I have contacted two companies in the industry, in an effort to learn as much as possible about the design of portable flotation devices and SCUBA equipment.
The first company is Apeks Aqualung, the UKs leading designer and manufacturer of Marine and SCUBA equipment.
If I am able to arrange a factory visit, I hope to build on this by speaking to the in-house engineers. Hopefully their interest in my project and my interest in their process will enable them to validate the engineering of all air regulation equipment in a design proposal.
The second company is Crewsaver / Survitec, makers of the Ergofit50N. This company is the UK’s leading manufacturer of lifesaving inflatables and buoyancy aids. Despite being based on the South Coast in Gosport, I hope to visit them at a later stage in my project for validation on a fully developed prototype.
Air & Water 