Detection, actuation, foam discharge and shutdown, with no electronics between the flame and the foam.
Every system is built from the same parts, laid out for the machine it protects. These are the parts on a typical installation.
A 6 mm thermoplastic tube, pressurised with nitrogen, runs through the engine bay and the transmission. Heat ruptures it within four seconds.
The loss of pressure opens the main valve on the cylinder, with no electronics in the path. The operator can also fire the system from the cab, from a remote actuator outside the machine, or from the switch on the alarm panel.
Foam runs through stainless tube in the high-risk area and abrasion-resistant hose elsewhere, to brass nozzles over the fire risk.
The panel shows fire and discharge, shuts the engine down, and logs the event for the maintenance record.
The system on a fire simulator modelled on a 45 litre V-12 diesel engine, with a 4.2 square metre pool fire beneath it. Watch the foam discharge from the nozzles above the engine.
The cylinder range covers everything from the largest earthmoving equipment down to light vehicles.
120 L
90 L
65 L
45 L
30 L
A 3/4 inch stainless steel reduced-height valve that works as loss of pressure or rise of pressure with a purpose-made cap. Several cylinders can be manifolded together, or a single cylinder fitted with a high-discharge flow valve.
Durable brass actuators in powder-coated stainless mount boxes, within easy reach in the cabin and outside the machine, so the system can be fired immediately.
Detection is set up to suit the machine and your preference.
Fastest response, most favoured
A thermoplastic polymer tube holds pressure at the valve. The instant flame touches it, it ruptures and the system discharges. The quickest response of the four, and the most favoured.
A three-core cable whose polymers break down at a set temperature, signalling the alarm panel, which actuates the system.
A thermal cord inside the tube ignites in a fire and sends a strong pressure pulse through the manifold block to the valve. Always two tubes, for double redundancy.
The operator sees the fire and sets the system off by hand, from the actuator in the cab or a remote actuator outside the machine or vehicle.
Stainless tubing where the heat is, Alfagomma Minetuff hydraulic hose everywhere else.
Brass nozzles with a stainless lanyard and a brass dust cap, so the orifice is clean on the day it has to work. A 60 degree standard or 120 degree close-range pattern, at 4.1 litres per square metre per minute.
Fluorine free and environmentally approved for use in Australia. All the foam we use is fluorine free.
Every system meets AS 5062:2022. Where a machine calls for it, an Australian engineering team custom designs the system, with detailed spec drawings.
At final testing the system is handed over with the commissioning documentation AS 5062 requires, including the parts manuals and discharge testing.
Regular servicing keeps the system ready for the day it has to work.
A system is engineered to fit any machine with a diesel or turbo diesel engine.
Fitted by our qualified team, on site or locally, whichever suits the machine.
The full system supplied as a kit, for your own fitters to install.
We service the systems on your machines, so they stay ready.
For the workshop, the refuelling bay and the site, alongside the systems on the machines.
Foam extinguishers on a four-wheel trolley with large front wheels for rough ground and an auto-retract reel with 20 metres of hose. Stainless cylinder to AS 2470, in 45, 60 and 90 litre sizes, with a 9 litre hand-held unit to match.
A 120 litre stainless tank driven by a breathing-apparatus cylinder, in a powder coated frame. It expands low-expansion foam through a 30 metre hose and a pistol-grip nozzle with stream and spray, with a 15 metre reach, and blankets a fuel spill so the vapour stays down.
We supply the KV LITE range of fluorine-free firefighting foams.
The vehicle suppression systems we install are supplied by IFES. Our technicians are authorised and trained on IFES systems, and we distribute their mobile plant fire suppression systems.
We are a supplier of KV LITE foams. All the foam we use is fluorine free and environmentally approved for use in Australia.
KV LITE ECO F3 is free from fluorinated surfactants and fluorinated polymers (PFAS free) and is 100 percent biodegradable. It is used at 3 percent with fresh, salt or hard water on flammable liquid fires, and it also covers Class A fires such as wood, paper and tyres.
