Month: February 2024

“MS Amlin, through its engineering services, is committed to offering its policyholders innovative, tailor-made prevention solutions that help prevent the main causes of fire. As such, our engineering services offer this predictive solution, in addition to the annual thermographic surveys.

The advantage of this solution is that it detects particles and gases emitted by overheating in electrical cabinets (25% of fires in industry) at a very early stage, giving site operators time to implement control measures in the event of an alarm. However, the department in charge of maintenance must be mature and reactive to intervene in the event of an alarm, and the site must have an in-house thermal imaging camera.

In this way, the E-PREDICT system offers an alternative solution to traditional gas extinguishing systems, which are very costly for our policyholders, and enables us to monitor a larger number of cabinets, thereby reducing the risks of an incident occurring.“

 

Loic CAPOULUN
Prévention Property Engineer & Casualty Risk Engineering

“Verlingue’s engineering department keeps abreast of the latest technological developments in order to better support its customers. That’s why we were interested in the innovative E-Predict technology.

Electrical fires remain a recurrent cause of claims. In addition to material damage, they often lead to business stoppages, especially if the damaged electrical equipment is of strategic importance (electrical cabinets, PLCs, etc.).

To date, electrical risk management involves a high level of maintenance (essential) and, in some cases, detection and protection systems. These traditional systems detect fires (smoke, heat) when they are in their growth phase, more or less quickly.

At best, the fire will be confined to the cabinet, resulting in its partial destruction.
At worst, if protection is absent or ineffective, the fire can spread throughout the building.

In some cases, the financial implications of destroying electrical equipment are unacceptable.

E-Predict sensors collect a different set of data from traditional systems, namely gases, VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) and micro-particles. As this phenomenon can appear several days/weeks before ignition, it is now possible to intervene well before a fire starts. It’s this very early onset that we found so interesting.

Roland Baudu
Manager Prévention / Loss control manager