Hale Hamilton has a long track record in the supply of panels used with weapon systems, for cooling & maintaining dry environs and for breathing air and diving air applications.

Breathing Air Cylinder Charging
A typical application on a naval vessel is the provision of a controlled supply of breathing quality air required to charge portable breathing air cylinders used in emergency situations, such as fire fighting or damage control.

Diving Air Cylinder Charging
Diver’s bottles may be charged on board ship from a dedicated Hale Hamilton Charging Panel, often supplied complete with two stage filtration. See panel opposite:

Aviation Services
Hale Hamilton supplies the standard NATO Air Panel, deployed on naval vessels world-wide, and used for charging fixed wing & rotary aircraft air systems. Panels controlling the Supply of Oxygen and Nitrogen are also supplied, which can be trolley mounted.

Hale Hamilton is considered a Design Authority by many of its customers. A number of our design and development personnel have specific expertise in our customer’s systems, such as submarine escape and the supply of emergency breathing air:

Built -in Breathing System
The BIBS system (panel or manifold) comprises all the valves necessary to control the dedicated clean air supply used during a planned escape from a submarine. The complete system senses the escape compartment pressure, maintaining a constant positive supply of breathing air to the submariner preparing to escape.

Hood Inflation System (H.I.S)
The HIS system valves comprise a primary pressure regulator, a main pressure controller and a charging connection. At the ‘heart’ of the system is the HIS Pressure Controller. This valve is mounted in a submarine’s escape tower and tracks thes rising pressure as flooding takes place. It must respond to the changing tower pressure, meeting the demand of the submarine escape immersion suit and maintaining a positive air supply to the escaping submariner.