MSC.81(70) Revised Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances

Resolution MSC.81(70)
REVISED RECOMMENDATION ON TESTING OF LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES

Annex.
REVISED RECOMMENDATION ON TESTING OF LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES

INTRODUCTION

PART 1. PROTOTYPE TEST FOR LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES

1. LIFEBUOYS

1.1 Lifebuoys specification

1.2 Temperature cycling test

1.3 Drop test

1.4 Test for oil resistance

1.5 Fire test

1.6 Flotation test

1.7 Strength test

1.8 Test for operation with a light and smoke signal

1.9 Lifebuoy self-activating smoke signal tests

2. LIFEJACKETS

2.1 Temperature cycling test

2.2 Buoyancy test

2.3 Fire test

2.4 Test for oil resistance

2.5 Tests of materials for cover, tapes and seams

2.6 Strength tests

2.7 Additional tests for lifejacket buoyancy material other than cork or kapok

2.8 Donning test

2.9 Water performance tests

2.10 Children's lifejacket tests

2.11 Tests for inflatable lifejackets

3. IMMERSION SUITS, ANTI-EXPOSURE SUITS AND THERMAL PROTECTIVE AIDS

3.1 Tests common to non-insulated and insulated immersion suits and anti-exposure suits

3.2 Thermal protective tests

3.3 Thermal protective aids for survival craft

4. PYROTECHNICS - ROCKET PARACHUTE FLARES, HAND FLARES AND BUOYANT SMOKE SIGNALS

4.1 General

4.2 Temperature tests

4.3 Water and corrosion resistance test

4.4 Handling safety test

4.5 Safety inspection

4.6 Rocket parachute flares test

4.7 Hand flares test

4.8 Buoyant smoke signals test

5. LIFERAFTS - RIGID AND INFLATABLE

5.5 Mooring out tests

5.6 Liferaft painter system test

5.7 Loading and seating test

5.8 Boarding and closing arrangement test

5.9 Stability test

5.10 Manoeuvrability test

5.11 Swamp test

5.12 Canopy closure test

5.13 Buoyancy of float-free liferafts

5.14 Detailed inspection

5.15 Weak link test

5.16 Davit-launched liferafts - strength test of lifting components

5.17 Additional tests applicable to inflatable liferafts only

5.18 Additional tests applicable to automatically self-righting liferafts only

5.19 Submergence test for automatically self-righting and canopied reversible liferafts

5.20 Wind velocity tests

5.21 Test for self-draining of floors of canopied reversible liferafts and automatically self-righting liferafts

5.22 Liferaft light tests

6. LIFEBOATS

6.1 Definitions and general conditions

6.2 Lifeboat material tests

6.3 Lifeboat overload test

6.4 Davit-launched lifeboat impact and drop test

6.5 Free-fall lifeboat free-fall test

6.6 Lifeboat seating strength test

6.7 Lifeboat seating space test

6.8 Lifeboat freeboard and stability tests

6.9 Release mechanism test

6.10 Lifeboat operational test

6.11 Lifeboat towing and painter release test

6.12 Lifeboat light tests

6.13 Canopy erection test

6.14 Additional tests for totally enclosed lifeboats

6.15 Air supply test for lifeboats with a self-contained air support system

6.16 Additional tests for fire-protected lifeboats

6.17 Measuring and evaluating acceleration forces

7. RESCUE BOATS AND FAST RESCUE BOATS

7.1 Rigid rescue boats

7.2 Inflated rescue boats

7.3 Rigid/inflated rescue boats

7.4 Rigid fast rescue boats

7.5 Inflated fast rescue boats

7.6 Rigid/inflated fast rescue boats

7.7 Outboard motors for rescue boats

8. LAUNCHING AND EMBARKATION APPLIANCES

8.1 Testing of davits and launching appliances

8.2 Davit-launched liferaft automatic release hook test

9. LINE-THROWING APPLIANCES

9.1 Test for pyrotechnics

9.2 Function test

9.3 Line tensile test

9.4 Visual examination

9.5 Temperature test

10. POSITION-INDICATING LIGHTS FOR LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES

10.1 Survival craft and rescue boats light tests

10.2 Lifebuoy self-igniting light tests

10.3 Lifejacket light tests

10.4 Common tests for all position-indicating lights (additional lights are required to carry out the environmental tests.)

11. HYDROSTATIC RELEASE UNITS

11.1 Visual and dimensional examination

11.2 Technical tests

11.3 Performance test

12. MARINE EVACUATION SYSTEMS

12.1 Materials

12.2 Marine evacuation system container

12.3 Marine evacuation passage

12.4 Marine evacuation platform, if fitted

12.5 Associated inflatable liferafts

12.6 Performance

13. SEARCHLIGHTS FOR LIFEBOATS AND RESCUE BOATS

13.1 Visual examination

13.2 Durability and resistance to environmental conditions

13.3 Operational controls

13.4 Light tests

PART 2.
PRODUCTION AND INSTALLATION TESTS

1. GENERAL

2. INDIVIDUAL BUOYANCY EQUIPMENT

2.1 Lifejackets

2.2 Immersion and anti-exposure suits

3. PORTABLE BUOYANCY EQUIPMENT

3.1 Lifebuoys

4. PYROTECHNICS

5. SURVIVAL CRAFT

5.1 Liferaft operational inflation test

5.2 Davit-launched liferaft and inflated rescue boat test

5.3 Lifeboat and rescue boat test

5.4 Launch test

6. LAUNCHING AND STOWAGE ARRANGEMENTS

6.1 Launching appliances using falls and winches

6.2 Installation tests of liferaft launching appliances

7. MARINE EVACUATION SYSTEMS

7.1 Installation tests