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In short: Where racking blocks the view and the aisle is the only open volume, the WANLIN-620 is laid out from the racking drawing rather than from a grid. Wanlin Fire is a flame detector manufacturer and export supplier in China, covering warehouse flame detection system along with the optical heads, control equipment and reporting platforms that go with them. This page is written for buyers in Kenya who are looking for a stable factory partner rather than a trading office. Key result: gained 32% margin headroom through factory direct sourcing, per-model documentation, written cone counts and flexible MOQ with long-term partner stock programs. Over 15 days the team tested three configurations against the same hazard and kept the one that held its setting.
Published by Wanlin Fire | Last updated: September 23, 2026 | Expertise: flame detection, ultraviolet and infrared sensing, hazardous area certification, cellular reporting and export manufacturing
What a buyer in Kenya should expect from a flame detector manufacturer in China:
A trading company asked us to quote the same product twice, once under their brand and once under ours, and then asked which one the after sales record would follow.
The site had a hot work permit system, an optical flame detector and no record of the two ever being reconciled.
Following the factory audit and the test with a recognised source, Daniel Ferreira signed off the first Warehouse Flame Detection System order covering 19 sites in Kenya, and the specification was rebuilt around the hazard list and the commissioning record rather than around a brand name.
The comparison took 15 days, most of it spent on the certificate rather than on the hardware. a test with a recognised source showed one device responding in well under the stated window and another not responding at all
Procurement teams are often asked to compare two units on response time, which is the one figure that cannot be compared without naming the test fire.
A high bay store in Nairobi had twelve metre aisles and smoke detection at the roof
Field case: A store in Nairobi had a fire at floor level that the roof detectors never saw
A smoke detector works when combustion products reach it, and in a tall building, an open yard or a space with a warm roof that may never happen. The fire that starts at floor level in a fourteen metre warehouse has to fill a very large volume before anything at roof level sees it, and by then the window in which a local response changes the outcome has closed. This is the entire reason optical flame detection exists as a separate category rather than as an upgrade of smoke detection.
The second reason is the fuel. A liquid pool fire, a gas release that has ignited and a lithium cell that has failed internally all develop far faster than a smouldering fire in furniture, and the design case in those applications is measured in seconds. Where the consequence of a late alarm is a shutdown, an evacuation or an escalation to a second asset, the detection is specified for the first seconds rather than for the first minutes.
The third reason is the space itself. Positions we are asked to cover include flame detector for warehouse, flame detector for factory, flame detector for industrial plant, flame detector for manufacturing plant, flame detector for chemical plant, flame detector for refinery, flame detector for oil and gas, flame detector for petrochemical, flame detector for offshore platform, flame detector for marine, flame detector for ship, flame detector for mining, flame detector for tunnel, flame detector for underground, flame detector for power plant, flame detector for substation, flame detector for solar farm, flame detector for wind turbine, flame detector for battery storage, flame detector for lithium battery, flame detector for energy storage, flame detector for EV charging station, flame detector for charging pile, flame detector for gas station, flame detector for fuel depot, flame detector for LPG storage, flame detector for pipeline, flame detector for compressor station, flame detector for loading rack, flame detector for airport, flame detector for train station, flame detector for subway, flame detector for bus terminal, flame detector for ferry terminal, flame detector for seaport, flame detector for marina, flame detector for parking garage, flame detector for bridge, flame detector for construction site and flame detector for temporary building, and a large part of that list has no ceiling for smoke to collect under at all.
A flame emits radiation across ultraviolet and infrared bands and it flickers at a frequency of its own. An optical flame detector looks at one or both of those behaviours and decides whether what it sees is a flame or something else that happens to be bright, hot or moving. The decision is not a brightness threshold, which is the part most buyers are misinformed about, and it is the reason a correctly specified device can sit in front of a hot turbine without alarming on it.
The confirmation window is the part that decides behaviour on a real site. A device set to a short window responds faster and is more likely to trip on a welding arc; a device set to a longer one is quieter and slower. Neither setting is right in the abstract, and the value belongs on the commissioning sheet next to a reason rather than on a factory default nobody recorded. The self-check covers the optical path and reports fault, but a self-check is not proof that the device can still see the hazard, and conflating those two is a common and expensive mistake.
Where the design calls for detection before there is a flame at all, a thermal device reads the heating that comes first. Where the design calls for recognising flame in a large open volume, a camera based device reads the image. Where the design calls for the fastest possible response to a gas fire, a ultraviolet device is still the quickest of the optical types and the most easily blocked. Each of those is a different answer to a different question, and the honest specification starts with the question.
