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The following list details all the steps that are completed during the servicing of a WINSLOW® life raft. This is the entire process a life raft undergoes during normal servicing from the moment the life raft is received at the service facility until it is returned to you. It does not include repairs that have to be performed when the life raft fails any of the required functional tests or inspections. Each of these tasks is required to be performed by any authorized WINSLOW® service station pursuant to the approved life raft service manual.
- Log life raft as received in the Life Raft Receiving Log.
- Open Service Work Order, and record the following life raft information:
- Customer information
- Shipment Information
- Incoming Dimensions
- Incoming Weight
- Life Raft Serial Number
- Date of Manufacture and Last Service
- Any special customer requirement(s)
- Perform visual inspection of valise, canister, hard pack or Pelican Pac™ and general condition.
- Remove life raft from valise, canister, hard pack or Pelican Pac™ and unfold life raft.
- Detach Inflation System and record the following information:
- Cylinder Serial Number
- Cylinder Weight
- Date of last cylinder Hydrostatic Test. (If past due or due prior to the next service due date, then Hydrostatic Testing must be performed)
- Firing head Serial Number
- If cylinder is under or over the required weight then the cylinder must be recharged.
- Perform inspection of Inflation System and components.
- If Inflation System Components need to be replaced then the cylinder must be re-charged after required components have been replaced.
- If Firing Head and Cylinder Head are over the five (5) year service life span, or will be prior to the next service due date, then the firing head and cylinder head must be rebuilt.
- Inflate life raft using filtered dry air.
- Detach Survival Equipment Package.
- Inspect life raft attachments, (grasp lines, sea anchor line, etc.) for security of attachment.
- Inspect stencils for condition and conspicuity.
- Inspect Canopy for condition and function.
- Perform Pressure Retention Tests for Buoyancy Tubes, Arch Tube and Floor.
- Perform Pressure Relief Valve Test.
- Perform Arch Tube Transfer Valve Test.
- Verify Canopy lights for function and battery condition, (swollen Water Activated Batteries must be replaced).
- Perform inspection of Survival Equipment Components:
- Verify expiration date of all items with a limited useful life, replace any items expired or that will expire before the next service due date.
- Inspect all Pyrotechnics for general condition, (assure flares are not leaking chemicals, nor crushed).
- Inspect all Batteries.
- Test Flashlights.
- Inspect Food Rations and Water Packs for leaks and general condition.
- Inspect First Aid Kit.
- Perform Service of PUR "06" Watermaker unit, if included, (service includes Re-certification and Biocide Treatment). Service is performed utilizing the WLR06BG Watermaker Test Unit.
- Apply WINSLOW® Magnesium Silicate Dessicant P.N. 3RZ00011.
- Repack Survival Equipment Package including any customer supplied items.
- Deflate Life Raft and pull vacuum to -??? inches Hg.
- Fold life raft per Service Manual procedures and data for that life raft model and configuration.
- Place inside valise, canister, hard pack or Pelican Pac™.
- Place in Compaction Unit to achieve final required pack height. Life raft is compacted to size utilizing WINSLOW® Model WLR06BG Compaction Unit. (not required for canister stored marine life rafts)
- Close and secure valise, canister, hard pack or Pelican Pac™.
- Record the following information:
- Outgoing Dimensions
- Outgoing Weight
- Next Service Due Date
- Affix WINSLOW® serial-numbered Service Validation Certificate.
- Complete all service paperwork.
- Prepare life raft for shipment.
- Ship life raft to customer.
Certification fees for WINSLOW® life rafts vary based on the life raft model, capacity and equipment. Any additional inspection procedures and parts and survival equipment that are replaced due to expiration or failure during testing is additional.
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