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The N.S.W.
and Queensland Governments have developed a code entitled
“MDG 3006 MRT7 2001: Code for Maintaining and Testing
the Performance of Escape Breathing Apparatus in Underground
Mines”. The Code fully details the maintenance, periodic
testing, and requires details to be kept relating to wearer
classification, service history.
The ‘AusTran’
system is a rapid, user friendly, method of inspecting and
recording the maintenance of Austdac supplied self rescuers
in accordance with the code, and comprises:
• A
passive transponder fitted inside each self rescuer.
• A hand held scanner.
• A custom designed ‘AusTran’ database
program.
The transponder
is factory fitted inside the self rescuer unit making it a
tamperproof system.
The transponder
system eliminates human error in its operation. Records are
stored in the scanner and are downloaded into the AusTran
database program. This allows for the rapid recording of self
rescuers’ condition without manually writing details,
i.e. a paperless system.
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