Shipping an American cooker to the UK and finding the closest comparison to a US burger, are just some of the lengths Apollo Fire Detectors has gone to in the development of its new range of Soteria UL268 7th edition detectors, which will be presented at Intersec in January 2020.

Exhibiting in Hall 4 on stand F10, Apollo Fire Detectors will showcase the new range of Soteria UL heat, smoke and multi-criteria detectors. The new products have been designed for markets that require UL listed systems including the US, Middle East and Asia.  Apollo has invested heavily in research and development ahead of the new UL standard that comes into force on 29th May 2020. The new UL standard represents a major step change for the fire industry.

The UL268 7th edition is the new Underwriters Laboratories (UL) smoke detector standard for photoelectric and multi-criteria smoke detectors, updating the 6th Edition of UL268, which has been in effect for the last decade. There are more than 250 updates to UL268 as part of the 7th edition, culminating in the addition of two new test fires. The new test fires are UL268 Clause 41.1.5: Cooking Nuisance Smoke Test and UL268 41.1.5: Smouldering Polyurethane Foam Test and Flaming Polyurethane Foam Test.

The new cooking nuisance test has been introduced to tackle the issue of false alarms caused by cooking appliances.

The new flaming and smouldering polyurethane tests were added to ensure that newly manufactured smoke detectors perform quickly and adequately when installed in environments where modern, synthetic materials, such as polyurethane foam are used. Smoke detectors achieving the 7^th edition of UL268 will be required to demonstrate greater sensitivity to the smoke produced by polyurethane fires.

The standard for heat detectors (UL521) remains unchanged.  However, Apollo has released a newly styled heat detector as part of the new range as well as new UL compliant bases.