Lifeboat release mechanism testing
Publish Time: 2019-05-24 Origin: Site
Release Mechanism Test:
1) Check the equipped quality of release mechanism: hook,connection,soft axle and pipe;
2) Load the lifeboat so that the total mass equals 1.1 times the mass of the lifeboat, all its equipment and the number of persons (load with xx kg), suspend boat form hooks just clear of the water surface, then release the hook device, the fore and aft hook should be released simultaneously, and the boat or the release mechanism should have no binding or damage;
3) The boat should do above mentioned test again with 10 degrees trim (fore and aft);
4) The fore and aft hook should be released simultaneously when boat fully waterborne in the light condition and in a 10% overload condition.