An optical device detects a cone, not an area, and anything inside that cone between the device and the hazard reduces what it can see. Racking, pipework, a stack of material that grew over a season, steam, dust and a film of oil on the window all belong on the list. We review the drawings and put the cone count in writing before there is a price, because a figure quoted per square metre is not a design and a layout drawn from a floor plan rather than from a hazard list is the most common reason a system underperforms.
False alarm sources are the second planning job. Welding, cutting, vehicle headlights, sunrise through a glazed elevation, hot surfaces inside the field of view and flares outside the boundary each produce one signature or the other, and the response is a combination of aiming, band choice and confirmation window rather than a sensitivity control turned down until the noise stops. A device that the operators have muted is worse than no device, because the real event gets the same response as the last nine false ones.
Positions we are asked to cover also include flame detector for portable building, flame detector for container office, flame detector for data center, flame detector for server room, flame detector for electrical room, flame detector for boiler room, flame detector for HVAC, flame detector for generator room, flame detector for UPS room, flame detector for battery room, flame detector for telecom shelter, flame detector for museum, flame detector for archive, flame detector for library, flame detector for heritage building, flame detector for temple, flame detector for church, flame detector for mosque, flame detector for hotel, flame detector for restaurant, flame detector for kitchen, flame detector for shopping mall, flame detector for supermarket, flame detector for office, flame detector for school, flame detector for hospital, flame detector for nursing home, flame detector for elderly care, flame detector for residential building, flame detector for apartment, flame detector for condo, flame detector for house, flame detector for villa, flame detector for cabin, flame detector for RV, flame detector for boat, flame detector for camper, flame detector for caravan, flame detector for military base and flame detector for prison, and the honest answer is that not every one of those positions is a good application for an optical device. Where it is not, we say so before you order rather than after.
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The unit below is the one most partners start with, and the specification table states where the configuration changes the answer. Where racking blocks the view and the aisle is the only open volume, the WANLIN-620 is laid out from the racking drawing rather than from a grid.
Configurations in the range cover flame detector, flame alarm, flame sensor, flame detection device, flame monitoring system, UV flame detector, ultraviolet flame detector, UV flame sensor, UV flame detection, IR flame detector, infrared flame detector, IR flame sensor, infrared flame detection, point IR flame detector, point infrared flame detector, multi-spectrum flame detector, triple IR flame detector, dual IR flame detector, single IR flame detector, UV/IR flame detector, UV IR flame detector, UV/IR flame sensor, explosion proof flame detector, explosion proof flame sensor, intrinsically safe flame detector, ATEX flame detector, IECEx flame detector, industrial flame detector, commercial flame detector, smart flame detector, intelligent flame detector, AI flame detector, AI flame recognition detector, AI flame detection camera, video flame detector, video flame detection, camera flame detector, thermal flame detector, thermal imaging flame detector, 4G flame detector, 4G flame alarm, wireless flame detector, wireless flame alarm, IoT flame detector, connected flame detector, cloud flame detector, remote flame detector, warehouse flame detector, charging station flame alarm, EV charging flame detector and battery storage flame detector. The right one depends on the fuel, the field of view and what sits between the two rather than on which name leads the catalogue.
Detection principles available across the range cover UV flame detection, ultraviolet flame sensing, IR flame detection, infrared flame sensing, point IR detection, multi-spectrum flame sensing, triple IR flame detection, dual IR flame detection, UV/IR flame detection, UV/IR flame sensing, flame spectroscopy, flame radiation detection, flame flicker detection, flame frequency detection, flame signature analysis, flame pattern recognition, flame image processing, flame video analytics, flame thermal detection, flame optical detection, flame photoelectric detection, flame semiconductor detection, flame electrochemical detection, flame catalytic detection, flame ionization detection, flame infrared thermography, flame ultraviolet spectroscopy, flame infrared spectroscopy, flame dual-band detection, flame triple-band detection, flame four-band detection, flame multi-criteria detection, flame multi-sensor fusion, flame detection algorithm, flame detection AI, flame detection machine learning, flame detection deep learning, flame detection neural network, flame detection computer vision, flame detection edge computing, flame detection cloud analytics, flame detection remote monitoring, flame detection real-time alert, flame detection early warning, flame detection high sensitivity, flame detection low false alarm, flame detection adjustable sensitivity, flame detection wide temperature, flame detection high humidity, flame detection dustproof, flame detection waterproof, flame detection IP65, flame detection IP66, flame detection IP67, flame detection explosion proof, flame detection intrinsically safe, flame detection SIL2, flame detection SIL3, flame detection ATEX certified, flame detection IECEx certified, flame detection UL listed and flame detection FM approved. Which of those applies to your order is stated per model datasheet rather than claimed across the range.
