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Tissue Fire Protection

ProDetec delivers specialist tissue fire protection solutions for Australia’s tissue manufacturing and converting facilities. This is important in environments where continuous high-speed production, fine paper dust, friction heat, and the unique hazards of Yankee hood operations create complex and serious fire risk across multiple points in the process. 

Unlike general industrial fire systems, effective tissue manufacturing fire safety solutions must address ignition at the machine level, intervening before sparks or hot particles can travel downstream and become embedded in tissue reels or transferred into warehousing areas.

ProDetec’s tissue fire protection systems are built around Firefly technology, incorporating spark and hot particle detection across Yankee hood areas, dust removal ductwork, and suction box systems, combined with fast-acting Quick Suppression to extinguish ignition sources before they escalate.

With over 22 years of industrial safety experience and local engineering support across Australia, ProDetec designs, supplies, and commissions tissue fire protection solutions tailored to each facility’s specific machine configuration and risk profile.

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Range of Tissue Fire Protection

Tissue Solutions

Tissue Solutions

The worst and most feared scenario is that ignition sources created by a production-related problem, such as sparks and hot particles from the Yankee Hood, are embedded within the tissue reel and transferred to the warehouse. The typical frequency of this scenario is low but when it happens, the consequences are devastating. 

Firefly offers detection of sparks and suppression of flames within seconds around the Doctor Blade and Yankee dryer using a combination of the Spark Detection and Quick Suppression system with optical flame detectors that can detect small flames at an early stage, over a large area, combined with water mist suppression. 

In the Log Saw enclosure it is vital to detect and suppress flames within seconds because a fire in this area can spread very quickly. Firefly’s Quick Suppression System offers a solution that combines optical UV/IR fire sensors that can detect small flames at an early stage, over a large area, with fast water mist suppression. 

To avoid dust filter fires and explosions, ignition sources in the extraction system need to be detected and extinguished. By installing Firefly Spark Detection system you get extremely fast IR sensors that can detect sparks and hot particles. Depending on the process, the aim of the system is to eliminate ignition sources by extinguishing with water, using isolation and CO2, or diverting the air flow. 

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Spark Detection Solutions

Spark Detection Solutions

Firefly’s Spark and Hot Body Detectors are designed to detect ALL potential ignition sources such as sparks, glowing and hot particles. These detectors are insensitive to daylight minimising false alarms.

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Quick Suppression Solutions

Quick Suppression Solutions

A complete system designed for extremely quick detection and suppression of fires can be used for spot protection of any type of high risk area and can be combined with Firefly’s unique Spark Detection System.

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