The SBS2000 Oil Mist & Smoke Detector is used to monitor engine rooms and other facilities. As the IMO points out, most engine-room fires are the result of the build up of oil mist. Thus early alarms on the formation of oil mist are crucial to avoiding fires. This small safety investment yields great benefits.

The SBS2000 Oil Mist & Smoke Detector sends a beam of light across the section to be monitored. If the beam along the line of sight passes through oil mist, smoke, or dust, the light beam is scattered and thus the receiver signal reduced.

Atmospheric oil mist can be formed in one of two ways: first, oil leaks in pressurized oil lines produce a very fine atomized spray; second, evaporating oil on a hot surface produces what is known as blue smoke. These tiny droplets of oil in the air have a low ignition temperature or can be sparked of by other sources.