SMP manufacture Hyperbaric Chamber for Jersey Centre

Overview

SMP Ltd were approached by a client based in Jersey who was enquiring about a hyperbaric medical chamber to be installed at their site. The system needed to be fitted with a control panel, a PSA plant oxygen generator, O2 receivers, low pressure air storage cylinders and an LP compressor.

The Challenge

The Oxygen Therapy Centre required the complete system to be able to be housed within their facility based in Jersey. The customer asked that SMP planned out the layout of the systems within the facility with technical drawings, providing SMP with a blueprint of the facility.

They also needed their staff and maintenance team to be given extensive training and demonstrations into how the system operates, whilst also providing them with manuals. A 24 months service contract was also specified as part of the project.

The Solution

Submarine Manufacturing and Products Ltd designed an 12-man hyperbaric chamber with a control panel connected onto the side of the unit. On the floor below the chamber, two rooms were designated as the O2 Plant Room, which housed the O2 receivers and the PSA plant oxygen generator, and the LP air room, which consisted of the LP air storage cylinders and the LP compressor.

The SMP TC-12-2-2 chamber is pressurised with LP Air to a maximum pressure of 1.0 Bar/10 mtrs and provided with an oxygen breathing system allowing the patients to breathe comfortably with a low inhalation and exhalation resistance within the pressurised environment. The oxygen is supplied to patients by means of a built-in breathing system (BIBS). The connections of the BIBS oxygen system, entertainment and patient monitoring systems are installed within the overhead panels.

Designed and manufactured according to EN13445.2015 (PVHO), the chamber is state of the art with large interior design and enhanced safety features. All of the Hyperbaric Chambers manufactured by SMP are built to BS EN 14931 where applicable. The chamber is CE Marked according to EU Directive Pressure Equipment and The Code of Construction and Working Practice for Low Pressure Barochambers. Additionally the equipment has been built under the SMP Quality System to ISO 9001 and BS EN ISO 13485.