Smart and connected options cover smart flame detector, intelligent flame detector, AI flame detector, AI flame recognition, AI flame detection camera, AI fire detection, machine learning flame detection, deep learning flame detection, computer vision flame detection, video flame detection, video smoke and flame detection, thermal imaging flame detection, infrared thermal camera flame detection, UV camera flame detection, multi-sensor flame detector, multi-criteria flame detector, IoT flame detector, IoT flame alarm, connected flame detector, cloud connected flame detector, cloud flame monitoring, remote flame monitoring, real-time flame alert, push notification flame alarm, SMS flame alert, email flame alert, voice call flame alarm, mobile app flame control, smartphone flame alert, app controlled flame detector, remote flame diagnostics, OTA firmware update flame detector, data logging flame detector, event history flame alarm, self-test flame detector, automatic self-check flame detector, fault monitoring flame alarm, low battery warning flame alarm, tamper proof flame detector, anti-tamper flame alarm, wireless flame detector, wireless flame alarm, WiFi flame detector, Zigbee flame detector, Z-Wave flame detector, Bluetooth flame detector, RF flame detector, 4G flame detector, 4G LTE flame alarm, 4G cellular flame detector, NB-IoT flame detector, LoRa flame detector, LoRaWAN flame detector, 5G flame detector, cellular flame detector, GSM flame alarm, addressable flame detector, conventional flame detector, analog flame detector, digital flame detector, standalone flame detector, independent flame detector, networked flame alarm, interconnected flame detector, building-wide flame detection, multi-room flame monitoring, integrated flame alarm system, BMS integrated flame detector, SCADA integrated flame detector, Modbus flame detector, BACnet flame alarm and MQTT flame detector.
Hazardous area configurations cover explosion proof flame detector, flameproof flame detector, intrinsically safe flame detector, ATEX flame detector, IECEx flame detector, UL listed explosion proof flame detector, FM approved explosion proof flame detector, Class I Division 1 flame detector, Class I Division 2 flame detector, Zone 0 flame detector, Zone 1 flame detector, Zone 2 flame detector, hazardous area flame detector, oil and gas flame detector, refinery flame detector, petrochemical flame detector, chemical plant flame detector, offshore platform flame detector, marine flame detector, ship flame detector, mining flame detector, tunnel flame detector, underground flame detector, industrial flame detector, manufacturing plant flame detector, factory flame detector, warehouse flame detector, logistics center flame detector, cold storage flame detector, refrigerated warehouse flame detector, battery storage flame detector, lithium battery flame detector, energy storage flame detector, EV charging station flame detector, charging pile flame alarm, solar farm flame detector, wind turbine flame detector, power plant flame detector, substation flame detector, transformer flame detector, switchgear flame detector, electrical room flame detector, boiler room flame detector, generator room flame detector, turbine room flame detector, compressor station flame detector, pipeline flame detector, loading rack flame detector, fuel depot flame detector, gas station flame detector and LPG storage flame detector. The zone comes from your area classification study and the certificate has to match it, which is a design step rather than a product feature.
| Parameter | Wanlin Fire Specification |
|---|---|
| System reference | WANLIN-620 Warehouse Flame Detection System |
| Product category | Flame detection laid out for high bay storage, where the obstacle is the racking and the distance to the ceiling rather than the detection principle |
| Detection target | Open flame in the aisles and at the face of the storage, at the distances stated per model datasheet |
| Sensing element | Optical sensing element with the spectral band stated per model datasheet |
| Processing platform | Single-core 1.2 GHz processor with a 0.5 TOPS neural processing unit running the flame recognition analysis on the device |
| Visible channel | 1/3 CMOS sensor at 2560 x 1440, fixed-focus 3 mm lens at F1.6 aperture |
| UV channel | Wide-angle ultraviolet sensing with a detection cone of 80 degrees or more, detection distance up to 15 m, sensitivity adjustable at commissioning |
| Video streams | Main stream at 2560 x 1440, 1920 x 1080 or 1280 x 720; sub stream at 704 x 576, 960 x 544, 640 x 360 or 320 x 184 |
| Video compression | H.265 and H.264 BP/MP/HP encoding, bitrate 30 Kbps to 16 Mbps adjustable, CBR or VBR rate control |
| Audio | G.711A, G.711U or AAC audio encoding per the specification sheet |
| Image settings | Contrast, brightness and saturation adjustable at commissioning |
| Alarm logic | Spectral and flicker evaluation with the confirmation window set at commissioning, and zone identity reported per device |
| Protocol and integration | Relay and network reporting, with Modbus, BACnet and MQTT on the configured variant |
| Notification path | Alarm to the panel with the zone identity and to the platform on the configured variant |
| Alarm behaviour | The alarm latches until reset, fault and obscured lens are separate states, and the self-check covers each optical path |
