Aviation Safety Equipment Challenges
Aviation safety equipment is essential in safeguarding the crew and passengers during flights. From delivering critical oxygen supplies and addressing sudden cardiac arrest to suppressing fire and facilitating emergency water landings, aviation safety products are undoubtedly valuable assets on any aircraft. Servicing this equipment regularly is crucial in ensuring its reliability if emergencies arise.
Safety Equipment Challenges That Could Impact Aircraft Safety
Routine safety equipment maintenance is essential because it can detect failures, defects and reduced performance. Over time, vibration, temperature, humidity and other environmental factors can degrade the quality of safety equipment, making it less reliable. Other reasons for ineffectiveness include manufacturing flaws and improper storage.
The aviation safety equipment challenges that may arise due to a lack of maintenance and repair include:
- Insufficient oxygen: Undetected leaks and pressure changes in oxygen systems can cause insufficient oxygen flow during emergencies.
- Inadequate fire suppression agent: Unserviced fire extinguishers may have a deficient fire suppression agent or fail to discharge due to system malfunctions. Cracks, low internal pressure, corrosion, dents and leaks are all issues that can affect fire extinguisher performance.
- Defective inflatables: Aircraft inflatables like rafts, helicopter floats, slides and life vests experience wear and tear over time from environmental changes, rough handling and improper storage, resulting in punctures, seam failure, reduced valve performance and material degradation.
- Malfunctioning automated external defibrillators (AEDs): This equipment requires regular battery and pad replacement to work. It can also experience internal component failure or software glitches due to temperature changes and other environmental elements.
Prioritize Aviation Safety With Expert Services From HRD Aero Systems
HRD Aero Systems has an FAA-licensed aerospace repair and maintenance station to keep your fire extinguishers, oxygen systems, inflatables and AEDs working at their best. Since 1985, airlines, airframe manufacturers, military and government agencies and other clients have relied on HRD’s expert services, performed at a state-of-the-art, 70,000-square-foot facility.
HRD eliminates safety equipment challenges by:
- Verifying oxygen system pressure levels, checking for leaks, refilling cylinders and replacing worn-out parts.
- Inspecting fire extinguisher hoses, nozzles and pressure gauges, conducting functionality tests and weighing the cylinder to ensure sufficient agent levels.
- Testing inflatable performance, inspecting them for tears and examining seam integrity.
- Replacing AED batteries and pads and testing their functionality.
Contact HRD to Prevent Aviation Safety Equipment Challenges
The expert technicians at HRD are ready to maintain your safety equipment in proper working condition to prevent complications. Enjoy repair and maintenance services for safety products from Meggitt, Pac Sci/HTL, Air Cruisers, Zodiac, Avox, Adams Rite Aerospace and other major brands.
Call 877-473-2376 or enter your details online to learn more.