VESDA ®

When Performance Counts

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VESDA®
• Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus

• Market Leaders In Early Warning Smoke Detection

• Founders of Aspirating Technology as we know it

today. Building Air Sampling Systems for 30 years

• Recognised worldwide as the global benchmark

technology

• Focus on Customer Support & Loss Prevention

Engineering

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What is Aspiration Smoke Detection?

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What is Aspiration Smoke Detection?

A system which draws air from an area, via a

pipe network, to a central detector which
monitors for small amounts of smoke

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VESDA is early warning…..

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Features of VESDA

• Absolute smoke detection

– once only calibration
– alarm thresholds set to defined smoke
obscuration levels

• The widest sensitivity range

– 0.005 to 20% Obs/m (0.0015 to 6% Obs/ft)
– alarm threshold setting to suit different
environments (inc AutoLearn)

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Features of VESDA

• Dual stage filter technology

– 1st to remove dust from air sample
– 2nd to provide clean air barriers to protect optical
components inside the detector

• Comprehensive Display (LCD & Bar graph)

• High efficiency aspirator

• Intelligent communications (VESDAnet)

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VESDAnet

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Why use aspiration smoke detection

• Earliest detection - avoid down time

• Avoid unnecessary suppression release
• Extra time is required for safe evacuation
• Smoke is difficult to detect
• Environmentally challenging areas
• Concealed detection is important
• Maintenance access is limited

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Earliest detection avoid down time

Critical processes cannot incur disruption or

down time

Telecommunications
Computer rooms
Banking operations
Production facilities

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Avoid unnecessary suppression release

Early warning gives time to investigate and

avoid unnecessary suppression release

Telecommunication
Data Centres
Equipment rooms
Electrical sub-stations

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Extra time required for evacuation

Environments where rapid exit is impeded

Underground Stations
Theatres
Public buildings
Churches

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Smoke is difficult to detect

Environments with high ceilings, high air

flows or vast open areas provide unique
characteristics

Clean rooms
Warehouses
Aircraft hangers
Computer rooms
Atria

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Environmentally challenging areas

Aggressive environments with high levels of

pollution or extreme temperature conditions

Cold Stores
Production areas
Paper mills
Underground tunnels
Mines
Industrial Plants

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Concealed detection is important

Interiors can not be spoilt by unsightly

conventional detectors

Casinos
Cathedrals
Stately Homes
Museums
Art Galleries
Modern Office Buildings

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Maintenance access is limited

Where access to the detection area is difficult

Warehouses
Ceiling voids
Production machinery
EMC Controlled areas

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Reference Sites

Telecommunication
Automotive
Wafer Fab
Power Generation
Oil & Gas
Banking
Museum
Library
Hospital
Entertainment

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Reference Sites Telecommunication Industry

Telstra Australia
British Telecom
AT&T Worldwide
Bell Corporation
MCI Corporation
Cable and Wireless
New Zealand Telecom
Nippon Telecom
Telekom Malaysia
Singapore Telecom
China Telecom
China Mobile
China Unicom

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Reference Sites Automotive Industry

General Motors Corp Various sites

General Motors Holden Adelaide
Toyota Melbourne
Ford Melbourne
Mitsubishi Adelaide
Chrysler Illinois
AC Delco Various sites
Honda Various sites
Saab Sweden
Daihatsu Various sites
Volvo Sweden
Peugeot France
MAN Trucks Germany

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Reference Sites Wafer Fab Industry

Singapore SSMC, Charter FAB 3, Charter FAB 7, ST Micro, UMC

Malaysia 1st Silicon, Silterra
Philippines Seagate, Intel, Maxtor and others
UK Hyundai, Intel, Motorola, Phillips, ShinEtsu, NEC
US Wafer Fab RFMD
Taiwan PSMC, TECO, TSMC, UMC, USC, Windbond,
WSMC, Phoenixtec Eng, E-Tron

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Reference Sites Power Generation

UK Berkeley Nuclear Power Station

Europe CERN Atomic Particle Accelerator
UK Sellafield Nuclear Power Station
Australia Loy Yang “A” Power Station Coal Fired
Australia Tumut Hydro Power Station
Australia Murray Hydro Power Station
Australia Jeeralang Power Station Gas Fired
Australia Newport Power Station Gas Fired

