AP Diving or Ambient Pressure Diving, formerly known as A.P.Valves, is a British manufacturer of diving equipment at
Water-Ma-Trout in
Helston
Helston () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the The Lizard, Lizard Peninsula approximately east of Penzance and south-west of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth.Ordnance Survey: ...
, Cornwall, England. They produce a range of
scuba and
surface-supplied diving equipment including
buoyancy compensator jackets and the Inspiration range of electronically controlled closed circuit diving
rebreather
A rebreather is a breathing apparatus that absorbs the carbon dioxide of a user's exhaled breath to permit the rebreathing (recycling) of the substantial unused oxygen content, and unused inert content when present, of each breath. Oxygen is a ...
s.
The firm started in 1969 making a valve to allow a diver to breathe from a
stabiliser jacket buoyancy compensator's inflation cylinder. They progressed to making divers'
adjustable buoyancy life-jackets and stabiliser jackets, and then other diving equipment such as
rebreather
A rebreather is a breathing apparatus that absorbs the carbon dioxide of a user's exhaled breath to permit the rebreathing (recycling) of the substantial unused oxygen content, and unused inert content when present, of each breath. Oxygen is a ...
s. and diving accessories etc.
They often exhibit at diving trade shows.
Product lines
*"Inspiration" rebreathers have been in production since 1997. The earliest model, now known as the Inspiration classic, reached the end of its product support life in April 2017 after 20 years. It has been superseded by more recent models using different electronic control systems, which are
backwards compatible with the original architecture.
*"Buddy" and "Commando" - recreational and military scuba buoyancy compensators.
*"Mk IV Jump Jacket" - a buoyancy compensator designed for use with surface supplied diving equipment.
Awards
In January 2018 Martin Parker, Managing Director of AP Diving, received the
European Underwater Federation
The European Underwater Federation (EUF) is an umbrella organisation representing the interests of scuba diver training organisations operating in both the Voluntary sector, not for profit and Business, for profit sectors within Europe.
Purpos ...
Lavanchy Award at the Boot Show in Düsseldorf.
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Martin Parker Receives EUF Lavanchy Award At Boot 2018
X-Ray Magazine
References
External links
A.P.Valves's websiteGoogle Earth view from the airGoogle Earth view on the ground
Underwater diving engineering
Rebreather makers
Engineering companies of the United Kingdom
Underwater diving equipment manufacturers
British brands
Underwater diving in the United Kingdom
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