46 C.F.R. § 160.151-45

Equipment required for servicing facilities.

Last amended: 2016Year: 2026Length: 276 wordsSubsections: 18Official source

Cite as 46 C.F.R. § 160.151-45 (2026)

Each servicing facility approved by the Coast Guard must maintain equipment to carry out the operations described in the manufacturer's servicing manual approved in accordance with § 160.151-35(b)(1), including— (a) A set of plans, as specified in § 160.151-35(b)(3), for each inflatable liferaft to be serviced; (b) A current copy of this subpart; (c) A current copy of the manual approved in accordance with § 160.151-35(b)(1), including all revisions and bulletins in effect as indicated on the annual list issued in accordance with § 160.151-35(b)(2); (d) Hot presses (if applicable); (e) Safety-type glue pots or equivalents; (f) Abrasive devices; (g) A source of clean, dry, pressurized air; hoses; and attachments for inflating liferafts; (h) A source of vacuum; hoses; and attachments for deflating liferafts; (i) Mercury manometer, water manometer, or other pressure-measurement device or pressure gauge of equivalent accuracy and sensitivity; (j) Thermometer; (k) Barometer, aneroid or mercury; (l) Calibrated torque-wrench for assembling the inflation system; (m) Accurate weighing scale; (n) Repair materials and equipment, and spare parts as specified in the applicable manual, except that items of limited “shelf life” need not be stocked if they are readily available; (o) A complete stock of the survival equipment required to be stowed in the liferafts, except for items of equipment that are readily available; (p) A means for load-testing davit-launched liferafts, unless the facility services only non-davit-launched liferafts; (q) A supply of parts for all inflation components and valves specified in the applicable manual; and (r) A tool board that clearly indicates where each small tool is stored, or has an equivalent means to make sure that no tools are left in the liferaft when repacked.
Cross-references to the CFR
160.151-35
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