Underwater Product Portfolio Underwater Product Portfolio Avon Protection has more than 100 years of experience, delivering performance innovation, design and engineering solutions.
Avon Protection’s capabilities include the design, development, test and manufacture of dive computers, closed circuit rebreathers for both terrestrial and underwater use, air purifying respirators, filters, escape hoods, powered air purifying respirators, self-contained breathing apparatus and thermal imaging.
Our skills in these areas are supported by the materials science expertise of the ARTIS team, which is co-located at our UK headquarters. We have an active program of product development and R&D, with well-equipped laboratories for the testing and evaluation all forms of respiratory protection devices.
Over our history of innovation, design and engineering, we have exclusively focused on the military, law enforcement, firefighting and industrial markets, understanding the unique requirements of these specialist, high threat, user groups. This depth of understanding and specialisation has enabled Avon Protection to become the recognised global market leader for respiratory products in this field.
2 Index
Why choose Avon Protection? 04 Quality Assurance 06 Training 08 MCM100 10 MCM100 Features 14 Optional Extras & Our Partners 16 MDC150 18 MDC150 Features 22 Other Maritime Related Products 24
3 Why choose Avon Protection?
We have been at the heart of military innovation, with our Our depth of expertise has ensured that we are a trusted supplier expertise and experience taking users from the sea floor, through and partner to military’s around the World, including the United the land battle-space and into the air domain, protecting our States Department of Defense and over 60 other countries. Our global network of operators across the extremes of temperature, expertise is underpinned by internationally recognised product, the harshest of environments and the most demanding of manufacturing and environmental certification, including ISO, military operations. CE, NIOSH, NFPA, NATO and military standards, which ensure that operator safety, reliability and performance remain at the heart of Core to our capability is Avon’s internationally recognised everything we do. engineering and manufacturing excellence and global quality control procedures, ensuring that we deliver world leading safety critical products, with world class support, to world class operators.
PROTECTING RESPONDERS IN OVER 60 COUNTRIES
SUPPORTING MORE THAN 2M (2 MILLION) USERS
4 We are internationally recognised for our engineering and manufacturing excellence.
5 QUALITY ASSURANCE
MANUFACTURING QUALITY MANUFACTURING At the heart of Avon Protection’s innovation, design and engineering is our ACCREDITATION manufacturing processes and the associated quality control procedures. Avon AND COMPLIANCE Protection has been audited and accredited to ISO 9001:2015, with quality n MCM100 Manufacturing to management, configuration control and supply chain management defined as part of CE 89/686/EEC our Global Quality Management System (GQMS). n Quality Management System to ISO 9001:2015 GQMS procedures have been in place since 1992, ensuring that we can deliver and maintain the highest level of manufacturing quality, from the first unit to the last. n Configuration Management to DEF STAN 05-57 n Environmental Management System to ISO 14001:2015
6 Avon’s expertise is underpinned by internationally recognised product, manufacturing and environmental certification.
7 TRAINING
Avon Protection offer full capability training and train the trainer course structures, Training for the MCM100 is provided in four to allow clients to co-manage through-life, supported by Avon’s Customer Technical distinct tiers: Support System. n Air diving (40m) user training – 5 days dependant on user entry level experience – Teaches the diver to safely use an air diluent, in a no decompression and/ or decompression environment – Course includes front line maintenance, setup and post-dive procedures n Mixed gas (100m) user training – 5 days (prerequisite is Air user course) – Teaches the diver to use heliox or trimix diluents, down to 100m (training depth limited to 60m) n Air and mixed gas instructor – 3 days, prerequisite is either air user or mixed gas user course – Advanced (Supervisor level) maintenance and fault-finding, class management and assessments n Maintenance technician – 7 to 10 days – Supervisor level maintenance, level 1 service and level 2 service procedures
8 END-TO-END CAPABILITY PROVIDER
Disposal: Understand: n Reward long-term n Threat analysis to relationships through inform research and trade-in and upgrade development n Recycle, where n Establish and possible collaborate to build performance n Design and improve Support: to meet tomorrow’s n Effective end user needs training n Provide through-life support, servicing Inform: and maintenance n The product n Support with expert road map reachback n Develop bespoke solutions n Establish user Deliver: requirements to n Operational capacity build capability n End user focussed systems n Enhancing operational performance
9 10 At the core of the MCM100’s innovation is its world leading, revolutionary, advanced electronics package.
