Scorpion ASD is a unique remote test system for aspirating systems that solves a number of long standing challenges that range from inappropriate particulate to problems of access.
The Scorpion ASD head is a smoke generator, permanently mounted adjacent to an ASD sampling point - typically at the end of a pipe run with just one Scorpion for each pipe run regardless of the number of sampling points on that run. The generator provides a benign test source with an effective particulate lifetime in excess of 120 seconds and 100 metres, dispensed under software control. In this way Scorpion provides a controlled, repeatable and consistent test from one period to the next and, by recording the Scorpion activation and the alarm signal, the transport time is measured. Comparing this against retained commissioning data, previous tests and acceptable tolerances enables judgements to be made regarding the integrity of the aspirating system.
Scorpion is suitable for obscuration, particle counting and cloud chamber technologies and for retrofitting to existing as well as new ASD installations. It can also be combined with Scorpion Point Smoke Testers.
The system is powered and activated only through the portable Scorpion Controller, carried from site to site by a service engineer and which connects to the system through the conveniently located Access Point - a single location from which multiple Scorpions can be accessed.
Test data is stored in each Scorpion as well as being available for downloading to the portable Scorpion Controller from where it can be transferred to back office systems (see Audit Trail).
