SMBS

How well do your crews survive the impacts of travelling at speed in rough waters?

Crews aboard high performance craft operating at speed in turbulent waters, run high risks of injury and possibly worse, being thrown overboard. What’s more, prolonged exposure to the g-forces and repetitive stress created by riding large waves can develop long term health problems and cognitive fatigue.

Now the new Shock Mitigating Boat Seat (SMBS) from VSS; protect crews and passengers from severe boat movements and improve overall safety and ride comfort.

 

VSS Crew Seat

The SMBS crew seat is designed as a modular seat. It includes a VSS lightweight aluminium seat, 4 or 5 point safety harness, head restraints, lateral restraints, foot rests and a dual pedestal shock absorbing system.

The safety harness securely locates the seat occupant. The damper system with its 73mm vertical stroke, mitigates the shocks of rapid vertical acceleration. The special damper system has been tuned with a much faster recoil force than the compression stroke force. This ensures the damper recovers quickly in order to absorb the next impact, improving overall ride quality.

SMBS can accommodate people from 70kg to 140kg in the 5%ile to 95%ile range.

The seats lateral supports protect the occupant against the often violent sideways movement of high speed craft. Extra support is supplied by head restraints, hand rails and feet rests. Award winning MouleTec^® foam cushioning technology is used for added comfort. MouleTec's^® innovative orthopaedic design improves a person’s blood flow; alleviating possible health problems arising from sitting for long periods.

Key Features

VSS Crew Seat

Dampening and rebound features has been tuned with a much faster recoil force than the compres- sion stroke. This is to ensure that the damper recov- ers quickly in order to absorb the next impact. The damper is outfitted with a stainless coil-over spring, which is factory pre-set.

Depending on the final application, our standard damper/spring system is designed for a wide range of seated personnel from 70- 140 Kgs each. This is done without the aid of any external adjustment mechanisms, as the valving in the shock dampers is velocity sensitive to the force loads that compresses them.

Additionally, the coil-over springs are progres- sively rated, making it easier to compress at the top end, and becoming stiffer as the compression loads increase. Each pedestal has one damper housed within the 73mm Inner Tube. The shock travel is 89mm and in the rare event of bottoming out, will not destroy itself due to a protective design element

Technical Specifications

Seat Description	Light weight seat, for use in marine applications. Modular architecture.
Part Number	S10600647
Where used	Side facing (parallel to the direction of travel) or forward facing helm control
Functionality	Contains shock-absorbing dual pedestal system, dampers linked in parallel are engineered with a much faster recoil force than the compression stroke. This is to ensure that the damper recovers quickly in order to absorb the next impact. Total travel is 89mm High ergomomic comfort for occupants using MouleTec®
Max width	551mm
Max and min height (headrest)	955mm and 1030mm headrest to base
Max length	660mm from top fixing centre
Folded depth	420mm
Weight	Circa 40Kg base model
Deck attachment method	Bottom plate foot castings mounted to deck via 8 off M12 screws
Max shock absorbing travel	89mm
Shock absorbing weight range	70 - 140kgs
Seat restraint types	2 ,4 and 5 point belt. All fixing points integral to seat structure. Belts ‘E’ compliant R17
Seat restraint anchorages	Compliant with ECE 74/408/EEC and 76/115/EC.
Shock vibration compliance	CONTROL OF VIBRATION AT WORK REGULATIONS 2005, ISO 2631-1 Vibration & Shock evaluation of human exposure to whole body vibration. Part 1 general requirements.
Headrest construction	Aluminium armature 5083 h112 (natural finish) with over moulded polyurethane (grained black finish). Aggressive sides designed to constrain the head from rolling out during front/ rear cash incident. Option forward facing version.
Headrest	Compliant with ECE 74/408/EEC
Side restraint construction	Aluminium armature with over moulded polyurethane (grained black finish). Aggressive sides designed to constrain the torso and lower limbs from rolling out during front/ rear cash incident
Seat construction	Aluminium 6082 series alloy bespoke extrusions (aged hardened to T6), welded and mechanically fixed
Cushion and Squab	Contains patented MouleTec® pressure relieving technology that promotes pressure reduction and enhanced blood flow circulation (venous) to give comfort during long term sitting for the occupant.
Seat cover material	Heavy duty coated polyester fabric, breathable for comfort (microclimate moisture vapour permeable to BS3546). Water proof (Hydrostatic head BS3424 greater than 1m head of water under gravity)and stain repellent. Fire retardant to BS7176 CRIB 5, cigarette and match.
seat cover colours	Black, grey (Naval applications). Colour swatches available for civilian applications
Foam material	Poly Urethane, compliant to fire regs 95/28/EC annex IV. Fire retardant to BS7176 CRIB 5, cigarette and match.
Seat Paint Finish	Black powder coat, TGIC-free Polyester 15-22% (60⁰ head gloss meter), hot salt spray ASTM B117 – pass 1000 hours, Humidity resistance ASTM 2247 – pass 1000 hours
Seat Paint resistance	Resistant to most acids, alkalis and oils at normal temperatures. May be affected by chlorinated solvents.
Seat paint Artificial weathering	ISO 11341 – pass 1000 hours Minimal colour and gloss loss
Operating temperature	(STANAG 2895 A1/C2) -46°C … +90°C environments