With over 20 years’ experience in developing products for the fire safety market, Enzo Mora is renowned for his innovations, including the creation of a smoke generator validated by the French Ministry of the Interior to simulate the start of a fire. Today, his aim is to design equipment that focuses on the user experience, meeting strict quality requirements. With this in mind, he founded Adeqwation two years ago, with the mission of facilitating maintenance by offering innovative tools.
“The idea is to optimise the technician’s equipment so that he can concentrate fully on his tasks,” explains Enzo Mora.
In May 2024, Mr Mora called on Fabien Marée, in charge of development and applications at Climalife, to work on the formula for a new aerosol. A meeting was organised in the laboratory of our Saint Priest production site to test the future fire detector tester.
Collaboration in our laboratories
After analysing the products available on the market, often based on propylene glycol and ethanol, Adeqwation wanted to offer a non-flammable, non-toxic solution that generates a mist and triggers the smoke detector. Some twenty formulas were created, immediately packaged in aerosols and tested using Climalife laboratory equipment.
This made it possible to validate in real time the quality of the fog produced and the reactivity of the detectors. After several adjustments, this collaboration enabled us to develop the final formula based on Solstice® Propellant (HFO 1234ze) and other substances. The two selected samples were then sent to a certified laboratory for validation of non-flammability.
The know-how to drive innovation
The FLOOR 300NF aerosol developed generates a mist that enables safe handling without damaging the detector, which must be inspected once a year (NFS61- 933 standards). It also has the advantage of not needing to be shaken before use, something that operators in the field may forget to do.
The aerosol can, filled to 300 ml, is more effective, making it possible to increase the number of tests (around 3,300) using less product, and to reduce the unit cost of the test.
This new product offers 3 advantages for the environment:
• A propellant with very low GWP
• Greater efficiency: less active substance consumed.
• Greater capacity: less packaging.
Designed for maintenance companies, facility management firms, inspection offices and SSI coordinators, it can be used either manually or with a custom-made pole, particularly well-suited to detectors at height.
Made in France, the product will be distributed by local partners. Adeqwation then hopes to expand into the European market.
“I’m very satisfied with this collaboration with the R&D team,
which has enabled us to develop a more effective formula
in record time, thanks to the laboratory’s equipment”.
Enzo Mora, founder of Adeqwation
— What is a fire detector tester?
Fire detector testers are essential tools for regularly checking that these devices are working properly in public facing establishments. They come in a variety of forms, including aerosols, which must comply with current regulations. The aerosol creates a fog that simulates smoke, activating the detector to check operation without damaging it.
— Solstice® Propellant HFO 1234ze
Consistent quality HFO 1234ze meets all the requirements for a liquefied propellant. Non-flammable, Solstice® Propellant offers a wide range of applications in formulations with safety requirements (regulatory, hazardous environment, confined environment). Its use reduces the flammability of aerosols to the point of making them non-flammable under Directive 2008/47/EC.