UniVario: Tailored, intelligent fire detection
The UniVario is an intelligent platform-based fire detection system, equipped with advanced signal processing and highly responsive sensors. Designed with a modular concept, it delivers rapid fire detection with minimal false alarms, adapting seamlessly to both indoor and outdoor environments. Whether it's safeguarding clean rooms, operating in harsh conditions, or addressing explosion-hazardous areas, UniVario offers versatile, reliable protection for a wide range of applications.
Multiple flame detectors to meet customer needs
Viking UniVario fire detection systems are available in various models to meet customer needs in specific environments. Designed for both indoor and outdoor use, these systems operate effectively in clean rooms, harsh conditions, confined spaces, and even explosion-hazardous areas. Depending on customer needs, our variants include:
- 3x3-channel fast flame detectors.
- Ultraviolet flame detectors.
- 3-channel infrared flame detectors.
- Standard heat detectors (up to 90°C).
- High-temperature detectors (up to 850°).
The new UniVario YMX5000 industrial fire detector consists of a control unit and up to three remote sensor units for fast flame detection. The YMX5000 FMX sensor units are connected to the control unit via cables, enabling application in confined spaces.
The sensor units are designed to detect open flames that can occur during the combustion of materials containing carbon, such as methane, oil products, plastics, and wood.
The sensor unit is also available in an EX version, suitable for use in explosion-hazardous zones 1, 2, 20, 21 and 22.
Fire detection system applications
The applications of the various UniVario models are wide and varied. Each model is tailored for specific use cases:
- Exhaust gas ducts and ventilation ducts
- Fuel storage / chemical storage
- Chemical production
- Chip/ semi-conducteor production (silane)
- Printing companies and machines
- Aircraft and helicopter hangars
- Combined heat and power stations and coal-fired power plants
- Fiberboard presses (heat tunnels)
- Wood processing industry
- Fuel tanks
- Paint spraying installations
- Motor test beds
- Waste recycling plants
- Offshore installations
- Pump stations
- Tank farms
- Transofrmers
- Dryers
- Compressor stations (natural gas)
- Machine tools
- Machine tools (Mg/AI/Ti dry processing)
Flame detectors with modular design
UniVario industrial fire detectors feature a modular design that allows for seamless adaptation to various applications. Unlike most other available industrial fire detectors, these flame detectors can be easily integrated into a full fire detection system by solely plugging in a module. This unique capability enables precise event reporting, linking alarms directly to specific detectors, while allowing fire alarm and extinguishing control panels to initiate necessary actions.
Their ability to intelligently suppress disturbance variables, along with high and accurate response temperatures, enhances their versatility, even in explosion-hazardous areas. The application-specific configuration of signal processing allows for easy adaptation to changing operating conditions. Moreover, the operational dependability is bolstered by microcontroller-based function monitoring, sensor testing, and robust protective features such as IP67 rating, oil leak tightness, and resistance to impact and vibration.
Use in explosion-risk areas
UniVario industrial fire detectors offer specialized variants for use in areas with gas and dust explosion risks.
- Standard UniVario variants are suitable for applications without explosion hazards.
- 3GD series detectors are designed for use in Zone 2 (gas) and Zone 22 (dust) environements.
- UniVario Ex series detectors are intrinsically safe, making them ideal for Zone 1 (gas) and Zone 20 and 21 (dust)
All variants can functions as analogue addressable detectors, with the uniVario Ex series requiring an additional electronic safety barrier.
Quick installation
With a range of accessories, the UniVario enables quick and easy installation. These accessories include:
- Universal mounting brackets: for flexible installation in any position.
- Air shield MX5000: protects the optics and reflectors from dirt, dust or powder-filled environments
- Relay module KMX 500 RK: allows the detector to operate as a stand-alone device or in any hazard detection and PLC control devices
- Air flushing MX50000 Impulse: keeps the optics and reflectors clean to ensure reliable performance
- Socket UniVario MX5000 LCD: displays status and message texts of all fire detectors
- Console MX5000: allows fire detectors to be installed outside the areas to be monitored
Key benefits
- Ultra-Fast Fire Detection: Equipped with highly responsive sensors and application-specific signal processing for rapid response
- Low Risk of False Alarms: Intelligent evaluation algorithms, protection against typical disturbances, and high electromagnetic tolerance reduce false alarms
- Adapts Easily to Changing Conditions: Configurable signal processing to suit various application needs
- Seamless Integration: Low power consumption allows for more detectors per group in fire detection systems
- Versatile for Indoor and Outdoor Use: Adaptable to both environments for broad applicability
- Wide Range of Applications: Disturbance suppression, precise response temperatures, suitable for clean rooms, harsh conditions, and explosion-risk areas
- High Operational Safety: Features include a high protection rating, oil-tightness, impact and vibration resistance, plus sensor and optical testing
- Quick Installation: Streamlined setup with a full range of accessories
- Effective at Short and Long Distances: Reliable detection across varying ranges
Univario detection system approvals
Various approvals for Univario systems:
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