| Power supply | 24V DC control supply as the common configuration, with ratings per model datasheet |
| Housing and mounting | Housing rating per model datasheet with a bracket for aiming along the aisle |
| Installation pattern | Devices laid out from the racking layout and the aisle lengths rather than from a grid, with the cone count recorded in writing |
| Field of view and aiming | UV channel detection cone of 80 degrees or more per the specification sheet, treated as a cone rather than an area, with the aiming recorded on the commissioning sheet |
| Configuration and thresholds | Confirmation window, sensitivity and output mapping set at commissioning and recorded on the commissioning sheet |
| Maintenance and self test | Automatic self-check with fault, obscured lens and tamper conditions reported separately, test interval set by the site operator |
| Export documentation support | Technical file prepared to support local code submittals and national registration by the importer of record, including hazardous area file sets where they apply |
| Certification documents | CE, RoHS and REACH documentation per applicable model, with EN 54-10 and FM 3260 route papers where the device class applies and ATEX or IECEx papers per configuration, certificate number provided on request |
| OEM and ODM options | Logo, part number, packaging, manual languages, label artwork and platform identity string configurable |
| Full datasheet | Complete optical, electrical, radio and environmental data provided per model on request |
| Warranty | 24-month |
| Scenario | Recommended unit | Key benefits |
|---|---|---|
| High bay racked store with twelve metre aisles | WANLIN-620 | Devices are aimed down the aisles because smoke reaching the roof takes far too long in a space that tall |
| Cold store running at minus twenty five | WANLIN-620 | The temperature range and the condensation behaviour are stated per model datasheet rather than assumed |
| Cross dock facility with doors open most of the day | WANLIN-620 | Detection does not depend on the building being sealed |
| Third party logistics building with changing tenants | WANLIN-620 | The zone naming follows the tenant layout so the responder knows which unit raised the event |
Documentation is prepared per destination rather than reused from the last market, and where a market runs its own scheme the file is prepared to support that submittal. Coverage includes UL 268 flame detector, UL 521 flame detector, FM 3260 flame detector, FM 3210 flame detector, EN 54-10 flame detector, EN 54-7 smoke detector, EN 54-5 heat detector, EN 54-25 wireless fire alarm, CE certified flame detector, CE marked flame detector, RoHS compliant flame detector, REACH compliant flame detector, FCC certified flame detector, ATEX certified flame detector, IECEx certified flame detector, SIL2 flame detector, SIL3 flame detector, NFPA 72 flame detector, NFPA 15 flame detector, NFPA 30 flame detector, NFPA 70 flame detector, BS 5839 flame detector, ISO 7240 flame detector, ISO 9001 flame detector manufacturer, ISO 14001 flame detector manufacturer, EAC certified flame detector, GOST certified flame detector, CCCF certified flame detector, TISI certified flame detector, SNI certified flame detector, SIRIM certified flame detector, PS Mark flame detector, DTI-BPS certified flame detector, BFP approved flame detector, BIS certified flame detector, SASO certified flame detector, SABER certified flame detector, Civil Defense approved flame detector, SBC 801 compliant flame detector and NIST traceable calibration flame detector. Which of those applies is determined by the destination and by the configuration rather than by us, and a certificate number is provided on request so your client can verify the issuing body reference directly.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Product | Warehouse Flame Detection System |
| System Reference | WANLIN-620 |
| Standard Route | flame detection laid out from the racking and the storage layout, to the standard named for the destination market with local code submittal support, with CE, RoHS and REACH documentation per applicable model |
| Hazardous area route | ATEX and IECEx route papers per configuration, with the protection concept, gas group and temperature class named on the certificate |
| Fire system route | EN 54-10 where the destination names it, FM 3260 route papers where the class applies, and NFPA 72, NFPA 15 and NFPA 30 references for the installation design |
| National registration support | local code submittal support with per-configuration technical files, hazardous area certificate evidence and national registration support for the importer of record, with UKCA, EAC and GOST, CCCF, TISI, SNI, SIRIM, PS Mark, DTI-BPS, BIS, SASO and SABER documentation prepared per destination |
| Verification and acceptance | Certificate number provided on request, and final acceptance rests with the market authority rather than with the factory |
| Factory quality system | ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 documented manufacturing, with calibration and test records kept per unit |
The comparison that matters in this category is not the datasheet against the datasheet, it is whether the supplier can produce the same file twice.
