Altitude testing and 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.

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

*Please check with testing team for anything close to these dimensions