Automation is becoming increasingly prevalent in intralogistics. Manual small parts warehouses have long been replaced by fully automated shuttle warehouses to ensure efficient storage and availability of goods. These miniload systems are usually high-bay warehouses that combine optimal utilization of the available storage space with the advantages of fast retrieval and picking and thus a high throughput of goods.
Like an automated high-bay warehouse, a shuttle warehouse also harbors specific fire risks that must be taken into account when developing your individual and holistic fire protection solution. We at WAGNER support you with our many years of expertise.
RISK ANALYSIS
Due to the compact design and the resulting extremely dense storage, which is often accompanied by a high concentration of values, a fire in a shuttle warehouse can have devastating consequences. This is because targeted fire extinguishing with water-based extinguishing agents is often not possible. However, the high degree of automation with a large number of electrical components inside the warehouse and in the area of the workstations (picking zone) also poses an additional fire risk. Further risks are posed by the material of the small load carriers (polyethylene/polypropylene), the packaging (cardboard/plastic) and the stored goods themselves (highly/self-flammable).
PROTECTION GOALS
What are your protection goals
BETTER SOLUTIONS IN FIRE PROTECTION
Warehouses are getting taller, denser and more compact, and the concentration of values grows with them. In order to protect your goods and values and thus your ability to deliver and operational readiness from the devastating consequences of a fire, we develop holistic and individual fire protection solutions for your specific requirements, taking into account the existing risks in your shuttle warehouse. Our proven technology for active fire prevention even eliminates the risk of a fire breaking out under defined conditions.
Our OxyReduct® preventive fire protection system is based on the principle of oxygen reduction. By introducing nitrogen into the area to be protected, the oxygen content is reduced below the specific ignition threshold of the most critical stored goods, thus creating a protective atmosphere in which the development of a fire is actively prevented.
As smaller cable and smoldering fires can also occur in the oxygen-reduced environment of a shuttle warehouse due to the high degree of automation, our TITANUS® fire detection system provides double safety by detecting fires as early as possible and is immune to false alarms. Our TITANUS® aspirating smoke detectors detect even the smallest smoke particles in the ambient air and thus react up to 2000 times more sensitively than conventional point-type detectors. Our early fire detection is an important basis for every holistic fire protection solution from WAGNER.
BENEFITS
Reliable protection of your goods and values from damage caused by fire, extinguishing agents or smoke contamination.
Protection of your supply chain by permanently maintaining your material flow.
Prevention of fire-related consequential damage and damage to image.
Our fire protection systems can be adapted at any time and “grow” with the storage system.
The nitrogen required for oxygen reduction is extracted directly from the ambient air on-site in a particularly environmentally friendly way.
We will be happy to advise you individually.
