Windows for Submarines

A journey to the underwater world can offer unique impressions and sights. If you like to explore the underwater world in the protective hull of a submarine, you will need a suitable window. Acrylic is the material of choice when it comes to include viewing and observation facilities into a pressure vessel. The arguments in its favour are the material's

• clear, distortion-free view, homogenous,
  monolithic character
• certification by the PVHO-I (US)

The suitability of the acrylic sheets is supervised by the critical judgment of the Germanic Lloyd. All processes of the production line has to be certified according to the regulations of the Germanic Lloyd for the production of acrylic windows for underwater crafts. We use excluding certified acrylic glass plates or acrylic glass blocks. We can also initiate the necessary compression tests of the windows for you.

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