Surface-supplied diving

As surface furnished Diving (English hookah diving, occasionally nargileh narghile or diving ) refers to diving with tube -based air supply and modern equipment. The method is sometimes referred to as umbilical diving or simply air hose diving, and ultimately the continuation of the traditional helmet diving with modern, sometimes simpler means. It takes place mainly in the area of ​​professional commercial diving in the application:

• Deep water, saturation diving and offshore, between diving bell and divers
• In the river area in the industrial gold mining with diver -assisted suction
• At work in swimming pools, tanks, treatment plants, etc.
• In the port area about of small ships, the control of the underwater hull etc.
• In construction work under water.

A simple equipment consists of a compressor or stand- bottle battery on shore, a long air hose and breathing Regleren. Add to that the normal diving equipment such as diving suit, diving lead, mask, fins, ect. In older dual-hose machines of the regulator is worn on the chest, with diving helmets that escapes most. In greater depths is added a bail-out bottle or a rebreather. This is when an interruption of the air supply, a safe emergency ascent with or without decompression or return to the diving bell are made possible or.

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