Testing services

JFD offers a comprehensive range of testing services for research, development and demonstration purposes.

We offer a comprehensive range of services for research, development, testing and demonstration of high and low pressure applications.

Our operating procedures, test equipment, recording and monitoring are regularly audited and re-approved to ensure the highest standards.

Considerable investments in the variety and capacity of test vessels within NHC testing have been made over the past 5 years, making our facilities amongst the biggest in the world. All our test equipment, chambers and laboratory can be precisely controlled and monitored giving incredibly accurate test results.

The variety of chambers mean we can pressure test a wide range of equipment of all shapes and sizes such as subsea control modules, umbilicals, valves, actuators, ROV and submersible vehicles, buoyancy control devices and underwater housings. We have full instrumentation and logging facilities on site as well as craneage.

Capabilities:

Altitude Testing
Diving Equipment Testing
Demand Regulator Testing
Gas Leak Detection
Hyperbaric Testing
Nitrogen/Helium Testing
Submersible Testing and Trials
Subsea Cable Testing
Subsea Umbilical Testing
Subsea Valve Testing
Subsea Winch and Wire Testing

JFD's National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC) - Flythrough Video

Published 16 July 2021

Flythrough of JFD's National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC) showcasing its impressive testing and trials facilities based in Aberdeen including the Large Work Chamber and Saturation Diving System.

Breathing laboratory

Pressure testing and trials

Test tank

Hyperbaric welding

Altitude testing and trials

Hyperbaric Testing Brochure

CASE STUDIES

James Fisher Offshore ICLT test

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James Fisher Offshore (JFO) needed to be able to test and demonstrate their innovative cutting tool, Internal Cut and Lift Technology (ICLT), in a controlled and safe water environment.

Strainstall cable test

To be able to conduct the hydrostatic pressure test and have it witnessed remotely by client independent accreditation body within the confines of COVID-19 protocols.

Submarine hull testing

JFD was commissioned to test a submarine hull at their National Hyperbaric Centre in Aberdeen, UK. Due to the length of the submarine hull, the work chamber door had to be removed by our gantry crane then refitted once the submarine was inside the work chamber.

2020 Heerema remote audit

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Heerema Marine required 2 x ROV audits to be conducted onboard their vessel by a third party provider, as part of the assurance process from their client.

LumiraDx Altitude Testing