FM Global Alerts Insureds To Problems With Sprinklers.FM Global, Johnston, R.I., is urging property owners to replace sprinklers that leak (programming) leak - With a qualifier, one of a class of resource-management bugs that occur when resources are not freed properly after operations on them are finished, so they effectively disappear (leak out). This leads to eventual exhaustion as new allocation requests come in. or have visible signs of encrustation en·crust·a·tionn. Variant of incrustation. Noun 1. encrustation - the formation of a crust incrustation or corrosion. The commercial and industrial property insurer An individual or company who, through a contractual agreement, undertakes to compensate specified losses, liability, or damages incurred by another individual. An insurer is frequently an insurance company and is also known as an underwriter. found problems in some Central Sprinkler Model GB fire sprinklers that could prevent them from working in a fire. FM Global, the brand name for Factory Mutual Insurance Co. and its subsidiaries, said it had not received any reports of GB sprinklers failing to operate during a fire. Its recommendation followed reports from building owners who saw leakage LEAKAGE. The waste which has taken place in liquids, by their escaping out of the casks or vessels in which they were kept. By the act of March 2, 1799, s. 59, 1 Story's L. U. S, 625, it is provided that there be an allowance of two per cent for leakage, on the quantity which shall appear and related encrustation and corrosion on the Model GB sprinkler. Testing by Factory Mutual Research of encrusted en·crust also in·crust tr.v. en·crust·ed, en·crust·ing, en·crusts 1. To cover or coat with or as if with a crust: or corroded cor·rode v. cor·rod·ed, cor·rod·ing, cor·rodes v.tr. 1. To destroy a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action: acid corroding metal. GB sprinklers indicates that the problem appears to be the result of water leakage past the O-ring seal found in sprinklers manufactured before 2000. Additional testing revealed that while all the sprinklers operated, a few required extra water pressure. Although the problem was identified in the GB sprinklers, the company recommended that property owners immediately replace any sprinkler with signs of problems. FM Global wants its insureds to report problems to their local offices. Those who suspect problems may be asked to send samples to Factory Mutual Research's labs for testing. "Based on the limited data collected to date, it appears that this problem has affected a small percentage of the approximately 28 million GB sprinklers manufactured with O-rings since 1988," said Joseph Hankins, a senior engineering specialist at Factory Mutual Research. "If you don't see encrustation, corrosion or signs of leakage, the technical data collected so far seems to indicate there is little reason for immediate concern." Factory Mutual Research is continuing its investigation and will post additional findings on the FM Global Web site at www.fmglobal.com/news. |
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