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Reference Sites Oil & Gas Industry

Petronas
British Gas-Transco
Zeneca
ICI Headquarters
British Petroleum HQ
Shell Petroleum (worldwide)
ExxonMobil (worldwide)
BHP

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Reference Sites Banking Industry

Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation

Australia and New Zealand Bank (ANZ)
National Australia Bank
Standard Chartered Bank
Treasury Finance Department
Saudi Cairo Bank
Saudi Holland Bank
London Stock Exchange
Commonwealth Bank
Reserve Bank Australia
US Treasury Dept

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Reference Sites Library

UK Bristol Library
Spain Colegio Notaris Library Barcelona
Australia Victorian State Library Melbourne
Australia National Library Canberra
Australia Parliament House (old) Archive Library
USA Wilson Library Minnesota
USA Secure Data Services (SDS)Media Lib.

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Reference Sites Museums

Shelburne Museum
S.S. Ticonderoga, a National Registered Historic Site
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The National Gallery Victoria Australia
The National War Museum Canberra Australia
American Museum Planetarium
Aylsebury Museum
Bonneville City Museum
Museum of Scotland

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Reference Sites Hospitals & Pharmaceutical

Royal Darwin Hospital

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Adelaide
Royal Melbourne Hospital
All MRI Facilities in Australia
ABC Hospital - Computer Room - Mexico
Beaumon Hospital - Computer Room - MI - USA
Burnside War Memorial Hospital - Australia
Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Australia
University Medical Center AZ Tucson USA
Westmead Hospital Australia
Royal Childrens Hospital MRI Australia
Eventide Nursing Home Ward protection Australia
Albury Diagnostic Centre MRI NSW Australia

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Reference Sites Entertainment

Adelaide Entertainment Centre Australia

ADS Channel 10, South Australia
Crown Center & Development, Kansas City Kansas USA
Joint European Torus (JET) UK
Jupiters Casino Gold Coast, Queensland Australia

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VESDA LaserFOCUS (VLF-250 & 500)

Single sampling pipe

Pipe length 25m
250m2 area coverage
LED display
Bar graph display

Single sampling pipe

Pipe length 50 m
500m2 area coverage
LED display
Bar graph display

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VESDA LaserCOMPACT

Single sampling pipe

Pipe length 50m
500m2 area coverage
LED display
VESDAnet option

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VESDA LaserPLUS

4 sampling pipes
Pipe length 200m
2000m2 area cov.
Bar graph display
LED display
Programmer option
VESDAnet

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VESDA LaserSCANNER

4 sampling pipes
Pipe length 200m
Scanning option
Zone identification
2000m2 area cov.
Bar graph display
LED display
Programmer option
VESDAnet

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Pipe fittings and accessories

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Pipe fittings and accessories

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Mounting clip options

Saddle Clip Pipe Clip Offset Clip

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Sampling point location

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Approvals

Country Agency Standard Status

Australia SSL AS 1603.8 -1998 Passed
USA UL UL 268 : 1996 Passed
USA FM FM 3830 : 1997 Passed
Canada ULC UL 268 : 1996 Passed
UK LPCB TE 89423 Passed
Germany VdS CEA GEI 1-048 Passed
France AFNOR NFS 61-950 Passed
China NTC GB-4717-93 Passed

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EMC Compliances

All components of the VESDA system have been designed

to meet or exceed the following EMC standards

Country EMC standard Type

Australia AS/NZS 3548 Emissions

SMA tick AS 2362.7 Immunity

USA & Canada FCC Class B Emissions

(CISPR 22-B)

UK & Europe EN 50081-1 Emissions

EN 50130-4 Immunity

CE Mark EN 54-7 Immunity

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Siemens VESDA

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Authorised distributor

Why choose Siemens…..

Since October 2004 Vision System has appointed Siemens

(Building Technologies) as the global distributor for VESDA.

Siemens will provide marketing and technical support to

customers which includes engineering, design, installation,
commissioning and after sales service.

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Application examples (cabinet protection)

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Application examples (cabinet protection)

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Application examples (refrigeration)

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Application examples (in-rack sampling)

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