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Life-saving Equipment

Soren Hansen, VIKING Product reduced in volume, making the suit have to work hard and yet stay safe in
Manager for Personal Protective more comfortable to wear and less of a marine environments.”

Equipment, said: “We have provided potential impediment when carrying out VIKING expects the suit will
anti-exposure and immersion suits for tasks onboard.be used in a wide range of marine

offshore and other marine marketsThe suit is available in versions markets, including the oil and gas,

for many years with a considerable for use with, and without, a lifejacket. cargo, cruise and naval sectors. It has
amount of success. Taking into account For the suit without lifejacket, a 100N produced prototype versions of the

feedback from users, we have now inlatable collar has been included new suits which are now being tested
further upgraded the design of our which is activated on contact within the ield. Regulatory approvals are

suits to enhance both ergonomicsthe water.being sought in line with the SOLAS
and performance, employing some The new suit is manufactured convention’s Lifesaving Appliances

interesting new technologies to help primarily from GORE-TEX, a (LSA) Code, covering both insulated
achieve these aims. The result is a waterproof, breathable fabric. But, in and non-insulated immersion suits and

more comfortable suit, with added a departure from previous VIKING anti-exposure suits. The suit will also
functionality, that improves usability designs, parts of the suit, including meet the ISO 15027 immersion suit

in a wide range of circumstances and the knees and the lumbar region, are requirements.
Getting two layers of approvals
locations.”manufactured using more stretchy
The VIKING design team also Neoprene fabric panels.for the same suit is not that common,

gave consideration to the visual “The combination of the two fabrics but VIKING believes it will enhance
appearance of the suit, however, it is makes this a more dynamic and lexible the product’s attractiveness in

the improved ergonomics of the suit suit, better matching the needs of the marketplace, by increasing
design that sets the PS 4190 and PS people who have to work onboard and operational flexibility.

4191 apart. Previous generation suits who don’t want to feel constricted or VIKING plans to start marketing
featured a relatively bulky buoyancy constrained. This is a much less bulky the new suit in early 2016, and is in the

loat that was integral to the suit. This suit, that is easier to move around in, and process of gearing up its manufacturing
feature has now been re-designed andthis will be appreciated by people whoprocesses to meet demand worldwide. u

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