Containerised Decompression Chamber – Con 06

Equipment Overview

Seawork are one of a few Inland Inshore contractors that own and operate Decompression Chambers.  We currently have four, one is a Containerised Twin Lock Chamber, two are Containerised Twin Lock Chamber with 3 Diver Panels and one is a Twin Lock Chamber with 2 Diver Panel. This unit (Con 05) is the Containerised Chamber System consisting of Twin Lock Chamber with an offshore 3 diver Panel.

This system is housed in a 20 foot ISO Shipping Container that is insulated, lined, air conditioned and heated and has primary and emergency lighting.  This unit is equipped with a side personnel access door and penetrator plates for connection of air supplies and power.

The chamber is a 2 compartment (twin lock) unit with Medlock and is built to BS5500 and is fully tested and approved by Lloyds Register who also witness the 5 yearly hydro test regimes.

Audited to IMCA DO23 with full certification packages and equipped with First Aid kit, DMAC015 medical kit, Defib and an oxygen therapy kit.

Kept in meticulous condition, as you would expect for a Diving Chamber and HBOT Unit by our in house fully qualified Diving Technicians with decades of experience this unit is ready to be shipped to site at immediate notice.

Inside the chamber (accessed from the deck through the rear end of the container) it is equipped with Primary communications, back up sound powered phones, hyperbaric fire extinguishers, BIBS, Internal Lighting in both locks together with fire retardant bedding, caisson gauge, CO2 scrubber and heater in the inner lock.

Externally there are Depth and Therapeutic gauge, viewports into both locks as well as oxygen and temperature monitoring with crystal clear communications.  There is primary and backup power supply supporting all of the equipment associated with the chamber all housed in a temperature stabilised secure safe environment.

The 3 Diver Dive Panel, a high-end Offshore Unit with gauge isolations, Low-Pressure Alarms all conforming with OGP, IMCA D023, ADC 05/95, HSE guide lines, BSI quality standards & CE approvals. Testing and certification in accordance with IMCA D018. The panel has O2 analysers with flow meters and each diver is fully independent of the others. The panel includes three air supplies to each diver, two being HP and one LP supply.

Again, rigidly plumbed to the diver’s umbilical’s that are stored-on purpose designed horns on the inside of the container doors. The 3 umbilicals are 100mtr long, 4 part (air, depth, comms and video) for ultimate diver safety.

The communications systems are superior quality units providing exceptional clarity and have full redundancy and a backup power system in the event of failure. The video system is a HD unit that can record video and divers comms and the video can be overlaid with information relating to the dive.  These video systems are used throughout all of Seawork’s dive systems as the quality is outstanding even in poor water conditions.

This Containerised Dive System is equipped with 20 metre interconnecting deck hoses for both the main (LP) and the Secondary (HP) air to the chamber and 6 x HP and 3 x LP deck hoses for the divers’ supplies to the panel and a 20 metre power supply.

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