 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Divex Announces Major Manufacturing Milestone |
|
|
|
In Quarter 1 2010 Divex announced a significant manufacturing milestone after completion of its 300th Divers Environmental Conditioning System known as ECS. Classification approved ECS equipment forms part of the life support equipment used within the saturation diving hyperbaric environment required by deep sea divers. |
|
|
|
|
|
An unprecedented increase in global demand for new build and refurbished DSVs (dive support vessels) has resulted in a considerable demand for the life support equipment essential for safe saturation diving internationally.
The ECS includes an HCS (Heating & Chilling Skid), a CEC (Chamber Environmental Controller), a PWS (Potable Water System) a WHE-03 (Water Heater Electrical), DHW-400 (Diver Hot Water), HCU-ER (Habitat Control Unit - External Regen). They are used to control chamber temperature and humidity, provide domestic water inside the saturation diving chambers, hot water to the divers for both surface and saturation diving to 350msw. |
|
| Joint Managing Director of Divex, Derek Clarke commented “…Achieving this milestone is a tremendous endorsement from the market place as well as a considerable achievement by the team. We are delighted, particularly during these challenging times, that our position as world leaders in hyperbaric and life support systems design, manufacture and support has been reinforced in such a positive way.” |
|
| Saturation Divers work in extreme depths and conditions living in very confined spaces, under equivalent pressure of hundreds of metres of sea water, for up to 28 days at a time. The challenges of keeping men and women alive under such extreme conditions can exceed that of space travel and require complex life support systems which include the ECS. The classification approved environmental equipment designed and manufactured by Divex can be found on the majority of dive support vessels (DSVs) worldwide. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