11 MCM100
The MCM100 rebreather was designed The multi-role design approach and and developed around the diver, to advanced electronics package ingrained deliver enhanced multi-role capability in the MCM100 is synonymous with in the form of a new long endurance, Avon’s history of innovation, design electronically controlled rebreather. and engineering. Avon’s manufacturing capabilities are centred on specialist The MCM100 is capable of integrating user groups within the military, law with a range of military diving enforcement and fi refi ghting markets, applications, in particular mine warfare all operating in high threat, high risk, and Special Forces, including Covert dynamic environments. Subsurface Infi ltration, Submarine Release & Infi ltration and Manned Underwater This depth of understanding and Vehicle Operations. specialisation has been applied to the MCM100, ensuring that it is a true multi- The MCM100 is a deep diving (100m role rebreather, with upgradable and CE rated), air and mixed gas, electronic future proofed technology pathways, control rebreather. The MCM100 heralds representing world leading technology, a revolutionary change in rebreather lowering extended service life and technology, placing two key elements at lower support costs. Consequently, it the heart of the platform; diver safety and is no surprise that at the beginning of multi-role mission capability. 2018, following product launch, it was announced that Avon Protection had At the core of the MCM100’s innovation is been awarded the contract to supply its world leading, revolutionary, advanced a European military with MCM100 electronics package, enabling the diver underwater rebreathers, together with to focus on the task ahead and not the in-service support. management of the dive or the system.
12 Diver safety and multi-role mission capability are the two key elements at the heart of the platform.
13 MCM100 FEATURES
ADVANCED ELECTRONICS EASY BREATHING OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY n Multiple redundancy levels for n Extremely low work of breathing n High pressure composite cylinders electronics and batteries (WOB) as standard n Advanced digital oxygen sensors n High-performance open circuit n Water tolerant breathing circuit and with voting logic and ‘bad sensor’ Bailout valve (BOV) as standard water removal systems removal n Automatic diluent gas addition valve n Three carbon dioxide absorbent n Moisture tolerant carbon dioxide n Manual diluent and oxygen gas cartridge options sensor bypass valves n Reduced mission set up time n Data acquisition facility with Bluetooth capability n Backlit colour handset with automated pre-dive and command based alarms
STEALTH TECHNOLOGY n A discreet LED Heads up Display (HUD) indicating equipment status n Low magnetic signature and low noise
14 The MCM100 enables the diver to focus on the task ahead and not the management of the system.
15 ACCESSORIES
The MCM100 comes with several optional extras. Additional enhancements can be Avon Protection are at the forefront of developed with the client on request. The optional extras include: advanced military diving technology development. This coupled with Avon’s n Alternative decompression algorithms ‘Tactical Partners’ global network n Harness and buoyancy control system options of advanced diving equipment manufacturers, provides a single source n Bailout systems (on-board) capability for equipment development, n Bailout system (off-board). The XBS (external breathing system) can be supply, specialist modifications, configured in several ways dependant on the clients protocols maintenance and training. n Compressor systems Avon Protection have a track record of n Cylinder transport cases working closely with the global military n Data downloading for both new product and technology software development as well specialist 3rd party n Gas analysis equipment procurement, modification n MDC150 dive computer and support. n Suit inflation Some of these capabilities include: n CO₂ absorbant options n Masks n Trim weights n Diving Communications n Full face masks n Suits n Unit transport case n Propulsion n Navigation
The MCM100 XBS (external breathing system)
16 TACTICAL PARTNERS
MASKS & COMMS PROPULSION Ocean Technology System Suex Underwater communication and Small diver propulsion full face masks vehicles (DPVs) Kirby Morgan Rotinor Full face masks Large DPVs Patriot 3 Diver worn propulsion (Jet Boots)
SUITS Santi Dry suits, thermal garments and heating systems 4th Element NAVIGATION Dry suits, thermal garments and base layers Blueprint Subsea Diver navigation and sonar systems
Working with our partners across the industry, Avon Protection are able to deliver end-to-end capability solutions. 17 18 All our dive computers are fully reconfigurable. 19 MDC150
Since the introduction of its first elements of our expertise, paving the way Worn by divers, the MDC150 is supplied datalogging air dive computer in the for the life support monitoring systems of with the Buhlmann decompression late 1980’s, through to the World’s first the future. algorithm or it can be reprogrammed mixed gas decompression algorithms, to use any navies’ (or clients’) own Avon Protection have been at the All computer products are fully decompression system. forefront of diving computer designs and reconfigurable and client decompression decompression physiology. tables and procedures can be included. STANAG compliant systems are also an Through our ties with Academia we option. continue to pioneer decompression thinking. Probabilistic decompression Our computer platforms are also deployed modelling, advanced data handling and as real-time data/ decompression loggers communication systems are also core in surface supply diving operations.
