Maximum protection and maximum performance with minimum weight addition. ClimaWare - Jacket for the soldiers working constantly under extreme temperatures.
Carrying 30 to 40 pounds of gear under a blistering 40oC sun could easily lead to heat exhaustion, heatstroke or even a loss of life.
Yet soldiers brave these conditions everyday in hostile locales with extreme temperatures that make survival a challenge for them. Our revolutionary product lessens their ordeal without adding to their burden.
The ClimaWare-extreme performance jacket, ingrained with unique high - technology heating/cooling function, is specially designed for use by soldiers. Weighing no more than a regular pair of denims, it is an extremely lightweight product that aids survival and enhances performance without hampering movement and agility. It is designed to combine compactness and ruggedness to match up to the toughest of military requirements.
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Each person is an expert on his/her own thermal comfort. A person's perception of thermal comfort is affected by the air temperature, air movement (speed), humidity, clothing, activity level (the amount of physical work done), mean radiant temperature (the average temperature of walls, floors, windows etc) and many other factors. So there is no universal ideal temperature. But extreme temperatures can cause heat stress and cold stress conditions that are detrimental to health and performance.
What is Heat Stress?
Heat stress or Hyperthermia is an acute condition that occurs when the body produces or absorbs more heat than it can dissipate. Prolonged exposure to high temperature causes the heat-regulating mechanisms of the body to eventually become overwhelmed. They are unable to effectively deal with the heat, causing body temperature to climb uncontrollably. Hyperthermia is a medical emergency that requires immediate treatment.
What can happen due to Heat Stress?
Heat-related illnesses range from minor disorders like swollen legs or heat rash to the more serious and dangerous conditions of dehydration, heatstroke and sunstroke.
Under what conditions does Heat Stress occur?
According to OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) under the U.S. Department of Labor: Operations involving
high air temperatures, radiant heat sources, high humidity, direct physical contact with hot objects, or strenuous physical activities have a high potential for inducing heat stress. Hyperthermia cases have been reported resulting from
military training and action, industrial activity as well as normal civilian activity including tourism and active sports.
What is Cold Stress?
Cold Stress or Hypothermia is an acute condition that occurs in extremely cold and in continuously falling temperatures, when the body is unable to warm itself and the normal body temperature of
98.6 oF /37oC drops to or below 95 oF/35oC. Hypothermia is a medical emergency that requires immediate treatment.
What can happen due to Cold Stress?
A fall in the skin temperature can lead to freezing cold injuries (frostnip, frostbite)
and non-freezing cold injuries (immersion foot/trench foot) that can cause permanent tissue damage. The warning signs of cold stress include fatigue or drowsiness, uncontrolled shivering, slurred speech, clumsy movements, and irritable, irrational or confused behaviour. Severe cold stress can result in dehydration, hypothermia and even death.
Under what conditions does Cold Stress occur?
People working and living in extremely cold temperatures -military, mountaineers, high altitude workers, workers in ice-cream factories and food processing units- are more prone to cold stress.
References:
Website (as on July 6, 2010)
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatstress/
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3156.pdf
http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_iii/otm_iii_4.html
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/sawmills/cold.html
http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/phys_agents/
