- October 23, 2006
- SIEMENS
- Siemens
Houston, Oct. 23, 2006 – AE Solutions and Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. have developed a new generation of fire & gas alarm and suppression systems. The pre-engineered, pre-configured, and pre-packaged FGS 1400 Fire & Gas System is FM approved and complies with NFPA 72 standards. “The FGS 1400 was developed around Siemens SIMATIC® S7-400FH safety system – the ideal logic platform for fire & gas systems,” says Charles Fialkowski, manager of Process Safety Systems for Siemens Energy & Automation. “The safety system incorporates special field-wiring diagnostics, critical in fire & gas systems, including line monitoring and ground fault detection. The system also simplifies software configuration and visualization with Siemens SIMATIC Safety Matrix cause and effect programming tool.”The FGS 1400 offers tightly integrated distributed control with Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 process control system, providing common engineering tools, HMI, and communication infrastructure throughout the plant. “This approach to fire and gas offers the security of a purpose built, proprietary fire alarm system, but with the openness and flexibility of modern control systems,” says Brian Merriman, president of AE Solutions. Every FGS 1400 has a secondary power supply system as required by NFPA 72, including a battery set and a charger system. The batteries and charger of each installation are engineered for compliance with NFPA 72 capacity and recharge requirements. In addition, full field wiring diagnostics are provided in accordance with NFPA 72 to detect open circuits, short circuits, and ground faults. The system is offered with a variety of I/O modules.About AE Solutions:AE Solutions is an industry-leading systems integrator providing complete system design, configuration and validation services for automation and control system platforms. Their staff of registered professional engineers, certified functional safety experts and automation specialists are skilled in a broad range of areas including process control, process safety, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and control systems design.About Siemens:Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. is one of Siemens’ operating companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Ga., Siemens Energy & Automation manufactures and markets one of the world’s broadest ranges of electrical and electronic products, systems and services to industrial and construction market customers. Its technologies range from circuit protection and energy management systems to process control, industrial software and totally integrated automation solutions. The company also has expertise in systems integration, technical services and turnkey industrial systems. Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $96 billion in fiscal 2005. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $18.8 billion and employs 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 460,000 people in 190 countries.
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