by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
For a considerable time the Megalodon rebreather from Innerspace is a well known unit in the United States. Until recently no one in Holland had seen this unit live on the waterside in Holland! Fortunately this has changed. Johan Duits phoned me to tell me he bought a...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
I was very pleased to receive the compliments of Mr. Yves Le Masson for my database oxygen rebreathers and website. He added a treasure, a powerpoint about the LAMA rebreathers. I am very pleased to show the Bubble Helmet the LBS and and the SCANUBA. The Lama series...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
Diving the Inspiration to greater depths brings the problem of gas management. Extra bottles are needed for deeper dives. This is why the Normoxic and Trimix Inspiration divers take side bottles. This bottles are filled with a gas for leaving the bottom to reach a...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database ECCR USA, Monitor
us It is a pleasure to add these pages to my homepage. The Innerspace “Porpoise Pack 1” has undoubtedly much more historical and design criteria I could ever mention here. Nevertheless it is an incredibly high tech unit for it’s time. We are talking...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database ECCR USA, Monitor
us Kevin Gurr wrote an article in 1998 about the origins of Biomarine Industry and gave me permission to publish his article on Therebreathersite. The article gives an insight into the history and development of one of the first electronic closed rebreathers. The...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
This page is about the Rebreather INFINITO IAMT 444 and IAMT 888. It was the end of the 90’s and the INFINITO project grew thanks to the collaboration of a mixed Anglo-Italian group, Powerbreathe. Vittorio Bianchini and Stewart Clough where the creators and...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
LRT (Lambertson Rebreather Technology)has conducted a sport diver rebreather development program since 1982. LRT surveys sport divers to determine “what the market wants”. Prototype units were displayed at the 1995 through 2005 DEMA trade shows. Two...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
This is one of my oldest pages on this website. As early as 2002, Kerry McKenzie was working in Australia to convert his Dräger dolphin to an MCCR system. Read the story of one of the MCCR pioneers here! The Closed Circuit Dolphin Re-Breather Written by Kerry McKenzie...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
An acquaintance of mine showed me a device I had never seen before. He asked me if I knew what this device was? I could not answer him. I placed the device on my ULO page. ULO stands for unidentified laying objects. Not long after that Mr. Lain came forward and told...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
Technical information about oxygen gasboosters Therebreathersite sells and services boosters to compress gases since 2003. As a dealer for Maximator for the Benelux a very wide range of boosters is available. Through 20 years of experience with the use of boosters in...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database ECCR UK, Monitor
Clearance Divers Life Support Equipment build by Divex introduced the New (2007) CDLSE This article is about the CDLSE and gives an impression of the capabilities of the new Divex rebreather.Divex kindly permitted to use some of their pictures! A...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
These pages cover the “Trimix version” of the standard “AZIMUTH Rebreather “.The Azimuth trimix version is called the “AF” version. Working principle: Semi-closed cyclical circuit (open in emergency) Specifications of the gas: Two...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
The O.M.G (San.O.Sub) Azimuth semiclosed rebreather Possibilities: The rebreather’s shield is designed to conveniently house all components. Balance and streamlining have been taken into account to achieve optimal characteristics. The breathing hoses have a...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
In 2006 Seaway introduced the Co.Ra 1 rebreather. One year later the CORA II was launched. This 1800,00 euro semiclosed rebreather aims for new markets. The CORA II is designed in such way that by interchanging the lids the function of the rebreather can be changed....
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
Vladan Mickerts shows here the magnificent Mentes rebreather. The very special quality and finish shows a true gem. The Mentes Rebreather from the czech republic uses electronics from Jurgenson Marine. The mechanical construction of the head of the...
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The diverite Optima rebreather Detailled construction pictures Robert van der Meer reports about the first Dutch Optima dive. Please enjoy the article written by Robert. First Dutch Optima Dive(er)Author: Robert van der Meer As far as I know, nobody has yet dived an...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
Closed Circuit Research recently introduced the new Sentinel rebreather.This webpage describes the design and concept of this new rebreather. It is a great document for people who are curious why new rebreathers are introduced to the market. I would like to...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
Michael Hearn and Pascal Eeckhoudt show there newCameleon adaptive system. I’ll give a brief out line of our new prototype, hopefully it will be of interest . We didn’t want to design a whole new rebreather , everyone has there own way of setting up their...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
The French Oxpro explorer is a semiclosed rebreather designed to be used in the 40 MSW range with nitrox. It was shown at the “Salon de Plongee” in Paris in the year 2008. The design of the unit is still in progress. Here you see some pictures sent to me...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
Brent Hudson from Narked at 90 kindly offered me this information about the legendary Undersea Technologies UT 240 rebreather. Here you find photos and information about this absolute unique rebreather!I would like to say a big THANK YOU to Brent for...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
Recently I received this great story from Guy van Rentergem who used his homebuild oxygen rebreathers to explore the St. Clair cave in Jamaica. During their expedition oxygen levels dropped to 7,9 %! The cave was crowded with bats and chemicals. Read about the...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX UK
UK oxygen rebreathers One of the world’s first oxygen rebreathers for industry and mining I was very fortunate to be able to buy me a Siebe Gorman Proto MK IV rebreather. Simon who sold me the unit was so kind to add all original papers in use with that unit. I...
by Jan Willem Bech | History
Thanks to Richard Walsby and the kind cooperation of Dr. Finney I am very pleased to show you the Finney rebreather. It was not the original name but I thought it was appropriate to give the unit his inventor’s name. Dr. Finney was kind enough to help us...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
Rebreather with superoxide cartridge for oxygen generation The MSA oxygen breathing apparatus modell Bphotpgraphs and text by Jan Willem Bechfirst published 20-01-2010 The MSA oxygen rebreathing apparatus model B is a oxygen rebreather equipped with chemical...
