March 14, 2022 – Eaton is celebrating 100 years of innovation in alert signaling and life safety notification technology. From 1922 to 2022, Eaton’s Wheelock products have been protecting people in industrial and commercial facilities around the world.
Throughout the century, Eaton has pioneered industry-first, patented technology for the largest range of audible and visual notification appliances to keep people safe and businesses running strong. Entering the fire alarm market in the 1970s, Wheelock received the first industry patent for its horn/strobe combination signal and launched a full line of strobe signaling products.
Other industry-first technology includes developing the first xenon fire alarm strobe in the 1970s, transitioning from electro-mechanical to electronic signals in the 1980s, creating the first strobe synchronization protocol to meet the American with Disabilities Act in the 1990s, which requires strobes to flash in precise unison, and developing the first commercial LED fire alarm strobe in 2012 and first LED high fidelity speaker strobe in 2014. Prior to entering the fire alarm market, the company produced audible signals, bells, chimes, and horns, for the telephone industry and was the sole supplier to Western Electric.
In 2021, Eaton introduced Eluxa, the next generation of Wheelock LED notification devices for fire alarm signaling and mass notification. Designed for use in commercial buildings, Eaton’s latest technology provides the industry’s lowest current draw over the full candela range, reducing installation, material, and overall fire alarm system costs.
Eaton provides integrated, advanced technology and code-compliant solutions for life safety and mass notification, providing critical emergency communications for higher education, industrial, commercial, government and military markets. To learn more about these solutions or other life safety and mass notification solutions, visit Eaton.com/Lifesafetynotification.
Throughout the century, Eaton has pioneered industry-first, patented technology for the largest range of audible and visual notification appliances to keep people safe and businesses running strong. Entering the fire alarm market in the 1970s, Wheelock received the first industry patent for its horn/strobe combination signal and launched a full line of strobe signaling products.
Other industry-first technology includes developing the first xenon fire alarm strobe in the 1970s, transitioning from electro-mechanical to electronic signals in the 1980s, creating the first strobe synchronization protocol to meet the American with Disabilities Act in the 1990s, which requires strobes to flash in precise unison, and developing the first commercial LED fire alarm strobe in 2012 and first LED high fidelity speaker strobe in 2014. Prior to entering the fire alarm market, the company produced audible signals, bells, chimes, and horns, for the telephone industry and was the sole supplier to Western Electric.
In 2021, Eaton introduced Eluxa, the next generation of Wheelock LED notification devices for fire alarm signaling and mass notification. Designed for use in commercial buildings, Eaton’s latest technology provides the industry’s lowest current draw over the full candela range, reducing installation, material, and overall fire alarm system costs.
Eaton provides integrated, advanced technology and code-compliant solutions for life safety and mass notification, providing critical emergency communications for higher education, industrial, commercial, government and military markets. To learn more about these solutions or other life safety and mass notification solutions, visit Eaton.com/Lifesafetynotification.
