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PDA: PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF APPROVAL
BIRNS recently received
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Product Design Assessment (PDA) Certification
for our tremendously popular lines of penetrators. This certification process included rigorous
testing and review by the national organization, and resulted in ABS pre-approving
all design, drawing and test proceduresfor its electrical penetrators and cable assemblies for underwater
vehicles, systems and hyperbaric facilities for use on a variety of ABS-class vessels.
PDA certification is yet another in a long line of design
and testing milestones for our 57-year-old ISO 9001:2008-certified
company. "We are honored to receive this prestigious certification for our
penetrator design, drawing and testing protocols, and to have the opportunity
to provide yet another industry benchmark of safety, high performance and
excellence to our customers," says Eric Birns, President and CEO.
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At the 2011 Underwater Intervention show, we introduced the most
powerful, cutting-edge
underwater vehicle light on the market: the BIRNS
Aurora™. This new high intensity Light
Emitting Plasma (LEP) deep submergence light provides dazzling 14,000 lumen
brilliance to usher in the next generation of extreme depth subsea lighting
systems.
LEP is an exciting new lighting technology that is a more powerful and
efficient alternative to LED, Tungsten Halogen and Metal Halide lighting. Its light sources use a solid-state
device to generate Radio Frequency (RF) energy to
power a plasma light source. Unlike traditional metal halide
lights, the BIRNS Aurora does not require metal electrodes to drive power into
the source, thus has a more robust quartz vessel. This unique, compact LEP light has a 30,000
hour lamp life, produces a continuous spectrum, and delivers an
exceptionally high lumen density--in fact, the single bulb (smaller than a
tic-tac--approximately 2 mm long) produces a blazing 14,000 lumens of brilliant
white light at 5,300K, at a Color Rendering Index (CRI) of 94.
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BIRNS' history spans half a century-and includes shaping the
technology of the commercial diving market with new and better ways of working
at depth. Enter our latest innovation: the
new, low profile BIRNS Aquila™ Articulating Helmet Mount--the most versatile
helmet light mount in the diving industry.
This lightweight, adjustable mount is tailored for one of the of the
company's most popular lighting families--for the BIRNS Aquila™, BIRNS
Aquila-LED™ and BIRNS Aquila-UV™. Designed by Jeff Kirby, BIRNS' Mechanical Design Engineer (and eldest
son of Bob Kirby, of Kirby Morgan helmets) it's designed with exceptional
safety and performance attributes, and tailored to fit on the faceplates of the
entire line of Kirby Morgan DSI helmets. The innovative design allows for articulated movement of any BIRNS
Aquila to swivel in all directions, providing an unmatched level of flexibility
in usage.
This revolutionary new BIRNS Aquila Articulating Helmet Mount sets the
benchmark for safety as well as utility, engineered to help prevent cables or
equipment from catching on the light or bracket. Crafted from black anodized aluminum, its low
profile (a mere 3.5" exposed profile above the helmet surface) lends itself to
safe and accurate usage in a wide range of diving conditions. The exclusive design features a quick release
locking handle for seamless positioning adjustment, and it can be fastened to
either side of a helmet in seconds.
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CUTTING EDGE PERFORMANCE & DESIGN
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That's what our products are known
for, and now we have a new website that fits that bill, too. We're tremendously
excited about the recent launch of our all new interactive website at www.birns.com,
featuring highly sophisticated technical and performance data,
compelling, professional product and in-use images, and seamless navigation
tools. The newly redesigned www.birns.com extends the communication reach
of our award-winning company, to better serve our growing network of subsea,
commercial diving, military and nuclear power customers.
BIRNS is known for its long,
successful heritage of delivering a wide range of technologically advanced
products for the planet's most demanding environments. Now the exciting new BIRNS web site leads the
industry, providing exponentially expanded content, downloadable 3D models,
manufacturing and testing processes, case studies, events and streaming media,
including BIRNS In The News, integrated social media platforms and a user
friendly media section for downloadable materials. The dynamic homepage even has a riveting
slideshow of four different extreme applications of BIRNS products in use:
BIRNS connectors and high power motor cable assemblies at the South Pole, an
underwater shot of a commercial diver with a BIRNS LED worklight, a nuclear reactor
illuminated with BIRNS floodlights, and an undersea shot of a manned research
sub with BIRNS man-rated penetrators and custom cable assemblies. No canned
images here--just the real thing in action!
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