If you are comparing us with an established brand, the honest comparison is a specific one. Buyers arrive having looked at Honeywell flame detector alternative, Det-Tronics flame detector alternative, Siemens flame detector competitor, Bosch flame detector alternative, Panasonic flame detector competitor, Hochiki flame detector alternative, Apollo flame detector competitor, System Sensor flame detector alternative, Edwards flame detector competitor, General Monitors flame detector alternative, MSA flame detector competitor, Draeger flame detector alternative, Oldham flame detector competitor, Simtronics flame detector alternative, Spectrex flame detector competitor, Forney flame detector alternative, Fireye flame detector competitor, Rosemount flame detector alternative, Emerson flame detector competitor, ABB flame detector alternative, Schneider flame detector competitor, Johnson Controls flame detector alternative, China flame detector alternative, Chinese flame detector competitor, affordable flame detector, cost-effective flame detector, high-quality low-price flame detector, flame detector made in China, Chinese flame detector quality comparison and flame detector price comparison China vs Europe. The three things that decide it are the certificate number, the stated test fire behind any response claim, and the documents that arrive with the shipment, and those are the three we put in writing before you order.
The configurations buyers ask for most often sit in the current list: AI flame recognition detector, AI flame detection camera, video flame detection camera, thermal imaging flame detector, IR3 flame detector, UV/IR flame detector, multi-spectrum flame detector, explosion proof flame detector, intrinsically safe flame detector, 4G flame detector, 4G flame alarm, wireless flame detector, IoT flame detector, cloud flame detector, remote flame monitoring, real-time flame alert, early warning flame detector, high sensitivity flame detector, low false alarm flame detector, adjustable sensitivity flame detector, wide temperature flame detector, high humidity flame detector, dustproof flame detector, waterproof flame detector, IP65 flame detector, IP67 flame detector, SIL2 flame detector, SIL3 flame detector, ATEX flame detector, IECEx flame detector, UL listed flame detector, FM approved flame detector, EN 54-10 flame detector, NFPA 72 flame detector, flame detector for warehouse, flame detector for charging station, flame detector for battery storage, flame detector for data center, flame detector for oil and gas and flame detector for power plant. We quote against whichever of those your market actually searches for rather than against a single catalogue name, and where a configuration is not the right answer for your hazard we say so.
| Criterion | Wanlin Fire | Typical trading office |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Tiered factory pricing with 32% margin headroom typical for repeat partners, quoted per model and configuration | Single unit price with no configuration detail |
| Documentation | Certificate numbers, technical file per destination, test reports per model | General statement of compliance |
| Design support | Drawings review and cone count in writing before quotation | Coverage figure quoted per square metre |
| Configuration | Housing, logo, part number, packaging, manual languages and label artwork configurable | Factory branding on the housing |
| Lead time and stock | Ready to ship stock on standard configurations plus build slots for configured orders | Lead time quoted after the order |
| After sales | Spare parts and replacement cycle held under your part numbers | Handled case by case |
An OEM programme starts with the destination, the hazard and the documentation set rather than with the unit price. A standard order then follows 8 steps:
The comments below come from partners and site teams who agreed to be named with their role and city.
A: Because of the height and the stratification. Smoke from a fire at floor level in a twelve metre space has to travel a long way, and in a cold store or a building with roof level heat it may never reach the ceiling detectors at all. Flame detection sees the fire where it is, which is the reason it is specified in these buildings.
A: That comes from the racking layout, the aisle lengths and what is stored, not from the floor area. Racking blocks line of sight, which is the same constraint as in any optical design. We review the drawings and put the cone count in writing before there is a price, because a number quoted per square metre is not a design.
A: On the rated configuration, yes, and the temperature range is stated per model datasheet. Condensation and icing on the window are the practical problems in a cold store, and both are maintenance questions the site has to own rather than features a supplier can claim.
A: Then the coverage changes and the layout has to be reviewed again. This is the part clients underestimate: a flame detector is aimed at a specific volume, and moving the racking can put a steel upright in front of it. We recommend the review is part of the site change procedure.
A: Yes, and this is often the reason to choose a zoned system over a single loop. A responder who knows which aisle and which face raised the event arrives facing the fire, and one who does not has to search a building that may already be filling with smoke.
Key result: By working directly with manufacturer Wanlin Fire, Nairobi Refinery Safety Engineer Daniel Ferreira gained 32% margin headroom through factory direct sourcing, a written cone count, per-model documentation and a commissioning sheet the site can produce after an event. The programme started with one sample order and grew into bulk order programmes.
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