Was US Divers Aqua-Lung?
Around 2003, U. S. Divers Company was renamed Aqua Lung America after La Spirotechnique changed its name to Aqua Lung International. The U. S. Divers name is maintained as a trademark for Aqua Lung’s line of snorkelling equipment. Aqualung Group, the global leader in manufacturing diving equipment and high-performance water sports, announces the successful sale of its historical snorkeling brand US Divers to the California based company Aqua Master Sporting Technology Co LLC.Aqualung Group was sold by Air Liquide to Montagu Private Equity by the end of 2016. It was acquired by Barings LLC in December 2023. After U. S. Divers Company was renamed Aqua Lung America, the name U. S. Divers was retained as a trademark for Aqua Lung’s line of snorkelling equipment.Aqua Lung International acquires Apeks Marine, the UK-based premium technical diving brand. Consolidation of brands under the one Aqua Lung brand name, combines Spirotechnique, U. S. Divers, SeaQuest, Deep See and Technisub.Diving equipment manufacturer Aqualung is selling its US Divers snorkelling brand to California-based company Aqua Master Sporting Technology.The Aqualung introduced a regulator system that allowed divers to inhale and exhale through the same mouthpiece, significantly improving oxygen efficiency and mobility. Cousteau and Gagnan’s design utilized high-pressure metal tanks filled with compressed air, enabling divers to reach depths of up to 68.
Is the Aqua-Lung used today?
The twin-hose Aqua-Lung demand regulator is the foundation of all modern scuba regulators. The Aqua-Lung also could be mounted on stronger and more reliable air tanks holding up to 200 atmospheres, allowing extension of diving duration to more than an hour at significant depths, including the time needed for decompression stops.Jacques-Yves Cousteau Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan together invented the modern demand regulator used in underwater diving. Their invention allowed for the equipment known as the Aqualung, or self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), enabling safer and deeper dives.Other Options for Scuba Tanks Innovative Lung Tank Design: The lung air tanks feature a luminous gauge for visibility up to 80 meters deep, a pressure relief valve for easy air venting, and a multi-filter air system for pure breathing, enhancing the scuba diving experience.The Aqualung introduced a regulator system that allowed divers to inhale and exhale through the same mouthpiece, significantly improving oxygen efficiency and mobility. Cousteau and Gagnan’s design utilized high-pressure metal tanks filled with compressed air, enabling divers to reach depths of up to 68.What Do Divers Use to Breathe Underwater? SCUBA Gear (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus): This is probably the most well-known apparatus for breathing underwater. SCUBA gear includes a compressed air tank that the diver carries on their back and a regulator that allows the diver to inhale air from the tank.
What is going on with Aqua-Lung?
Aqualung Group has struggled financially since the completion of its acquisition by Barings in December 2023. Despite selling the US Divers brand in April 2024 and Stohlquist watersports the following month, there have been supply issues leading to customers missing out on their orders. Private equity firm Montagu acquired Aqualung from Air Liquide in 2016 and Barings became part of a lending group set up to provide financial support to the debt-laden manufacturer. But by 2022 a French court had given Aqualung a deadline to sort out its continuing operational and financial difficulties.In June 2022, a French court ordered Aqualung to find a remedy to its operational and financial hardships within four months. As of this week, Aqualung is still in “talks” about debt restructuring.Aqualung Group has struggled financially since the completion of its acquisition by Barings in December 2023.
How do divers get hypoxia?
As a diver descends, environmental pressure increases, affecting the gas ratios in the breathing mixture. If the mixture doesn’t contain enough oxygen for the depth reached, the body’s tissues won’t receive the necessary oxygen, leading to severe hypoxia. The symptoms seen in nitrogen narcosis begin first with effects of the higher function such as judgment, reasoning, short-term memory, and concentration. The diver may also experience a euphoric or stimulating feeling initially similar to mild alcohol intoxication.On the deepest working dives, at depths greater than 600 m, ambient pressure is greater than 6100 kPa and the divers breathe gas mixtures containing about 2% oxygen to avoid acute oxygen toxicity.In underwater diving, narcosis (nitrogen narcosis, inert gas narcosis, raptures of the deep, Martini effect) is a reversible change in consciousness that occurs while a person is diving at deep depths. Certain gases at high-pressure cause an anesthetic effect that alters a diver’s consciousness.