fire sprinkler systems

The History of Fire Sprinkler Systems

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The fire sprinkler systems we know today date back around 200 years to what is often recognised as the world’s first recognised system installed in 1812 at the Theatre Royal in London’s Drury Lane. The theatre’s architect, William Congreve, also patented his invention which comprised a cylindrical airtight water reservoir holding approximately 95,000 litre of water. A 250mm water main …

Compressor desiccant dryers

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Dry pipe systems require ultra dry, ultra clean compressed air and our air compressors with desiccant dryers are designed specifically for these applications. A dry pipe sprinkler system provides protection in cold areas of a building where very low or freezing temperatures can be expected. This would include places such as walk-in commercial freezers, unheated warehouse spaces, loading docks open to the outside …

residential riser assembly

SEP Residential Riser Assembly

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Following many customer requests, and after some time in product development, we are proposing the introduction of a compact design residential riser assembly. The various options are illustrated in the images and data table below. The unit is specifically designed to be both smaller and cheaper than many risers currently available; and in addition, rather than having to work around …

Residential fire sprinklers

BAFSA Seminar: Residential fire sprinklers and vulnerable people in residential care

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On 17th March we attended a BAFSA seminar at the very picturesque Moat House in Acton Trussell, Staffordshire, focused on protecting the elderly and vulnerable from fires in residential care premises and sheltered housing. A number of presentations were given and, as usual, many thought-provoking issues were raised. Fire sprinklers within residential and domestic environments are a growing trend and …

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Duplex Air Compressors

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Duplex air compressor systems are one of the most popular units that we offer. They have a dual compressor layout which reacts differently according to the situation, allowing it to operate either one compressor at a time, alternate between the two or operate both simultaneously. Therefore, if your sprinkler system requires resilience or backup in case of failure and/or additional capacity in the absence of …

Low Pressure Air Compressors

Low Pressure Air Compressors

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At Sale Engineering we have noticed a recent increase in the number of requests for air compressors which are asked to perform at what are fairly low pressures and/or tight differentials. In fact, during the last quarter we have supplied over three times as many low pressure models than the previous quarter! As many of you will know, our standard …

ISO9001 accreditation

Striving for even better quality – ISO9001 accreditation

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As most of you will be aware, Sale Engineering Products already has ISO9001:2008 accreditation – something which we are proud is tested and renewed annually by TUV UK Ltd*. In conjunction with TUV, we aim to transition to the 2015 version of ISO9001 accreditation as soon as possible. ISO9001 has already helped us more readily document our processes, internal checks and quality …

BAFSA at the House of Lords

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Sale Engineering Products’ MD and owner, Rob Bell, had the fortune of being invited to attend the House of Lords for a BAFSA organised event, on 9th February. The event was held to discuss how to better protect our past, present and future from fire, and was sponsored by Lord Howie of Troon and specifically covered heritage assets and schools. …

Welcome to our new workshop technician

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We’re pleased to welcome Tom Gardner to the Sale Engineering Products team, he joins us as a Workshop Technician. With a strong background in welding, machining, electrical and pressurised systems, we think he’ll be a great addition. His initial focus and training will concentrate on the manufacturing of our core compressor range to the high quality standards that we set ourselves. As Tom’s knowledge and confidence grows over …

What should our App do for you?

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Following our announcement last November that we intend to develop a mobile app to make life easier for customers and engineers out on site, we’ve had some proposals and ideas, but would still like to invite customers to make suggestions as to what features they think would be useful. Please let us know what would make your life easier. Some …