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4 weeks 1 day ago

NUI - 45 years anniversary!

6th July it is 45 years ago NUI was established, an we are proud to tell we still going strong and looking forward to the next 45years.

From our facility at Laksevåg in Bergen harbour we have built up unique competence, experience and facilities within underwater technology. We work closely with international expertise in a wide range of specialist areas applicable to the varied challenges within underwater operations. Our aim is to continuously contribute to improving equipment safety, lowering health risks and improving awareness of both areas.

NUI provides the subsea industry with a great diversity of products and services ranging from advanced research and competence, hyperbaric contingency, hyperbaric performance testing, engineering, training and pressure/equipment testing. NUI is owned by the Industry and we are considered an independent and neutral party during our work. As a result of this we are often used as a 3rd party for verification and testing.

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1 month 1 week ago

NUI COMPACT CHEST COMPRESSION DEVICE (NCCD)

A sudden unexpected cardiac arrest (SCD) is a major global public health issue, accounting for up to 20% of deaths in Western societies. Rapid and good cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), combined with a defibrillator (AED) are essential, and improve the chances for survival. Without good CPR after a cardiac arrest, irreversible brain damage will occur after just 5 minutes, and the chances of survival decreases by about 10% per minute from the onset of cardiac arrest without treatment. There is often a lack of both good CPR knowledge and an availability of a AED in the workplace. Statistically , we see that only 10-15% of patients with a cardiac arrest survive.

Saturation divers live and work in small compact compartments, under hyperbaric pressure, using diving bells and hyperbaric chambers. There have been reported cases of fatal SCD during saturation diving. The space in the diving bells and chambers is very limited, and manual CPR is challenging, and in some situations, impossible. There is a need for mechanical chest compressions during CPR in general, as well as in hyperbaric compartments.

NUI has developed NCCD, a small, compact and lightweight chest compression device that can substitute manual chest compression during CPR for use in diving bells and hyperbaric chambers. NCCD is powered by compressed gas already available. It contains no electrical parts and has been function tested in a helium atmosphere to a depth of 300 msw. The NCCD (compression unit) will also function while submerged in water.

The NCCD has been developed with support from GASSCO, Equinor, Vår Energi, AkerBP, Subsea7, TechnipFMC and Innovation Norway.

The NCCD is a low-cost unit that can be rented from NUI.
Contact us for more information:

post@nui.no
+47 55 94 28 00
www.nui.no/nccd

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1 month 2 weeks ago

Bergen International Diving Seminar 2021 - Seminar program is now available for download at the seminar website ( www.nui.no/bergen-international-diving-seminar-2021/ )

We would like to encourage everyone that plans to participate to register as early as possible. This to show that the industry wants a seminar in November, and a good number of registered participants before the summer will give us the confidence we need for taking the necessary financial commitments. Registration can be done via above link or directly from this link: axacoair.se/go?751UHDpf

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2 months 1 week ago

Don’t skip a day of diving – it may protect you.

We are proud to announce that NUI's diving physician Jan Risberg has issued an article presenting his work stating that multiday hyperbaric exposure has been shown to reduce the incidence of decompression sickness (DCS) of compressed-air
workers. Press the below link to read more:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33975403/

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2 months 2 weeks ago

NUI is an independent third-party supplier of test and verification services and owned by a non-profit association.
We are located in Bergen, Norway, and our services are available to all International Clients.
As far as we now, the NUI facilities include the worlds larges test and verification chambers in their pressure class (700 bar & 1000 bar) available for independent third-party testing.
For all the chambers, testing can be performed using either gas or liquid as pressure medium. The chambers are equipped with camara and light, and the tests can be monitored over internet on client request.

www.nui.no/test-facilities/

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2 months 4 weeks ago

Today we are celebrating approved funding from RFF Vestland for stage one development of novel methods for analyzing microplastics in water, sediment and soil. The goal of this project is to develop low cost microplastics analyses and thus lower the threshold for evaluating the total environmental impact of certain industrial processes.

NUI has delivered services and competence to the subsea sector since 1976. With our expertise and our unique facilities, we are a solid partner in both national and international operations.

Our company values promotes continuous learning, and our chemists are now about to investigate an increasing issue, namely microplastics in various segments of nature.

Life below water is UN Sustainable Development Goal no 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

Read more about us: www.nui.no
Phone: +47 55 94 28 00
Mail: post@nui.no