Securiton has its own bank branch in the new building on Alpenstrasse. The purpose of this is not to manage money and assets, but instead to serve as a model for Securiton’s intrusion and hold-up detectors in the demonstration room. The fire detection zones also have their place here and the room can also serve as a meeting room for in-house information events and staff training. Also important is that all demonstration devices are constantly in operation, meaning this also serves as an endurance test.
It is not easy for the customer to get an idea of how an alarm system is laid out. Therefore, it must be possible to demonstrate the devices and how they work. However, due to security reasons it is not possible to do this in an existing customer system. After using the old demonstration room on Birkenstrasse, we now have a modern room with an area of 80 m2 at our disposal in the new building. This can hold-up to 60 people and is also equipped for slide and film projection. The room can also serve as a meeting room for in-house information events and staff training. Also important is that all demonstration devices are constantly in operation, meaning this also serves as an endurance test.
The room is divided into three groups according to our sales portfolio: fire alarm systems, intrusion and hold-up alarm systems, and transmission equipment. All detectors and sensors are individually connected to one of the different sectors of a control panel and can therefore be demonstrated independently from each other. The fire alarm systems are divided into three groups: manual call points, thermal detectors, and smoke detectors. A differential detector, a pressure wave detector, a fusible link detector and a smoke detector are each mounted in a separate demonstration rack. In the room, there is a flush-mounted manual call point and a fire extinguisher with alarm contact. Two differential detectors are mounted on the ceiling and one smoke detector each in the hollow ceiling and in the exhaust air duct (with extraction nozzle). These are installed as automatic detectors, which can later also be connected to the building system.
Most of the devices can be found in the group of intrusion/hold-up alarm systems. A small-scale bank has been set up as a model of a complete system, with a control panel in a surface-protected box, a cash desk with alarm glass, climbing protection, hold-up buttons and rails, and a cash register with surface protection and transition contacts. Other devices that can be demonstrated here include the seismic microphone, ultrasonic system, cash register pendulum, infrared light barriers, remote vibration contact for windows, contact carpet and hold-up plate, to name but the most important. Instead of the usual alarm media such as a horn, siren or two-tone horn, the alarm transmission only takes place with a buzzer and an optical display to protect the hearing of the visitors. The audible alarm media, on the other hand, are mounted in cut-out protection baskets with monitoring contacts and are demonstrated by separate trigger buttons.
The various types of transmission devices – which can transmit the various alarms to the desired locations via a tape with magnetised text and phone numbers – round off the demonstration systems, which provide an impressive overview of Securiton’s extensive product portfolio in a short space of time.