safety of our staff and the audience are then supplied to a sensitive de- The system simultaneously provides
(who may be unfamiliar with the facil- tector module within the air sampling reliable, very high levels of immunity
ity) are paramount”, Roberto Langen- smoke detector. Optical scattered light against false alarms. Thanks to the
han explains as the Technical Director smoke detectors then analyse the air use of TITANUS® air sampling smoke
at the Castle Theatre. Maximum samples for tiny smoke particles. This detectors we can protect irreplaceable
reliability and top levels of immunity enables the earliest possible fire de- historic and cultural assets as well as
against false alarms thanks to tection and safeguards action can be human life.
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