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Official tests realized by NATO Armies on MODULMED fully equipped containers. Official Validations and certifications

Examples:

Vibrations (military track for tactical vehicles)

Torsion (military track for tactical vehicles)

Drivability on snow and sandy tracks

Air transportability (loading / take off / landing with a fully equipped container)

Banking / torsion

Structure torsion and weighing

Opening devices after 2000 km

Driving on ballast track

Driving over a bump at hight speed

Sealing system (water - torsion - air - NBC)

Stacking test

Weighing and gravity center

Torsion and flexion: performance for drop systems

Fording

E.M Protection

400 km of macadam tactical track

N.E.M.P. tests


List of official military tests performed on the MODULMED mobile medical and tactical field units in ISO 20'feet single and expandable containers


Period

Test

1987-90

Checking of the module itself : dimensions, folding, painting, stacking, handling, water-airtightness, overloading of the panels, ceiling, doors,..)

Checking of the technical installations : electricity, water, compressed air, medical gases, protection against fire, hydraulics, air conditioning, furniture

Checking of the medical installations : functioning

Test of the conformity of the material in accordance with :

  • The contractual technical specifications,
  • The General Regulations concerning the Protection of the Employment,
  • The General Regulations concerning the Electrical Installations,
  • The ISO norms concerning the containers,
  • The various norms and regulations in force in Belgium and in the EU

Tests concerning :

  • Resistance to vibrations;
  • Structural torsion;
  • Braking;
  • Behavior on ballast track;
  • Fording;
  • Banking of a road at a bend;
  • Uphill driving capacity.

test of air transport (Hercules C130) : loading and unloading

Examination of the protection elements destined to prevent any damage of the material and/or any danger for the using personnel

Analysis of the technical
information destined to the technical personnel in charge of the maintenance and repairs

User tests including :

  • folding and unfolding time of the modules (including on unprepared ground and by night),
  • functioning of the technical installations by unskilled personnel,
  • functioning of the medical installations by the personnel in charge,
  • examination of the marks and symbols applied on the material destined to inform the users,
  • examination of the manuals destined to the users
see certificate

1995

Road-testing (total of 360 km) of the mobile expandable shelter (prototype) and functioning of the opening devices

February 1998

Test of thermal insulation
Test of acoustic insulation
Test of transportability
Test of jacks system
Test of deployment
Test of the air conditioning
Check of the NBC predisposition
Test of the shelter structure (ISO corners, weighs tests)
Test of the connection cables and tubes between technical and surgical modules
Test of ergonomics
Test of the medical appliances
Test on tracks (200 km)
Test and checking of the devices for the personnel security (extinguishers, ...)

April 1998

Test of the electrical installation
Test of the watertightness

February 1999

Checking of the NBC protection
Test of thermal insulation
Test of acoustic insulation
Test and check of the devices for the personnel security (fire extinguishers, …)
Test of the electrical installation
Test of the watertightness
Deployment test
Test and checking of the air conditioning installation
Test of ergonomics
Test of the connection cables and tubes between technical and surgical modules
Test of the shelter structure
Test of the medical appliances
Test of the jacks system

2000-2001 Tests of acceptance of Modulmed Mobile Command Posts including off road testing
course :

-  Test of 150 km off-road course
-  Test of loading and unloading with hydraulic H-hook system
-  Test of robustness
-  Test of resistance on torsion
-  Test of solicitations

(see official certificate and English translation)

2001-2002 Official tests on Expandable Command Posts Units

-  Test of 300 km road
-  Test of 300 km off-road
-  Test of 400 km tactical track
-  Test of 20 loading and unloading during above mentioned    performance
-  Test of 30 cycles of expansion, folding and unfolding of the    expandable shelters
-  Checking of the functioning of the installed equipment (during    above mentioned performances)

2001-2003 -  CSC Certification
-  N.EM.P. Protection Tests
-  E.M. Compatibility Tests