Life Jacket · Life Jackets & MOB Equipment
Crew members aboard vessels rely on advanced inflatable lifejackets, such as the one manufactured by Lalizas Hellas S.A., to ensure their safety during crew evacuation operations. This particular model, designated 70176-Advanced Inflant lifejacket SOLAS-(LSA Code) 2010, is IMO approved and meets the standards set by DNV. It is designed to accommodate the requirements of the International Maritime Organization, ensuring compliance with SOLAS and LSA Code 2010 regulations. The lifejacket includes critical components like a hydrostatic release unit (HRU), which must be replaced at the manufacturer's interval, typically every two years. Regular maintenance and servicing are mandatory, with annual inspections required at an approved service station. Additionally, spare parts such as an HRU should be kept on board to address any potential failures. Common issues include the HRU expiring, CO2 bottle pressure loss due to corrosion or aging, material degradation from UV exposure, and blockages in the grab lines. Ensuring the lifejacket remains in optimal condition is crucial for the safety of all crew members.
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This is an inflatable jacket, so it carries a dated service regime as well as the monthly look required by SOLAS III/20. At the annual service at an approved station the bladder is orally inflated and held overnight to prove it is tight, the cylinder is weighed against the figure stamped on it, and the firing head is checked and replaced at its own expiry. The crew's part is the monthly inspection: webbing and stitching, buckles worked, retro-reflective tape, whistle, light and its expiry date, and the cylinder seen to be screwed fully home - a cylinder found finger-loose is a common and consequential finding. An infant jacket rated to 15 kg body weight is sized equipment: it is checked that the right sizes are stowed where the persons they are meant for muster, since a correct count of the wrong size still fails an inspection.
Serviceable items are the inflation components, not the bladder: the CO2 cylinder (replaced whenever fired or when its weight falls below the figure stamped on it), the automatic inflator or firing head with its own expiry date, and the water-sensitive element in automatic heads. Rearming kits are supplied as a matched cylinder-and-head set for the specific jacket; a cylinder of the right capacity from a different maker is not a substitute, because the thread and the piercing geometry differ. Also stocked as consumables: the lifejacket light with its battery, the whistle, retro-reflective tape and the oral inflation tube cap. A bladder that fails the leak test is not repaired on board - the jacket goes back to the approved station. On an infant jacket rated at 77 N the cylinder is small and its stamped weight correspondingly low, so weigh it on a scale that resolves grams; a loss that would be trivial on an adult cylinder is a condemning loss on this one.
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