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SuperLite
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27
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3.1 Introduction
This section provides the manufacturer’s advice
on how to use the SuperLite
®
27
®
. The use of this
diving helmet will vary with the type of work and
environmental conditions. The basic procedures of
donning and removing this helmet will be similar
for every job.
A proper training program in a calm, clear body of
water should be undertaken, if possible. If the diver
has not used the SuperLite
®
27
®
before, he must not
dive with that helmet without proper training.
However, divers that are familiar and trained in the
use of previous Kirby Morgan masks; i.e., KMB 8,
9, 10, 18, 28, the Navy MK. 1 mask, Navy MK. 21
helmet, or the Navy Mk. 22 mask or the other Kirby
Morgan helmets, will find that all Kirby Morgan
diving helmets and masks have the breathing system
controls located in the same position. The operation
of this helmet will also be similar. The diver must be
tended at the surface at all times by a trained, quali
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fied commercial diving tender.
3.2 Design Purpose
All Kirby Morgan diving helmets are designed for
use with an umbilical.
The umbilical is usually composed of at least a gas
or air supply hose and communication wire, assem
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bled with waterproof tape (and in some umbilicals
wound similar to strands in a rope) to form a single
unit. Some umbilicals also have included a hose for
hot water, a pneumofathometer hose, and a strength
member, such as a cable or strong line.
It is strongly recommended that the air/gas umbilical
be married to a strength member in a manner that
allows the strength member to receive the strain.
This will help reduce the possibility of umbilical
The diver must be tended at the surface at all times by a
trained, qualified commercial diving tender.
Chapter 3
Operating Instructions
This manual is our effort to explain the operation, maintenance and use of this Kirby Morgan Dive
Systems life support equipment. We do not herein make any effort to teach the principles of diving.
It is our assumption the reader is a qualified diver. We highly recommend that all divers should
train under controlled conditions, in the use of any commercial diving helmet that they have not
previously used, or trained in, prior to use on the job.
WARNING
WARNING
This Kirby Morgan diving helmet is not
intended for use with a self contained gas
supply (SCuba). There is no provision
for surface swimming once the SCuba
air supply is depleted. This could lead
to suffocation or drowning, which could
be fatal.
and umbilical fitting fatigue and possible failure. The
umbilical is the diver’s lifeline to the diving control
station.
