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Friday, November 20, 2009

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Departments that are considering speccing a compressed-air foam system on their next apparatus may want to ask about a few things that might turn a good cafs unit into a great one. There are several major manufacturers of CAF systems, each with its own subtleties, but the basic principle of every CAF system is the same. Every unit mixes water with foam concentrate to create a foam solution; air is then injected into the foam solution to create the finished foam. However, each of the three major components of caf systems — water, foam and air — have ...

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