Does this image look familiar?

Source: BI-TORQ® Valve Automation

Maybe you walk by something like this every day and don’t give a second thought to the design layout.

Ask yourself one important question about this type of setup: where do the large quantities of flammable liquid in the tanks and pipes go amidst the chaos of a fire where hose ruptures, pipes break and fittings fail? If released, the flammable liquid could escalate the fire, creating unneeded facility damage or, worse yet, impede evacuation efforts and endanger lives.

The solution to keeping flammable liquids from escalating a fire is a FM-approved automatic thermal shut-off valve from BI-TORQ Valve Automation. With their three classes of thermal shut-off protection, they can find the right solution for your facility.

BI-TORQ Valve Automation's FLP series is for local thermal shut-off and is offered as a complete package or can be factory-mounted to a fire-safe valve of your preference. The series is FM approved.

The TES series is their thermal-electric series. It offers local thermal protection as well as the ability to fire the link with a low-voltage remote signal, enhancing the protection capabilities. The series is available as a BI-TORQ package or with a customer supplied valve.

BI-TORQ’s re-settable block valve (R-EBV) is the ultimate in protection. It can be fired three ways – locally via heat, remotely with an electric signal and with pushbutton control. The R-EBV not only offers superior fire protection capabilities, but it was also designed so that the unit can be tested regularly as part of a maintenance program to ensure the valves are not frozen in place. The R-EBV was designed to be mounted on AML valves.

Don’t wait until you have one of the estimated 37,000 industrial fires per year. Contact BI-TORQ Valve Automation to start a discussion on where you should install Thermal Shut-off Valves at your facility.