2 Individual Buoyancy Equipment
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2 Individual Buoyancy Equipment

Parent topic: Part 2 - Production and Installation Tests

2.1 Lifejackets

Production tests

  2.1.1 Manufacturers should be required to carry out a buoyancy test on at least 0.5% of each batch of lifejackets produced, subject to a minimum of one from every batch.

Inspections by the Administration

  2.1.2 Inspections by a representative of the Administration should be made at intervals of at least one per 6,000 lifejackets produced, subject to a minimum of one inspection per calendar quarter. When the manufacturer's quality control programme results in lifejackets that are consistently free of defects, the rate of inspection may be reduced to one in every 12,000. At least one lifejacket of each type in production should be selected at random by the inspector and subjected to detailed examination including, if necessary, cutting open. He should also satisfy himself that the flotation tests are being conducted satisfactorily; if he is not satisfied, a flotation test should be undertaken.

2.2 Immersion and anti-exposure suits

 Every immersion and anti-exposure suit should be tested with a constant air pressure for a period of at least 15 min and checked for leaks using a leak detection fluid. The air pressure should be appropriate to the type of material used in the manufacture of the suit and should never be less than 0.02 bar. All leaks should be repaired before the suit leaves the factory.

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