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Recycling Fire Protection

ProDetec delivers specialist recycling fire protection solutions for Australia’s waste processing, materials recovery, and recycling facilities, in environments where shredders, conveyor systems, and mixed waste streams create persistent and evolving fire risk. Traditional ignition sources including friction, mechanical failure, and hot particles remain constant hazards, while the rapid growth in discarded lithium-ion batteries across the waste stream is driving a significant increase in fire incidents at recycling plants nationwide.

Effective fire protection for recycling requires fast, precise intervention at the machine level, detecting ignition before it can escalate through interconnected processing equipment. 

ProDetec’s systems are built on Firefly technology, centred on ShredderGuard, a fast-acting solution combining True IR Precision Detection of sparks, glowing embers, and hot black particles with high-performance water mist suppression engineered specifically for the tough conditions in and around industrial shredders.

With over 22 years of industrial safety experience and local engineering support across Australia, ProDetec designs, supplies, and commissions recycling fire protection systems matched to each facility’s specific equipment configuration and risk profile.

Recycling ShredderGuard (800 x 400 px)
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Recycling Fire Protection

FireFly Automated Water Cannon

FireFly Automated Water Cannon

Advanced robotic fire suppression for large and open recycling areas

Fires in large open areas often start small but escalate rapidly.

The Firefly Automated Water Cannon provides fast, targeted, fully automatic fire suppression where other suppression systems are not feasible or are more expensive.

  • Fully automatic, robotic fire detection and suppression system
  • High‑flow, targeted water suppression automatically directed at the fire area.
  • Can be integrated into a new Firefly system or added as an upgrade to existing Firefly installations

Designed specifically for:

  • Recycling facilities
  • Large, open or semi‑open risk areas

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Recycling Solutions

Recycling Solutions

Frequent fires in shredders often result in production downtime and loss of revenue. A fire in a shredder can spread very quickly. Therefore, Firefly has developed Firefly ShredderGuard, a Quick Suppression System that can withstand the tough conditions in and around a shredder. The main focus of the Firefly ShredderGuard™ solution is to detect and extinguish a fire in a shredder as quickly as possible. This is why a Firefly safety system always consists of three main integrated functionalities: detection, extinguishing and control. By integrating different techniques (flame detection, True IR-detection, full-cone water spray extinguishing and water mist suppression) into one solution, Firefly provides optimal safety for the protection of shredders.

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