Manufacturing Industry

CPSC, Central Sprinkler Co. Announce Voluntary Recall to Replace O-Ring Fire Sprinklers.(U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)(Brief Article)

PM Engineer, August, 2001

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Central Sprinkler Co., an affiliate of Tyco Fire Products LP, of Lansdale, PA, are announcing a voluntary replacement program. The company will provide free parts and labor to replace 35 million Central fire sprinklers with O-ring seals. The program also includes a limited number of O-ring models sold by Gem Sprinkler Co. and Star Sprinkler, Inc., totaling about 167,000 sprinkler heads.

Central initiated this action because it discovered the performance of these O-ring sprinklers can degrade over time. These sprinkler heads can corrode, or minerals, salts and other contaminants in water can affect the rubber O-ring seals. These factors could cause the sprinkler heads not to activate in a fire.

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