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Contact Information:
Tel: (902)
469-1230
Fax:
(902) 463-5603
email:
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TOM™ Thermal Observation Manikin |
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S.E.A.
has completed the design of a new manikin series for The CORD Group
Limited. The new series are thermal comfort manikins. These manikins are
designed for thermal analysis involved in the design of comfort control
systems for vehicles. With rising energy costs, the automotive companies
are focusing a lot of attention on ways to keep drivers comfortable at
the minimum possible energy cost.
Due to the highly transient and
heterogeneous temperature distribution in car interiors, these manikins
must be more highly segmented and have a faster response than protective
garment manikins. To meet these requirements, the TOM™ series manikins
have 26 sections and are made of thin copper shells. The S.E.A.
Engineering team had to work out the molding - electroforming processes
to produce this type of construction as well as develop the skeleton,
joint and heater/sensor designs. Extensive use was made of 3D solid and
surface modeling in the design process. |
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All data
acquisition hardware is internal to these manikins and wiring is
kept to a minimum by the use of distributed MUX boards mounted in
the limbs and torso. All high-level measurement and control tasks
are carried out by Windows-based software running on a PC. The
software outputs skin temperature, heat flux and a comfort Predicted
Mean Vote (PMV) for each manikin section.
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S.E.A. engineering provides design, engineering, thermal manikins, machine design, custom design, product development, sweating hot plates, moisture diffusion apparatus, diving equipment, breathing apparatus, pressure vessels for human occupancy, PVHO, compressors, expanders, comfort manikins, underwater, subsea, physiology, breathing machines, breathing apparatus and much more.
