The new Rosenbauer compressed air foam system RFC CAFS Cube is almost like a cube in design and with very compact dimensions. It offers maximum flexibility in fire-fighting operations. You can use it to carry out a pure water attack, for example wherever foam concentrates must not be used.
With the RFC CAFS Cube, heavy, medium, and light foam can be produced to fight classic solid and liquid fires or to flood basements and storage rooms. Wetting agent operation is also possible, for example, to extinguish burning bales of straw.
And the system provides high-quality compressed air foam with which, among other things, car fires can be quickly fought. The RFC CAFS Cube is an all-in-one device for every type of fire extinguishing operation.
Universal extinguishing system
A fire extinguisher pump works in the RFC CAFS Cube with a delivery rate of 800 l / min at 10 bar. This corresponds to a medium-sized portable pump according to PFPN 10-750 and the RFC CAFS Cube can also be used as such.
Three admixing rates (0.3%, 3, and 6%) makes the RFC CAFS Cube is suitable for network operation
In addition, a pressure foam proportioning system is integrated, with which up to 600 l water-foam compound mixture can be generated per minute (at 6 bar). There are three admixing rates (0.3%, 3, and 6%) available, so the RFC CAFS Cube is also suitable for network operation. This leads to a significantly improved extinguishing effect because the surface tension of the water is broken and the extinguishing agent can better penetrate the fire.
In addition, the RFC CAFS Cube foams the water-foam compound mixture into wet or dry compressed air foam, if required.
Optimal extinguishing effect
A particularly good extinguishing effect is achieved with compressed air foam. The very fine and homogeneous foam adheres to the fire material for a long time (also on vertical surfaces), the water can thus evaporate almost 100%, the oxygen is effectively displaced by the fire material and the seat of the fire is cooled to the maximum.
The kinetic energy of the compressed air foam and the reduction in surface tension also ensure that the extinguishing effect is optimized. In addition, compressed air foam achieves almost the same throw as water (20 meters and more). The extinguishing work can therefore be carried out with a large safety distance to the fire object and even in inaccessible places.
Easiest handling and operations
The RFC CAFS Cube is operated via the new and largely self-explanatory operating system RBC LCS Compact and is ready for use at the push of a button. Only the proportioning rate is set if necessary. The system has automatic suction that switches off as soon as the pump is filled. The water can either be fed in via a hydrant or drawn in from any water source or the tank installed in a vehicle.
The supply of fuel and foam compound takes place via external canisters, the discharge of the extinguishing agent via two pressure outlets, one universal for water, water-foam compound mixture, and compressed air foam and one only for water. The outlet pressure is automatically kept constant by a pump pressure regulator.
The RFC CAFS Cube can therefore be deployed very quickly and easily and operated safely. The stand-alone system is very robust, can be used mobile, and, due to its own motor, can also be installed in vehicles that do not have a power take-off. The RFC CAFS Cube is a high-quality, high-performance extinguishing system and ideally suited for those moments in the fire brigade when flexibility is decisive for the success of an operation.
