Despite incidents like these , thousands of industrial plants remain at risk across the UK . There is often a reluctance to prioritise alarm replacement , with operators ignoring the warning signs . Convincing senior level plant management that investment in a replacement system is worthwhile can be difficult , especially because the financial return isn ’ t immediately apparent . Ironically , the return is generally only realised once the system has helped a company to avoid a production loss by alerting operators about an issue .
Yet , replacing an alarm system doesn ’ t have to be a timely , costly or disruptive exercise and can safeguard facilities when a system fails with minimum disruption . Omniflex is the leading monitoring specialist in the UK with the capabilities to configure a replacement for any redundant alarm system , whoever the original manufacturer and whatever the specification . We engineer all solutions off-site and design them specifically to fit into an existing alarm structure . This drastically reduces installation time and associated production downtime .
Alarm failure has cost industrial plants millions of pounds , and in the case of the Kader Toy factory , over 150 lives .
With such a lot to lose it ’ s incredible that so many take the risk , especially when retrofitting a replacement to an existing system doesn ’ t cost the earth .
To find out more about updating your alarm annunciators and safety-critical alarms , contact Omniflex on 0161 491 4144 or visit the website to book your free site survey today .
For further information , please visit www . omniflex . com
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