Altitude testing and trials

JFD maintains altitude testing facilities for the safe and efficient testing of equipment and manned altitude trials.

Our work chamber is capable of simulating heights of up to 55,000ft for the testing of equipment and manned exposure trials.


Altitude testing and trials are the main method of proving products such as aircraft components and medical equipment can survive and remain functional during extreme environmental changes.


During testing at NHC, all pressures and temperatures are digitally recorded in real-time ensuring
accuracy. Results can be presented live, over the internet or printed. In-chamber cameras permit easy monitoring and the capability for video recording is also installed. Equipment can be externally actuated via a penetrator plate carrying video/communication signals and power.


An added feature of NHC chambers is that humidity and ambient temperature levels can be easily controlled.
The NHC has onsite mechanical and electronic engineers to assist clients with job-specific set up of chambers and equipment.

 Trial within DDC 1 NHC Saturation System  Trial within DDC 1  Hannah Miley - Olympic Swimmer

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Altitude testing and trials are the main method of proving products such as aircraft components and medical equipment can survive and remain functional during extreme environmental changes.

Previous jobs include testing:

  • Fuel Tanks

  • Refuelling Equipment

  • Aircraft Lighting

  • Aircraft Seating

  • Aircraft Fire Extinguishers

  • Heart Monitoring Equipment

  • Defibrillators

  • Electronic Recording Equipment

  • Battery Casings

  • Cameras and Housings

 

We also run manned altitude trials in our chambers in which people are taken to simulated heights of up to 3,200 m/10,500 ft in order to carry out tests and trials including the use of medical equipment for people who live in areas of high altitude and the effects of long haul flights.


Our chambers are comfortably furbished; fully fitted with communications, built-in breathing systems (BIBS), toilets, showers, bunks and video monitoring. Trials can be carried out at a variety of temperatures and humidity levels meaning a variety of different environments can be re-created.


The National Hyperbaric Centre’s chambers benefit from the ability to be precisely controlled and monitored by our highly trained and experienced technicians.


Athletes, including champion swimmer Hannah Miley, have used our chambers to explore the benefits of hypobaric exposure in relation to naturally enhancing their performance.

 

Previous jobs include testing:

  • Medical devices for use by people living in high altitude areas, such as:
    • Pregnancy test sticks
    • Ovulation kits
  • Medical devices for use at high altitude in planes, such as:
    • Blood glucose monitors
    • In vitro diagnostic devices  
    • Blood coagulation monitors

 

Chamber Internal dimensions (mm)
200bar 685mm x 270mm
220bar 1500mm x 860mm
800bar 790mm x 165mm
Work chamber (with trollies fitted, trolly width 2100mm)* (H)2300mm x (W)2800mm x (L)7700mm
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*Please check with testing team for anything close to these dimensions

 

 

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