by Jan Willem Bech | Database SCR Germany
de Selfmixing Mixgas Bell rebreather For deep diving, a diving bell was often used. The diving bell was connected to an inboard gas supply system. Divers leaving the bell used the SM1 or SMIII systems. For the diver who remained behind in the bell, a lighter system...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database SCR Germany
de Selfmixing Mixgas Heliox Apparatus DATASHEET SEMICLOSED REBREATHERDräger SM IIIDate: 11 April 2005Selbstmischendes Mischgas-Schwimmtauchgerät SM III(helium-oxygen self mixing device)Database semi closed rebreathers by: J.W....
by Jan Willem Bech | Database SCR Germany
de Selfmixing Swim apparatus Dräger SM1 ; Picture: Courtesy Swedish Historical Diving Society, photo by Åke Larsson. This unit is equipped with an oxygen and an air bottle. Both bottles have a volume of 1,5 ltr and 200 bar working pressure. Mixing the...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database SCR Germany
de Mischgas-Swimmtauchgerät FGT III The FGT III is a deepdive system using Heliox for diving up to 200 meters of depth. By using different blend with oxygen percentages from 10 – 29 %, this rebreather could be used in a wide field of applications. DATASHEET...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database SCR Germany
de Mischgas-Swimmtauchgerät FGT 1/D The FGT 1/D is possibly one of the most important semi-closed diving systems produced for military purposes. The system equipped with 2 cylinders allows a selector button to choose from Nato B,C or D mix gases. FGT or FertigGas...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database SCR Germany
de The Leba54 or FGTII is now called FGT 5400 SCR by Dräger The predecessor of the Atlantis sportsrebreather The new FGT 5400 DATASHEET SEMICLOSED REBREATHERDräger FGT II or Leba54 now FGT 5400Date: 11 Maart 2005Fertig-Gas-Tauchgerät IIDatabase semi closed rebreathers...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database SCR Germany
de A very old Semi Closed Helmet...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database SCR Netherlands
nl The NEMBA (NEtherlands Mixedgas Breathing Apparatus) is specially designed for the Royal Navy and developed by the Royal Navy, after which it was manufactured by the Siebe Gorman company Ltd. The device meets the magnetic and acoustic requirements, as laid down in...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database ECCR DE
de In 1992, Carmellan research was involved in the development of the SMS 2000 rebreather. Testing was carried out under licence from Dräger. Stuart Clough principal of Carmellan research and Pete Readey were heavily involved in testing. I am trying to find out the...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database ECCR USA
us Cis-Lunar has always had a special ring to it. When I started diving, the brand was completely unknown to me while Bill Stone, the founder of Cis Lunar, had been diving with the rebreather in caves for 5 years. The existence of rebreathers became known to me 16...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database SCR Germany
de 450 meter Bailout systeem for Bell diving Courtesy Dräger In 1984, Dräger produced a closed breathing system in which the gas supply was fed to the diver via an umbilical. This allowed the diver to work almost indefinitely especially if there was a saturation dive....
by Jan Willem Bech | Database SCR UK
gb Divex Secondary Life Support (SLS) System emergency breathing apparatus Dan Dunfee, producer and director of Ocean Quest, and a former EOD diver, offered me the possibility to take a look in the NEDU test facility were the Divex SLS deep diving bail out...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database ECCR USA
Unlikely inventions and ideas This web post does not actually belong in the Closed Circuit rebreathers database. But since a lot of people’s imagination leads to extraordinary ‘inventions’, I decided to make this page with a wink. Curiously, some...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database ECCR UK
gb Closed circuit diving for your eyes only Normalair-Garrett Limited (NGL), or Normalair, was a British manufacturing company established in 1946 in Yeovil, Somerset, England, which manufactured high altitude life support equipment for the aerospace industry. Since...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database ECCR USA
us The tethered diving rig of Sealab II OK, and now something completely different. One of the units used for deep diving in the 60’s is called the Tethered Arawak system. It is a pleasure to offer this information to my readers. The Arawak system is a...
by Jan Willem Bech | Gallery
In 2011 we dived with MS Dolfijn, a former patrol ship of the Dutch customs, near Lowestoft UK. We left Maassluis in the Netherlands on Sunday morning and arrived Sunday evening in Lowestoft. This coast town is the most eastern city of the UK. When we arrived the...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database ECCR USA, History
back to ECCR USA Explanation of the energy balance by physicist Halbert Fischel CLOSED-CIRCUIT CRYOGENIC SCUBA Halbert Fischel Sub-Marine Systems Corporation A Sterling Electronics Company Chatsworth, California 913111970 ABSTRACT Rebreathed gas is partially routed...
by Jan Willem Bech | Gallery
This page is dedicated to the best thing there is. Ice-diving in Holland. Unfortunately the last 12 years the winters where not cold enough to make us a good old 6″ of ice. Now after all these years today we had the opportunity to make a very nice dive in a cold...
by Jan Willem Bech | Gallery
This year we planned to dive near Helgoland (Heligoland). Helgoland has a incredible number of shipwrecks and is a paradise for the diver. Unfortunately this year we did not dive Helgoland due to extreme wind force. Due to the whether conditions we had no choice then...
by Jan Willem Bech | History
Aegir underwater Habitat 1971 AEGIR 1971 The Aegir habitat was capable of supporting six divers at depths of up to 580 feed for as long as 14 days. The personnel chamber consisted of three compartments: living, control and laboratory. The living and laboratory...
by Jan Willem Bech | Gallery
In 2004 I went on a diving weekend in Plymouth UK with Ivo, Tino and Rita. The weekend was organised by AP Diving and promised to be a fun outing. On site we met many people we knew and had a wonderful diving...
by Jan Willem Bech | Gallery
In 2003, we started rebreather diving in the North Sea. After having noticed that diving with the Dräger Atlantis did not offer us the desired dive times, we quickly switched to the Inspiration. During these first rebreather dives at sea with John and Ivo it was soon...
by Jan Willem Bech | Gallery
In May 2003 I had the opportunity to do my closed circuit trimix course in the South of France. Course leader was Dave Thompson. Rob Postma did his ECCR trimix instructor course, and we did the ECCR trimix course. The photo’s are screen...
by Jan Willem Bech | Gallery
In May 2005 we planned a dive session during 5 days in the Southern part of France. The Dives were made by 5 Dutch Inspiration divers, and one Inspiration/ Kiss diver. Members of the team where: Ivo van Dam, Tino de Rijk, Rita Oosterbaan, Arjan van Waardenburg, Rob...
