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CHAPTER 6 INFLATABLE SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT |
d. Check for leakage during 1 minute of
immersion. Any leakage indicates the trigger
(forward) valve is faulty.
e. Make additional cuts of double webbing
until the hand tool fails to cut through both
thicknesses. The total number of cuts should
exceed 10.
f. Failure to make 10 cuts indicates
maintenance is required.
Cleaning
Clean the pneumatic rescue hand tool after
every immersion in salt water. To clean, proceed
as follows:
1. Rinse the hand tool thoroughly in fresh
water (preferably distilled) and air dry, using a
forced warm air source.
2. After cleaning the hand tool, lightly coat
the cutting edge of the blade with pneumatic
grease.
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