• Building-Applications

Safe building automation

Threats caused by fire, gas and smoke are a major risk inside all commercial and industrial building facilities. Public spaces and evacuation routes have to remain smoke free, in-house process sections have to remain non-explosive. If people need to be evacuated safely and quickly, all safety measures have to function correctly and reliably.HIMA provides a safe PLC system for the control of all major safety applications in buildings. Distributed and fire-proof network technology provides flexible architecture and the lowest installation costs in widely spread objects.PLC technology provides all features for flexible programming of complex cause-and-effect matrixes. Certified controller technology provides all legal requirements for proven reliability and guarantee minimised cost of ownership over the complete life cycle.

Fire, gas and smoke detection

Good risk reduction can be implemented by reliable detection of hazard sources. But nowadays the challenges are cost efficiency, technical and legal safety. Highly qualified detection systems incorporate all major detection principles on one controller platform. Correct engineering of design, technology and logic functionality lead to a functionally safe detection system and even provide diagnostic information. Any scenario can be controlled reliably by HIMA systems.

Smoke extraction

Complex architecture, public underground facilities, tunnels and living quarters on platforms carry a high risk for humans in the event of fire and smoke. In order to keep the affected sections smoke free, smoky air has to be extracted selectively by section. Highly efficient ventilation systems and fire and smoke dampers have to be controlled according to the existing fire and smoke scenario.Extreme smoke development and uncontrolled spreading of smoke may create scenarios in which dynamic control of all safety systems is required. Any scenario can be controlled reliably by HIMA systems.

Pressure ventilation

Staircases in high-rise buildings and hazardous sections with explosive atmospheres in process buildings require reliable and readily available safety systems. Breathable air and a non-explosive atmosphere may be provided by pressure ventilation systems. A staircase pressurised with fresh air provides a smoke-free evacuation route, which enables people, as well as people with disabilities, to be evacuated safely.Fresh-air pressurised process sections prevent workers from being injured or killed by an explosion and owners from serious damage and production loss. Any scenario can be controlled reliably by HIMA systems.

Safety-relevant ventilation systems

Clean room technology, server rooms and biologically critical laboratories have highly critical requirements. These facilities need the highest availability of all production and safety systems. This prevents production loss and uncontrolled release of dangerous substances. Any scenario can be controlled reliably by HIMA systems.

Fire management / Evacuation management

Modern and beautiful buildings pose a challenge to all designers and safety engineers.Complex architecture requires cross-application assessment and new highly interactive technologies. Logical and physical integration of all safety systems is neccessary to meet all functional requirements for safe evacuation – the earliest detection of hazards, smoke-free evacuation routes, unlocked safety exits, locked smoke barriers, etc.Various automated safety applications have to function like ONE safety network. Any scenario can be controlled reliably by HIMA systems.