UHL company teams up with Silent Knight to provide fire protection to power management company

Silent Knight, part of Honeywell’s (NYSE: HON) Life Safety Group, and a provider of industry-wide compatible fire alarm solutions for small to mid-size institutions and commercial sites, has joined with UHL Company to meet the fire protection needs of Eaton’s Hydraulics Business, a global power management company with a campus located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Eaton contacted UHL to provide a reliable, state-of-the-art solution. UHL Company, a full-service engineered systems distributor and integrator located in Maple Grove, specified the new IFP-2000 Scalable Intelligent Analog-Addressable Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP) from Silent Knight.

In order to decide on the best system to meet Eaton’s needs, Silent Knight invited their neighbors at UHL and Eaton to their manufacturing facility to see first hand the best solutions available for the project. After viewing demonstrations and speaking with Silent Knight employees who designed and built the panels, Eaton decided on the new IFP-2000. The high quality, cost effective panel from Silent Knight would allow Eaton to achieve their goal of complete facility automation.

UHL has begun the replacement of the existing fire alarm system with the installation of Silent Knight’s IFP-2000 panels in two of the buildings on Eaton’s Eden Prairie campus. Equipped with addressable architecture such as individual point identification, drift compensation and maintenance alert, the IFP-2000 is a welcome addition to the Eaton campus.

“We believe the ability to monitor our entire fire protection system in real time allows us to run at peak efficiency,” said Lawrence Harer, maintenance manager for Eaton’s Hydraulics Business. “Silent Knight allows us to monitor all aspects of the fire panel at any time so we can see impending failures before they happen. Throughout all phases of the project, UHL and Silent Knight have provided us with unparalleled customer service and support.”

The IFP-2000 is 9th Edition UL Listed and FM Approved, and is the most advanced solution ever offered by Silent Knight.  The system has the interconnection capability for up to eight panels, and the networked system can either be configured to emulate one large virtual system or segmented into separate sites for multiple building applications.

Eaton’s Hydraulics Business is a segment of the Eaton Fluid Power Group.  The business is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of a comprehensive line of reliable, high-efficiency hydraulic systems and components for use in mobile and industrial applications. Mobile and industrial markets include agriculture, construction, mining, forestry, utility, material handling, earthmoving, truck and bus, machine tools, molding, primary metals, automotive, power generation, port machinery and entertainment. Eaton’s Hydraulics Business provides customer-driven solutions under brand names such as Aeroquip®, Boston®, Char-Lynn®, Eaton®, Hydro-Line®, Synflex®, Vickers®, Walterscheid™, and Weatherhead®. For more information, visit www.eaton.com/hydraulics.