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August 2024
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DoseTech Fire team visits FireDos in Germany for intensive product and service training
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During July 2024, the DoseTech Fire team visited FireDos in Germany for intensive product and service training. On their first day Sarel du Plessis, DoseTech Fire’s service technician, attended a customer service visit with a FireDos technician. Pauli Botha, who is DoseTech Fire’s internal sales and technical support together with JB Potgieter, the sales and service technician, attended the FireDos factory, where Mr Frank Preiss, the FireDos managing director, welcomed them. FireDos sales manager, Ingo, did an induction and Friedrich, the sales director at FireDos, took them on a factory tour, showing and explaining the manufacturing process, where one technician assembles each unit from parts allocated from stores.
They were also shown the quality control process that is followed with all assemblies, including the impressive testing facility where all proportioners and monitors are flow tested. The proportioners are flow tested as well as dosing verification, done and recorded with a report issued. FireDos test rig has a max capacity of 35,000 L/min able to test all FireDos option including vertically mounted foam proportioners
“We had a training session with Ingo, where we requested information regarding the reduction of the minimum flow, as well as for remote dosing”, said the DoseTech Fire Team.
“On the next day, JB, Pauli and Sarel attended the FireDos training centre in Mucké. We were introduced to Andreas, the training facilitator, who would be doing the training.”
The training included:
The product and service training on the next day included:
“We were shown the test rig, which is a simulation of a foam system, including a foam return system for dosing verification.”
“On the last day Stefan, the FireDos monitor specialist, introduced us to the monitors and electric controls.”
Contact Mike Feldon for all FireDos and DoseTech Fire products and equipment.
Contact Mike Feldon
DoseTech Fire
Tel: 086 111 1544
Mobile: 083 251 9346
Email: [email protected]
www.dosetech.co.za
They were also shown the quality control process that is followed with all assemblies, including the impressive testing facility where all proportioners and monitors are flow tested. The proportioners are flow tested as well as dosing verification, done and recorded with a report issued. FireDos test rig has a max capacity of 35,000 L/min able to test all FireDos option including vertically mounted foam proportioners
“We had a training session with Ingo, where we requested information regarding the reduction of the minimum flow, as well as for remote dosing”, said the DoseTech Fire Team.
“On the next day, JB, Pauli and Sarel attended the FireDos training centre in Mucké. We were introduced to Andreas, the training facilitator, who would be doing the training.”
The training included:
- Introduction to FireDos, components of the proportioners
- Maintenance and repair of GEN I and GEN II
- Stripping FD4000/3-PP-S, water motor and piston pump and reassembling
- Sequence and methodology, for the stripping and reassembly of the water motor
The product and service training on the next day included:
- Maintenance and repair of GEN III
- Stripping FD6000/3-S, water motor and piston pump and reassembling
- FireDos monitors and systems – flow range available 1000 L/min up to 60,000 L/min
“We were shown the test rig, which is a simulation of a foam system, including a foam return system for dosing verification.”
“On the last day Stefan, the FireDos monitor specialist, introduced us to the monitors and electric controls.”
Contact Mike Feldon for all FireDos and DoseTech Fire products and equipment.
Contact Mike Feldon
DoseTech Fire
Tel: 086 111 1544
Mobile: 083 251 9346
Email: [email protected]
www.dosetech.co.za