Revere 45-CC2V, Руководство по обслуживанию

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Revere Supply Company cannot offer partial or complete panel/tube replacement. It
will be necessary to replace the liferaft should significant damage occur to the panels
or tubes.
Repair Limits for External Patches
A. Patching of the buoyancy tubes is permitted, but there must not be more than 10 patches
per panel, and the area of the 10 patches together must not exceed 25% of the panel area.
B. In the floor and ballast pockets, 4 patches per panel are permitted, but the area of these
patches together must not exceed 25% of the panel area.
C. If minor damage occurs to the seam between the floor and the buoyancy tube a patch may
be fitted providing that is complies with the limits specified below. In this instance the floor
seam must be opened, the floor repaired, the floor seam re-made, and the patch fitted of
the remaining damaged area.
D. A repair patch may be fitted if it complies with the following:
(1) The maximum aspect (length to width) ratio must not be greater the 3:1.
(2) The peripheral length of a patch must not be greater than 40% of the tube
circumference.
(3) A patch MUST NOT be fitted under, or adjacent to, a major anchorage point.
(4) The maximum area of a patch must not exceed one eighth of the total panel area.
(5) The hole or tear lies at least 1in. away from the edge of the seam.
Note: After repairs have been made, components are required to be retested to
confirm they are in proper working order.
May 29/13
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