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38 ¦ MechChem Africa • January 2017
⎪ Products and industry news ⎪
Robor recently donated 12 tons of steel
and assisted in the re-drawing of steel
boma designs to ensure the coordinators
of the ‘Rhinos Without Borders’ project
could continue with its valiant efforts to
Electrical malfunction and au-
to-ignition of combustible
materials due to expo-
sure to heat are two of the
most common causes of
fires. These threats have
resulted in the develop-
ment of the innovative
I-PROTECT low-pressure
automatic fire detection
and suppression system by
the Fire Division of I-CAT,
a leading environmental
solutions company.
I-CAT business devel-
opment and marketing di-
rector, Lourens Jansen van
Rensburg explains that the
electrical equipment most
often involved in auto-igni-
tion includes electrical wir-
ing, panel and switchboards,
transformers, generators, lighting, cords
and plugs. The most significant aspect
of combating electrical fires in confined
spaces is early detection, not only tomiti-
Fit-for-purpose 3D steel structure design tools
Intergraph® Process, Power&Marine (PP&M),
part of Hexagon and a world-leading provider
of enterprise engineering software to the pro-
cess, power and marine industries, has an-
nounced the releaseof IntergraphCADWorx®
Structure 2017, an AutoCAD-based fit-for-
purpose tool for creating concrete and steel
structure designs for engineers who model
plant buildings, pipe racks, offshore topsides
and industrial structures that are part of the
process,power,andmanufacturingplantworld.
IntergraphCADWorx&AnalysisSolutions’
president, Rick Allen says this solution has
been developed with end-users in mind. “It
includes the targeted tools needed to cre-
ate revenue-driven plant structure models
quickly and easily. Just as CADWorx Plant
Professional provides aneasy-to-use solution
for piping designers, CADWorx Structure is
focused on structural modelling and design.
CADWorx Structure has been purpose built
to deliver structural designs with virtually no
technical and administrative overhead.”
Allen explains that Intergraph CADWorx
& Analysis Solutions’ offering allows design
andengineering to share relevant information
seamlessly, therebymaintaining accuracy and
improvingefficiency. These includeCADWorx
Plant Design Suite, for AutoCAD-based
intelligent plant design modelling, process
schematics andautomatic productionof plant
design deliverables; CADWorx DraftPro ®,
a free solution for intelligent 2D design and
layout; CAESAR II®, one of the world’s most
widely software used for pipe stress analysis;
PVElite®, for vessel and exchanger design and
analysis; TANK™, for the design and analysis
of oil storage tanks; GT STRUDL®, one of the
most trusted, adaptable and fully-integrated
structuralanalysissolutions;andVisualVessel
Design,acomprehensivepressurevessel,shell
and tube exchanger, and boiler design and
analysis solution.
ppm.intergraph.com
Steel donation assisting rhino relocations
preserve this endangered species. So far,
the project coordinators have facilitated
in the relocation of 31 rhinos, with further
plans to move 100 rhinos.
The steel will be used for the construc-
Protecting high-value electronic equipment from fire
gate the risk of injuries and fatalities, but
also to minimise equipment damage and
system downtime.
“However, the restricted and congest-
ed nature of most small rooms or enclo-
sures with electrical equipment or other
ignition sources means that early detec-
tion is difficult and unlikely,” says Jansen
vanRensburg, who adds, “I-CAThas found
a solution to this perennial problem with
the development of its I-PROTECT direct,
quick-response system.”
TypicalapplicationsincludeHT,MVand
LTswitchgear,MCCelectrical panels, wind
turbines, data centres and server rooms,
and telecommunications environments.
“The system is ideal for any enclosure con-
taining high-value electronic equipment,”
says Jansen van Rensburg.
He explains: “The system consists of
I-PROTECT fire-detection tubing that is
pressurisedwithafire-extinguishingagent
fromafire-suppression cylinder. Theheat-
sensitivetubingactivateswhenexposedto
specific elevated temperatures, and then
suppresses the source of the fire virtually
instantaneously. The system activation
results inminimal to no property damage,
due to thenon-conductive andextinguish-
ing properties of the CLEAVOS 1230 sup-
pression agent used.
“The I-PROTECT tubing acts as a trig-
ger mechanism and directed discharge
method for the suppression agent at the
source of the fire. The tubing is purely
pneumatic in its functionality, anddoesnot
relyonapower source. This translates into
high system reliability, and a reduction in
the number of false alarms.
“The I-PROTECT system consists of
a cylinder, tube and accessories kit. The
cylinder kit includes a supply unit in the
form of a fire-suppression cylinder (1 kg,
2 kg and 5 kg capacities). The cylinder
is filled with the CLEAVOS 1230 sup-
pression agent, which is non-flammable,
non-conductive, non-hazardous, and
environment-friendly, and pressurised
with nitrogen up to 15 bar. The tube kit
consists of linear fire-detection tubing (in
5m,10mand30mlengths)andassociated
pneumatic fittings.”
The I-CAT cylinder kit
includes a supply unit
in the form of a fire-
suppression cylinder
(1 kg, 2 kg and 5 kg
capacities).
tion of mobile steel section bomas that
can be moved from one release site to
another across reserves. The ability to do
this greatly reduces the trauma associated
with releasingmany rhinos fromthe same
boma and, therefore, significantly improv-
ing the success of the rhino project.
Robor is honoured to have been able
to assist in this worthy project and hopes
that its role in this journey will go a long
way toward the preservation of the rhino
species.
Robor is a manufacturer and supplier
of steel products and associated services
across the automotive, mining, water,
construction, transport, renewableenergy
and telecommunications sectors.
The first steel section for the Robor mobile
boma.