Facepiece Seal is designed for optimal comfort and fit.
April 19, 2010 -
SureSeal System, with AV-3000® facepiece, offers expansive field of vision and voice intelligibility. Its U-shaped seal flexes with each movement of facepiece to ensure comfort, while Kevlar head harness eliminates bunching/discomfort under helmets and hard hats. Also included is connection strap for harness that improves sealing, and buckles that won't torque seal and cause leaks if overtightened. Unit is suited for NFPA/CBRN/NIOSH respiratory applications.
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Original Press release
Scott Safety
Monroe Corporate Center, P.O. Box 569
Monroe, NC, 28111
USA
Scott Introduces the Next Evolution in Facepiece Seal Technology
Scott SureSeal System provides better comfort and a higher fit factor with a patent-pending design
Scott Health & Safety is proud to announce the launch of its SureSeal System, the most dynamic facepiece seal available today for users of respiratory protection products.
Developed with numerous innovations such as an enhanced sealing surface and practical personal protective equipment (PPE) interfaces, the Scott
SureSeal system combines the preference for greater user comfort with the need for superior fit. And because it is integrated with the Scott proven AV-3000® facepiece, users experience an expansive field of vision and exceptional voice intelligibility.
"With this new design, we have taken our industry-leading Scott AV-3000
facepiece to the next level in comfort and fit," says Marty Lorkowski,
Scott's Global Industrial Marketing Manager, "We did it by taking the best from our current facepiece and combining it with a completely redesigned seal technology to develop our most innovative facepiece yet."
The SureSeal System utilizes a U-shaped seal that maintains a continuous circumferential seal around the user's face. This patent-pending Scott-developed design, called reverse reflex, allows the SureSeal System to flex with every movement of the facepiece, resulting in a higher fit factor and a more comfortable seal for the user. Additionally, a fifth strap improves sealing capabilities by adding another point of connection to the smaller Kevlar® head harness. The tightening buckles are thoughtfully placed so they won't torque the seal and cause leaks if over-tightened.
A primary feature of the SureSeal System includes a deeper, lower-profile seal that offers a more robust interface with protective suits, hoods, shrouds and helmets. Additionally, a smaller Kevlar head harness eliminates bunching and discomfort under helmets and hard hats. A fifth strap is strategically positioned so that it won't interfere with the head suspension of protective helmets. For proper and quick donning, a reflective positioning tab is located on the back of the head harness.
As with all of Scott's AV-series facepieces, the AV-3000 facepiece with the SureSeal System continues Scott's Top-Down Convertibility(TM) design concept, which allows for a single facepiece to be used for all NFPA /CBRN/NIOSH respiratory applications. According to Mr. Lorkowski, "It was vitally important to maintain Top-Down Convertibility when designing the SureSeal System. We know that our current customer relies on this design concept to reduce costs associated with larger equipment inventories and fit testing for multiple facepieces."
The SureSeal System is available on all new AV-3000 facepieces and can be retrofitted to AV-3000 facepieces currently in use. For more information about the Scott AV-3000 with the SureSeal System, please visit our website at scotthealthsafety.com.
About Scott Health & Safety
Scott Health & Safety, a business unit of Tyco International, is a premiere manufacturer of innovative respiratory and other personal protective equipment and safety devices for firefighters, industrial workers, police squads, militaries, homeland security forces, and rescue teams around the world. With five global manufacturing locations, Scott produces products that protect thousands of individuals each day from environmental hazards including smoke, toxic fumes, combustible gases, flame, falling objects, and contaminants. The Scott product line includes self-contained breathing apparatus, supplied air and air-purifying respirators, gas detection instruments, thermal imaging cameras, and firefighter locators.
About Tyco
Tyco International Ltd. is a global, diversified company that provides vital products and services to customers around the world. More information on Tyco can be found at www.tyco.com.
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User comments about this story
AV 3000 comfo seal verse hycar seal
Does the Scott AV 3000 come in both comfo seal and non-comfo seal or just comfo seal. And is comfo seal the silicon style.
By H W Ruby on May 19, 2010 10:19
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Replies to this comment:AV-3000 facepiece
Scott has a number of faceseal designs on their faceieces over the years. The AV-2000 facepiece has a Comfort Seal option that can be in EPDM or Silicone. The AV-3000 facepiece with Comfort Seal and the AV-3000 faceiece with SureSeal only come in a Poly-isoprene material not silicon.
By Marty Lorkowski on May 21, 2010 08:35
AV-3000 comfo seal
The Scott AV-3000 facepiece with SureSeal system utilizes reverse reflex technology to provide a more reliable fit and improved comfort over other full facepieces on the market.
By Marty Lorkowski on May 19, 2010 14:35
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