20 Paving the way for the life support monitoring systems of the future. 21 MDC150 FEATURES
ADVANCED DIVING n Supports Air, Nitrox, Trimix and Heliox gases n Open Circuit (OC), Closed Circuit (CC) and Semi-Closed (SC) confi gurations n Multiple decompression algorithms n Underwater gas switching capability
EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS n Bluetooth connectivity for dive download and fi rmware reprogramming n Sealed and protected depth sensor n Rechargeable/replaceable battery
USER INTERFACE n Large colour and backlit LCD n Three backlit switches with tactile feedback n Visual and audible alarms n User selection of dive functionality n Multiple language confi gurations
22 High resolution graphics and backlighting for ultra-clear messaging in the most demanding environments.
23 OTHER MARITIME RELATED PRODUCTS
24 Mi-TIC S – DAMAGE CONTROL NH15 COMBO – ESCAPE The Mi-TIC S is a premium lightweight thermal imaging camera Built on the proven technology of the NH15, the smallest and optimised for naval damage control teams and on-board use. lightest NIOSH and CE certifi ed air purifying escape hood ever developed, the NH15 Combo delivers the proven performance ° The high performance components, selected to deliver an 1110 C and functionality of the NH15 and adds an advanced media to dynamic range and increased resistance to high temperatures, provide carbon monoxide (CO) protection. fully sealed buttons and battery compartment to IP67 and protected thermal sensor, all ensure that the Mi-TIC S is unrivalled Providing a high level of respiratory, eye and face protection for a in maritime fi re-fi ghting and damage control. minimum of fi fteen minutes, the NH15 Combo not only protects against all airborne CBRN and CO threats but also protects the face from liquid agent splashes.
25 MP-PAPR CS-PAPR ST53 – MARITIME CT – BOARDING OPERATIONS – BOARDING OPERATIONS A departure from traditional rigid plastic The Avon CS-PAPR is the newest Avon’s revolutionary ST53 multi-role construction systems, the Avon MP-PAPR generation of CBRN Powered Air Purifying Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) is the world’s fi rst fl exible PAPR unit, Respirator (PAPR) from Avon. Designed system has been developed specifi cally constructed from the same fi eld proven for use with Combination Unit Respirators for specialist applications where the user Chlorobutyl rubber, as used for the Avon (CUR’s) the CS-PAPR allows the user to needs to respond to changing operational 50 series masks range. select the level of protection dependent conditions. on the threat, providing increased The Avon MP-PAPR module delivers a duration on target and safer operation. Boarding an unknown vessel is one of the compact and easily integrated PAPR unit most hazardous special forces missions providing cooling, lower user burden and The wearer can seamlessly switch and the ST53 helps to mitigate these reduced pulmonary stress. between APR, PAPR and SCBA modes of dangers. protection and the modular methodology The unique shape and construction allow allows the user to add the Avon CS-PAPR The ST53 combines Avon Protection the wearer to mount the PAPR in multiple to existing fi elded systems such as the Systems’ FM53 mask with new and ways, maximizing integration while FM53/4 APR and ST53 SCBA. innovative modular breathing apparatus delivering higher protection levels and technology to provide positive pressure improved well-being. SCBA and/or PAPR capability.
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