Behind the Curtain of GELEC’s Cutting-edge Safety Solutions

GELEC is renowned for its specialization in fire and smoke engineering solutions, delivering world-class solutions with its automatic smoke and fire curtains. These essential safety products are crucial for life safety, containing and stopping the spread of superheated fire and toxic gases. GELEC's automatic curtains stand out due to their gravity-fail-safe deployment, ensuring they function flawlessly even when power is lost.

Key Features

• Gravity Fail-Safe Mechanism: GELEC curtains always deploy via gravity, ensuring they function even when power to the control panel fails. This feature is tested every time the system is checked, making GELEC curtains reliable and safe.
• High-Temperature Resistance: These curtains can withstand scorching temperatures exceeding 1000°C for an impressive 270 minutes, buying crucial time for evacuation and fire control.
• Customizable Design: The curtains are made to order based on specific drawings and requirements, with no standard sizes. They are slim, lightweight, and can be fixed to various types of construction.
• Sealing and Safety: The curtains are sealed to prevent the passage of fire or smoke and operate on 24V with a battery backup, ensuring continuous operation even during power outages.
• Expansive Coverage: GELEC curtains cover vast areas with unlimited width and drop heights up to 12 meters, all without the need for intermediate posts.
• Versatile Installation: Whether you need surface or concealed mounted guide rails, GELEC offers flexible installation options to meet your needs.
• Tested in accordance with BS EN 12101-1: Delivers reliability, response, pressurized air leakage, and fire integrity for up to two hours. The product is also certified for fire propagation and surface spread of flame under BS 476 Part 6 and Part 7.

Additional Options

• Two-Stage Descent: For controlled deployment in stages.
• Custom Colors: Available in any standard RAL color for aesthetic integration.
• Manual Override: Facilitates emergency egress if needed.
• Audio and Visual Alerts: Enhances safety with real-time alerts during curtain operation.
• Manual Reset: Equipped with a standalone smoke detector for resetting after deployment.

Operational Excellence

• Automated Control: Operation is a breeze with the Group Control Panel (GCP), which manages up to four 24V motor assemblies. When smoke is detected, the curtains descend gracefully under gravity and retract once the alarm is reset.
• Battery Backup: Equipped with a 24V 7Ah rechargeable battery, the system remains fully operational during power outages. The battery is monitored to ensure curtains deploy if power levels drop too low.

Specifications

• Certification and Standards: GELEC curtains adhere to BS EN ISO 9001, European Fire and Safety regulations, and other relevant standards such as BS: 476 Part 22 and EN12101-1.
• Durability: The curtains can endure over 1000 cycles of operation without fabric damage and maintain reliable performance.
• Material Quality: Built to last using 400-440 grams per square meter of wire-reinforced, micronized aluminum polymer-coated glass cloth and stainless steel which can withstand 1000 cycles of operation without damage.

NEW: Static and Fixed Curtains

GELEC also offers static and fixed curtains using the same high-quality fabrics. These curtains are machine-sewn with stainless steel and designed to cover wide areas with overlapping fabric panels.

Your Curtain of Protection from GELEC

GELEC Automatic Smoke and Fire Curtains represent the pinnacle of innovation and reliability in smoke and fire control. With features like gravity-fail-safe deployment, high-temperature resistance, and customizable design, they offer a reliable, cost-effective solution for modern safety systems such as those installed in the Hong Kong Art Museum and the Hong Kong Palace Museum. GELEC is also commissioned to install this crucial safety feature at the 12.88 billion HKD Terminal 2 Expansion Works at Hong Kong International Airport.

GELEC curtains are not just safety components; they are a trusted lifeline, ensuring protection and peace of mind in critical situations whether within construction or industrial applications.

Contact GELEC today for a consultation.