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  • Inflatable emergency life raft in the sea

    Giving you more when you need it

    We develop and manufacture products that are designed to improve the performance of inflatable life safety systems. Our inflation and aerospace cylinders offer a range of ways you can help save lives and keep people safe.

    From evacuation slides to life rafts, from rescue boats to helicopter floatation systems, our cylinders ensure rapid deployment when every second counts.

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  • Commercial airline pilots in cockpit

    Giving you more innovation

    We’re constantly innovating to produce the most advanced technological solutions designed to ensure the reliable and rapid deployment of life safety systems.

    Our cylinders are lightweight, durable, efficient and versatile, enabling greater innovation across the whole industry.

    Our products

Applications

Luxfer’s lightweight carbon composite cylinders are used across the aerospace, aviation and nautical industries providing reliable and rapid life-saving systems.

Aerospace

Luxfer’s lightweight carbon composite cylinders are used across the aerospace, aviation and nautical industries providing reliable and rapid life-saving systems.

Space

Beginning as Structural Composites (SCI) and is born from NASA technology, Luxfer continues to serve current space platforms and can meet tight timelines for new customers.

Inflation

Suitable for a variety of aerospace and inflation applications, including aircraft emergency egress slides, helicopter utility float systems and life rafts.

Military

Luxfer cylinders are lightweight and optimized for structural efficiency ideal for a variety of functions requiring high pressure storage

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We’re all working together to pioneer new technologies that help emergency and evacuation teams save more lives and keep people safer.

Products

From evacuation slides to life rafts, from rescue boats to helicopter floatation systems, our cylinders ensure rapid deployment when every second counts.

L6X composite inflation cylinders

Manufactured at our Riverside and Pomona, California facilities, all our inflation and aerospace cylinders are designed to requirements of the U.S. DOT-CCFC and meet all performance provisions of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and related Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA).

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