Article archive for Kentec Electronics Ltd
Protecting luxury student accommodation (14 May 2018)
A dazzling new luxury student accommodation development in the heart of historic Durham is the perfect location for Kentec’s highly acclaimed Taktis fire detection and alarm technology. Ernest Place, just 10 minutes away from the city’s vibrant centre and the university’s Durham city location, is a complex of 5 and 6 bed apartments and studios boasting deluxe features such as a gym, sauna and on-site cinema, and delivering a modern student lifestyle that is described as University student living
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Welcome temporary protection at M3 services (02 October 2017)
A new fire safety system, comprising a Kentec Syncro AS 16 Zone Control Panel with Apollo devices, is helping protect new temporary buildings at Welcome Break’s M3 southbound Fleet Services on the Surrey/Hampshire border, erected following a devastating fire in December 2016 that almost completely destroyed the former services building.
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Bank has controlled protection (01 September 2017)
A new life safety system based around Kentec’s market leading control panel technology is protecting a major Barclays Bank installation in Johannesburg, South Africa. The new fire safety system in an L1 system configuration includes a new network of four Kentec Syncro AS analogue addressable fire control panels. The open protocol system has Apollo analogue Series 65 devices and call points installed.
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Networked fire safety system checks-in (30 May 2017)
A £60m expansion of Belfast’s leading boutique hotel is being protected by a new and upgraded fire safety system that has Kentec’s sector leading control panel technology at its heart. Phase one of Ten Square Hotel Belfast’s impressive 50-bedroom extension was completed in December 2016, with work on the whole project set to finish later this year.
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Keeping a watchful eye on new facility (03 March 2017)
Gas extinguishing fire safety panels from Kentec are playing an important role helping protect Specsavers’ new £12 million West Midland manufacturing and distribution centre. A new fire safety system, designed and installed by life safety systems specialists Leader Systems LLP, comprises Kentec K11031 M2 Sigma XT Automatic three zone Extinguishant Control Panels with Apollo conventional Series 65 devices plus conventional sounder/beacons and bells from Klaxon Signals.
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Safety for arrivals at Bergen’s new airport terminal (02 February 2017)
A new life safety system is being installed in the new Euro 407m terminal at Norway’s Bergen Flesland International Airport. The system is based around Kentec’s Syncro XT+ addressable extinguishing control panel technology.
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Dazzling range of Fire Control Panels (01 November 2016)
Kentec Electronics, one of the world's leading independent fire control panel designers and manufacturers, is set to ‘dazzle’ visitors to Intersec 2017 with their extensive EN, UL & FM, Marine, Analogue, Conventional & Extinguishant ranges of Fire Control Panel Solutions.
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Multi area Addressable Extinguishing Panel (01 June 2016)
The Syncro XT+ multi area addressable extinguishing panel has been launched by Kentec. The Syncro XT+ provides addressable detection over 1 or 2 loops with 16 Zone LED Indicators and is available with up to four extinguishant release control units built in and is fully approved to EN12094-1, EN54-2 and EN54-4.
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Warning Sign Range Extended (20 May 2016)
The wide range of illuminated warning signs now includes an IP66 rated weatherproof version, consisting of a polycarbonate enclosure with metal chassis. As with the other signs in the range, it is available with standard or customised text and language versions.
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Helping protect Indian 4G network (03 April 2016)
Fire safety systems installed at 200 4G data centres across India that are designed to house communication equipment, and provide the base for an operational workforce, are using Kentec’s fire safety control panel technology.
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Protection for Big-Top audiences (01 March 2016)
An innovative, portable wireless fire alarm system specially designed to protect audiences in the Cirque du Soleil KOOZA touring company’s 3000 seater big-top tent during performances in Poland, Belgium and most recently Singapore uses a Kentec fire alarm control panel.
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Safety in great shape at the gym (20 August 2015)
A major expansion by the UK’s leading gym operator has seen new fire safety systems installed in new premises across the country to protect users and staff. The Gym Group is the UK’s largest gym operator with in excess of 500,000 members, just six years after it first opened its doors. The company, where members pay monthly fees with no contract commitments, plans to have eighty 24-hour gyms across the UK by the end of 2015.
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Most powerful Power Supply range (01 June 2015)
Kentec has just released a new range of UL Approved, 10.25Amp, universal mains input, fire alarm power supply and battery charger units. Fully Approved by UL, the K1840 range is the most powerful UL approved power supply range available.
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Fire safety system for newly rebuilt bank (01 June 2015)
A major renovation and restoration of the historic Central Bank of Albania in Tirana, that includes the construction of a new building to house a new Numismatic Museum, is being protected by a new fire safety system that includes a Kentec fire alarm control panel.
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Kentec’s Sigma CP range extended (23 March 2015)
Kentec’s sector leading conventional Sigma CP range of fire control panels has been further extended with a range of surface mounted panels that includes the zone Line Continuity Monitoring Unit (LCMU) end-of-line device.
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Range of Fire Control panels extended (21 February 2015)
Kentec’s sector leading conventional Sigma CP range of fire control panels has been further extended with a range of surface mounted panels that includes the zone Line Continuity Monitoring Unit (LCMU) end-of-line device. This additional option will be an added benefit for installers using Apollo and Hochiki’s diode type detector bases as it allows the signal of a fault to be sent to the panel if a detector head is removed, whilst allowing following devices to remain operational.
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Vigilance at National Memorial to the Few (24 January 2015)
An iconic new visitor and education facility being added to the National Memorial to the Few at Capel-le-Ferne, on the famous white cliffs between Dover and Folkestone in Kent, is being protected by a new fire safety system that includes a Kentec fire alarm control panel. From early 2015 the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust’s iconic new Wing visitor and education centre will be helping visitors find out more about the Battle of Britain.
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Safety delivered at Birthing Centre (04 December 2014)
At the heart of a recently completed fire alarm control panel system upgrade are Kentec fire alarm control panels. The upgrade, at the John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford Women’s Centre, will allow improvements to the Centre’s evacuation procedures, and the future implementation of loop powered base sounders throughout the building.
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Fire control panels for small installations (15 May 2014)
A competitively priced range of conventional fire control panels have now been UL listed. Kentec’s Sigma A-CP are designed for small installations, including outdoor shopping areas with less than 24 fire detectors per zone and stand-alone sprinkler rooms.
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Fire control panels for small installations (25 March 2014)
Kentec's Sigma A-CP range of conventional fire control panels have now been UL listed. The competitively priced A-CP is designed for small installations, including outdoor shopping areas with less than 24 fire detectors per zone and stand-alone sprinkler rooms.
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Lightweight power supply for alarm control and indicating panels (12 February 2014)
At double the power of most other EN54-4 approved power supplies, Kentec’s new KD25800 series LPCB approved PSU is a lightweight, robust, fully enclosed unit with a 10.25A load capability for powering fire alarm control and indicating panels, in a neat enclosure design.
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Kentec Syncro Matrix (08 October 2008)
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