At LogiMAT 2023 event, taking place from April 25 to 27, 2023, in Stuttgart, the WAGNER Group GmbH will be showing its latest fire protection technologies for intralogistics in Hall 7 at Stand C15.
To do so, it will focus on various fields of application that have special requirements for fire protection: compact container storage, deep-freeze storage, and - a highly topical issue - storage of lithium-ion batteries.
need for fire protection
Steffen Springer, Managing Director of WAGNER Group GmbH, stated, "According to statistics, a fire breaks out in Germany every two minutes and often causes considerable damage. In today's global competitive environment, no company can afford to lose goods or suffer downtime."
"To protect people and goods, to maintain operations and delivery capability, companies rely on absolutely reliable fire protection," reports Steffen Springer, adding "At LogiMAT, we will be presenting which fire protection options are particularly effective in which areas of application."
challenge: high degree of automation
Fires in compact storage are difficult to fight with conventional extinguishing agents
In automated container compact storage, the compact storage method of containers placed close together and on top of each other leads to a high storage density and concentration of valuables - and thus to a high risk of loss and even interruption of operations in the event of a fire.
Fires in compact storage are difficult to fight with conventional extinguishing agents. The high degree of automation represents another fire risk: cable fires or overheating of conveyor motors are possible causes of fire.
WAGNER is presenting industry-specific protection solutions at the trade fair.
Fire prevention is a priority
Fire protection is an important issue for cold and deep-freeze logistics , because ice and cold do not protect against fire. The wooden pallets usually used to store goods and the packaging material are highly flammable in the cold and dry air.
In addition, technical defects in control cabinets, cooling units, vacuum packaging systems, etc. can cause fires. Combustible insulation materials such as mineral wool or polystyrene installed in deep-freeze storage can also pose a fire hazard.
preventing fire outbreak
The construction of storage rooms in ever larger dimensions encourages the rapid spread of fire
The construction of storage rooms in ever larger dimensions, with their narrow and high aisles and ever smaller gaps between shelves, encourages the rapid spread of fire and makes it difficult to extinguish it using conventional systems or the fire brigade.
It is, therefore, important to prevent the outbreak and spread of a fire in the cold store.
Individual fire protection measures
The latter also applies to the storage of lithium-ion batteries . Individual fire protection measures are urgently required here.
Because once an energy storage device with lithium-ion technology has caught fire, triggered for example by a thermal runaway, it can no longer be extinguished and must burn down - ideally in a controlled manner.
The entire stock can be lost - a worst-case scenario that can be prevented with a specific fire protection solution.
thermal runaway minimization
WAGNER Group GmbH uses its solution for a high-bay warehouse belonging to KETTLER Alu-Rad GmbH
WAGNER Group GmbH uses its solution for a high-bay warehouse belonging to KETTLER Alu-Rad GmbH , in which up to 50,000 e-bikes are stored ready for dispatch and with installed batteries, to show what optimal fire protection for the storage of lithium-ion batteries can look like.
The solution minimizes the effects of a thermal runaway, prevents the fire from spreading and thus ensures delivery capability.
Storage is possible in the normal warehouse environment without the batteries having to be deposited in appropriate containers as is the case with other hazardous substances. This significantly reduces the space required as well as the personnel and logistics costs.
fire protection measures
In addition, the solution was rounded off with organizational fire protection measures. With the help of their own fire tests, WAGNER experts defined the optimized, smallest possible distance between the e-bikes stored in boxes.
This ensures efficient use of the warehouse. The fire protection solution developed specifically for KETTLER is one of the first VdS-tested for the storage of lithium-ion batteries.
TITANUS ® aspirating smoke detectors
TITANUS® aspirating smoke detectors are up to 2,000 times more sensitive than conventional point detectors
Every holistic fire protection solution from WAGNER is based on the use of certified TITANUS® aspirating smoke detectors, which are up to 2,000 times more sensitive than conventional point detectors and detect a fire in the initial phase (pyrolysis).
The combined oxygen reduction system OyxReduct®, which is also part of the fire protection system at KETTLER, ensures that a fire cannot start or spread under defined conditions.
OxyReduct®
Trade fair visitors can see how effective oxygen reduction is in actively preventing fires in the OxyReduct® cabin on the trade fair stand. It is demonstrated live that fire cannot be started in an oxygen-reduced atmosphere.
In addition, WAGNER's fire protection experts are happy to provide on-site advice on fire prevention, early fire detection, fire fighting and hazard management in all areas of logistics.