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This comprehensive article describes the development of oxygen diving equipment for military applications. I was allowed to publish the article written by Helmut Knüfermann on my website with his highly appreciated permission. The article gives an able insight into...
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de Michael Müller has been diving since 1972 and has specialized in building and diving with oxygen rebreathers since 2003. Recently, he wrote an article about the lost oxygen rebreather of Hans Hass. This article describes in detail the composition of this unique...
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de Part of the History of the Shamrock Pneumatophorby therebreathersite For the history of the early Shanrock Pneumatophor units please refer to this page:
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de Old Dräger Tübben rescue rebreatherby therebreathersite I have not been able to find much information about this 1923 model Tübben. The photos are from the fantastic museum Deitsches Bergbaumuseum Bochum. Well worth a visit. Both pictures are courtesy of...
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de 1932 Auer Degea Audos MR2 O-Sby therebreathersite The Auer appliance MR 2 O-S was made as Mining rescue equipment. The unit with the type name addition O-S is distinctive from the normal Auer MR 2 equipped with breathing hoses worn over the shoulders. The system is...
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de Old Dräger SSG 1919 rescue rebreatherby therebreathersite I have not been able to find much information about the SSG 1919. The photos are from the fantastic museum Deitsches Bergbaumuseum Bochum. Well worth a visit. Both pictures are courtesy of Montanhistorische...
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de Part of the History of the Auer Gesellschaft Berlinby therebreathersite Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858–1929) was an Austrian scientist and inventor whose contributions revolutionized several fields, particularly in chemistry and technology. He is best known for his...
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de Development of mine escape apparatus 1938 Dräger Selbstretter Modell 180, 200 and 200A The history of the development of self-contained breathing apparatus goes quite far back in time, though in the early days most of the attention was given to designing a unit to...
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de Liquid Oxygen Rebreather Dräger Model Simbal When oxygen production facilities increased in numbers during the 1914 – 1920 period in Germany, it became likely these techniques would be used for developing new models of Breathing apparatus. Based on this...
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de Mine Escape set Oxy 30 Self contained oxygen escape rebreather Recently I obtained a new rebreather for my collection. This German Dräger Oxy D 30 M is a half hour self rescue rebreather built in 1986. The rebreather is delivered in a stainless steel container with...
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de Fire fighter rescue rebreather Airelite The unit developed in 2007 is still available The unit is an actual available model of the American MSA corporation who have bought Auer Germany.Details are widely available on the internet, this page only shows some...
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de Kampfschwimmer-tauchgerät ready for production? During the war Drägerwerke had already a ready-made diving apparatus with a closed oxygen oxygen circuit “in the drawer”, in the construction of which Herrmann Stelzner was probably still significantly...
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de Tümmler sports diving oxygen kit Barakuda 1953 sportsdiving oxygen rebreather Mode of action: The completely empty breathing bag (a) is filled with at least 99% pure oxygen from the cylinder (f). The diver, who has exhaled (breathed out) his lungs before starting...
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de Dräger firefighter breathing system Travox 120 A very compact and lightly designed system The Travox 120 oxygen breathing valve was produced by the German company Drägerwerk AG between 1961 and 1989. It is designed for use in non-breathing environments, for example...
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de The development of the LAR series diving apparatus The development of the LAR series diving devices has been excellently detailed in THIS article by Helmut Knüfermann. For an in-depth understanding of the evolution of these globally-utilized diving devices for...
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de The development of the LAR series diving apparatus The development of the LAR series diving devices has been excellently detailed in THIS article by Helmut Knüfermann. For an in-depth understanding of the evolution of these globally-utilized diving devices for...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX GER
de The development of the LAR series diving apparatus The development of the LAR series diving devices has been excellently detailed in THIS article by Helmut Knüfermann. For an in-depth understanding of the evolution of these globally-utilized diving devices for...
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de The Hilfsatmer 186 and 220 (Neurode) The Hilfsatmer model 186 (1942) and model 220(B) (1945)are back-worn oxygen rebreather of the pendulum principle.The Dräger Hilfsatmer (Supporting breathing device) was approved for underground operation in the Ruben mine by the...
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de Dräger Misch Gas Gerät DM20 und DM40 In 1909, Dräger developed a series of hoseless helmet diving systems known as the Gurtel Taucher Apparat the DM20 and the DM40 diving apparatus. The Gürtel Taucher Apparat is described here. The DM20 is a system intended for...
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de Gürtel-Taucher-Apparat or Pionier tauchgerät The Draeger Gurtel Taucher Apparat is made for dives up to a depth of 20 metres. The standard model TG-1 was made for dives up to 1 hour while model TG-2 was made for the same depth but for 2-hour dives. Besides these...
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de The Dräger TR60, tauchretter The Tauchretter TR60 is, in the series of tauchretter developed over the years, the first to use a Nitrox mix EAN 50, allowing it to be used at greater depths. In the TR series, the TR60 is a device with pendulum breathing, i.e. the...
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de The Dräger TR66, tauchretter The tauchretter TR66 belongs in the range of tauchretters TR60, TR66 and TR75. The TR66 is a semi-closed system which uses a nitrox 50 mixture. The unit is specified for depths of up to 40 metres. As part of the mixture escapes through...
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de The Norwegian 1957 Norge I Starting in 1957, Dräger, responding to a request from the Norwegian Navy, developed a variant of the successful “Lieutenant Lund II.” This new version, named the “NORGE,” was designed by Gerhard Haux, an engineer in Drägerwerk’s...
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de “Lieutenant Lund“ This fantastic article about the history of the Lt Lund I and Lt Lund II and Lt Lund III rebreather is written and published by Helmut Knüfermann. It is with great pleasure that I am able to offer the readers of my website this fantastic...
