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Hazardous products safe behind mesh
Industrial safety and partitioning specialist Troax has upgraded fire safety at the Livingston distribution centre of M&S Toiletries, the distributor of health, beauty and household products, by installing a large custom-designed wire mesh enclosure for the storage of aerosols and other flammable or volatile products. The warehouse is one of M&S Toiletries’ main distribution centres, from where it distributes over 6000 top brand products.
Working with main project contractor Thistle Systems Group, Troax designed the 6m-high wire mesh enclosure to meet relevant Fire and Safety regulations concerning the storage of potentially hazardous aerosol products and to ensure the safety of personnel working in the area. In particular, the enclosure, constructed using Troax’s Caelum industrial partitioning, has a mesh aperture of 25 x 25mm to ensure that volatile aerosol cans can be stored safely, preventing the escape of shards in the event of an explosion and so containing any subsequent fire.
Another advantage of the wire mesh design is that, in the event of a fire, it permits smoke and heat to filter through the enclosure to trigger smoke detection systems and it allows the effective penetration of sprinkler systems.
Troax fitted the mesh partitions right up into the roof space to render the structure completely enclosed with no gaps. Three large, (3m wide x 4.5m high) bi-parting, self-closing doors have also been installed which automatically demagnetise in the event of a fire and remain open to provide an immediate escape route. The doors provide forklift access and have been custom-designed by Troax.