CONTOUR
5
Cylinders Water
Capacity
(litres)
Charging
Pressure
(bar)
Free air
Volume
(litres)
Nominal
Duration
(mins)
Warning
Period
(mins)
Total
Duration
(mins)
Cylinder
Charged
Weight
(kg)
Weight of
Contour with
Cylinder (kg)
Single Duo
CYL-1200 6.0 200 1200 22 8 30 8.8 11.8 -
CYL-HWG-
1200
6.0 207 1200 22 8 30 7.2 10.2 -
CYL-FWC-
1300
4.7 300 1300 25 7 32 5.0 8.0 -
CYL-1640
6.0 300 1640 33 8 41 12.5 15.5 -
CYL-HWG-
1640
6.0 300 1640 33 8 41 10.0 13.0 -
CYL-FWC-
1640
6.0 300 1640 33 8 41 6.3 9.3 15.6
CYL-1800 9.0 200 1800 33 12 45 13.0 16.0 -
CYL-HWG-
1800
9.0 207 1800 33 12 45 11.2 14.2 -
CYL-FWC-
1800
9.0 207 1800 33 12 45 6.75 9.75 16.5
CYL-FWC-
1860
6.8 300 1860 37 9 46 6.75 9.75 16.5
CYL-FWC-
2460
9.0 300 2460 50 12 62 8.8 11.8 -
Note:
Only cylinders in shaded areas are suitable for use with Contour Duo in twin cylinder
configuration. The total apparatus weight must not exceed 18 kg when fully-charged; (ref: EN
137, Clause 5.4 and AS/NZS1716 : 2003).
Table 3: Cylinders approved for use with Contour apparatus
Table 4 identifies the cylinder material code and the cylinder specification.
Code Material Specification
No Code Steel (e.g.: CYL-1200)
CE Marked (EU)
Work Cover (Australia & New Zealand)
HWG Hoop Wrapped Glass Fibre (e.g.: CYL-HWG-1200)
HSE-AL-HW1 (EU)
Work Cover (Australia & New Zealand)
FWC Fully Wrapped Carbon (e.g.: CYL-FWC-1300)
CE Marked (EU)
Work Cover (Australia & New Zealand)
Table 4: Cylinder Codes and Specifications
Durations are nominal and based on an Average Wearer Consumption Rate of 40 L/min and
are for fully charged cylinders.
Total Duration =
Cylinder Free Air Capacity
Average Wearer Consumption Rate
Nominal Duration = Total Duration minus the Warning Period.
Warning Period =
Whistle Operating Pressure
Average Wearer Consumption Rate