The importance of… flexible fabric
The review of rescue and/or safety equipment has a fundamental reason: to guarantee its correct functioning in the event of an emergency. That is why the life raft must always be checked and updated, so that when it has to be used it is fully operational.
As well as checking the raft, checking the rest of the material is also essential:
The importance of a good flexible fabric is vital to ensure perfect inflation and endure the time necessary until rescued.
To ensure the flexibility of our fabrics, it is not enough to use the best natural rubber, we must inflate the raft at least once a year to check that, due to the change in temperatures and vacuum packaging, no wrinkles have occurred that become cracks or holes. These can be fatal at a moment as delicate as firing the life raft for an evacuation.