ERVIST at TB Forum 2014

Today a spectacular event for the Russian Security Industry was opened in Moscow: 19th International Exhibition and Forum SECURITY AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES / TB Forum 2014. As you may read at the Web-site - 257 exhibitors from 15 countries participate.

ERVIST Group participates in collaboration with our partner SPECTRON Group. We present our key products: YAUZA Line of Products,  ELAN - Linear Heat Fire Detector, as well as other products of our partners.

Our key partner SPECTRON Group presents its line of products: flame fire detectors that are one of the most advanced in the world. Yuri Kozyrin, Technical Director, SPECTRON GROUP, is very busy interacting with visitors.

The show occasion was used by the management of Ervist Group to meet with some of Group’s partners to facilitate joint projects and sales. Here are some of these:

An extremely interesting discussion was held with one of ERVIST’s partner companies – APPLIED RADIOPHYSICS LLC. The company exists since 1989 is based on facilities of the Russian Academy of Science; and developed ВОРОН® - a unique non-electrical perimeter protection system that utilizes fiber optics cable. (ВОРОН® is a Russian acronym for Fiber Optics Detector for Protection; it can also be translated as a RAVEN – hence the raven’s figure in advertising materials). As ERVIST is promoting its ELAN optical non-electric fire detector – we find a lot of synergy with ВОРОН® product. This is a cornerstone development in Russian perimeter protection systems: combination of fiber optics and advanced computer technology that uses neuron networks with artificial intelligence systems:

•     No electrical cables and devices
•     Does not require electric power supply
•     Does not require signal transmission devices
•     Resists corrosion
•     Does not contain any devices that require special set up and adjustment
•     Operational for at least 25 years
•     The length of the perimeter of perimeter protection is up to 50 km
•     Perimeter protection system is virtually maintenance-free

Here is how the system looks:

The cable is not sensitive to electromagnetic fields of any nature and has full electromagnetic compatibility with any radio-electronic and electromagnetic devices and equipment. Utilized fiber optic cables can be used to transmit any other information, including TV signals.

It should be noted that despite this is a relatively new development, the ВОРОН® is acknowledged world-wide: the system is deployed at Oil and Gas installations, at high voltage  power generation plants, various government installations in Russia and CIS states; it was successfully demonstrated at security shows in Germany and China.

There are several modifications – including the underground – virtually invisible one.

Yuri Rusanov, General Director, APPLIED RADIOPHYSICS LLC. in a lengthy discussion relayed latest success of ВОРОН®. Here is a commemorative photo with Mikhail Rukin, General Director of ERVIST Group.

Another ERVIST partner is ExCon LLC – a developer and vendor of control and access systems for hazardous industries. One of their key products is EPSILON line of access control systems that is used for Oil and Gas facilities – specifically designed for hazardous areas. This a new Russian development that for the first time uses in hazardous areas an electromagnetic lock:

The company has a wide variety of card readers, buttons and other paraphernalia – all designed for hazardous zones.

The last partner company that I would like to mention is the MAGNITO-KONTAKT LLC from Ryazan. Over 17 years MAGNITO-KONTAKT develops and manufactures detectors based on airtight contacts (position pickups, temperature detectors, liquid level detectors, movement pickups etc.). Interesting to note that these “small things” are extremely in need for fire alarm and security systems for hazardous industries.

Ervist has close partnership connections with MAGNITO-KONTAKT and TB Forum was used as an occasion to issue a new dealer certificate. MAGNITO-KONTAKT’s General Director Oleg Vystavkin hands the Certificate to Mikhail Rukin, General Director of ERVIST Group.

 The first day of TB Forum 2014 is over, and it was indeed useful and productive....

Xtralis Presentation: Laudable Completion of Ervist-Forum Phase I

Ervist-FORUM online program – is a home for professional discussions/promotions of advanced products and solutions. The Group’s operates Internet Studio where partner companies, key customer representatives and media are invited. The program started with the first webinar on November 26th and since that we have hosted 8 webinars. While the first ones were attended on the average by 30-40 participants, the final ones saw about 80-100 registrants. 

On December 19^th the Ervist Internet Studio hosted the final webinar of Phase I (2013) Ervist-Forum program: “Technical Overview of early Fire detection Systems Produced by Xtrails (Australia)”. Dr. Michael Eliseev, Chief, Representation Office of Xtrails (UK) Ltd in Russia was the speaker and moderator. This particular webinar had 82 registered participants.

Xtralis is the leading global provider of powerful solutions for the very early detection of fire, gas and security threats. The company is well known in the global security market as one of the leading innovators, the one that implements advanced solutions in a timely and effective manner. Xtralis is the inventor and pioneer of VESDA aspirating smoke detection (ASD) technology and remains the world’s No. 1 supplier of ASD systems.

Ervist Group has a long history with Xtrails: in 2009 we started first sales of VESDA, and since 2011 we became one of the few official distributors in Russia.

After initial overview of the company and products, Dr. Eliseev examined in detail two latest 2013 product developments: Open-area Smoke Imaging Detection (OSID) – the one that provides reliable, cost-effective smoke detection for open spaces where fire detection presents unique challenges and where very early warning is not always the priority; and the VESDA VLQ detector. It is interesting to note that the latter will be in distribution by 2014.

Dr. Eleiseev demonstrated the schematics and how the device operates:

As it is usual for Ervist-FORUM webinars, Dr. Eliseev demonstrated the device as it is, showed the way it is calibrated against false alarms, and how it operates. With a specially designed plate that imitates smoke the device was activated and the participants could see real-time picture on operators screen (different colors represent UV and IR spectrum).

Dr. Eliseev demonstrated a brand new product – the VESDA VLQ detector - a cost-effective ASD solution that meets the unique needs of numerous small area applications of up to 100 m². He also mentioned the possible businesses that may require the detector: telecommunications landline remote offices, base station controllers, remote base stations, small server rooms, data center containers, critical equipment, packaged HVAC units, anechoic chambers, pump houses, generator enclosures, signaling huts and modular laboratories,

At the end of presentation, Dr Eliseev answered a number of questions that were raised by participants: mostly of the technical character – what are the peculiarities of installation, operations and maintenance.

Summarizing the webinar, Mikhail Rukin, Founder and General Director of Ervist Group noted that the Group, being an official distributor of Xtrails, maintains a decent stock of the company’s equipment, its personnel is certified and authorized for design, installation and maintenance of all hardware and software.