Emergency Escape Breathing Device (EEBD) for museum exhibit

The Navy conducted safety and occupational health (SOH) programs for many years. These programs gained prominence after passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) in 1970. Which resulted in the establishment of the Navy’s OSH program manual including Surface Ship Safety Standards. One of the standards focused on respiratory protection for occupied compartment(s) aboard ship. The Emergency Escape Breathing Device (EEBD) device was designed to provide filtered air during emergency evacuation situations when the ambient air is suddenly contaminated by abnormal concentration of a pollutant or even poorly oxygenated. The EEBD was housed in enclosures in occupied compartments aboard ship which was the original configuration of active-duty vessels.

The original EEBD devices have been removed leaving vacant enclosure that contained the EEBD’s in each compartment, which does not reflect the vessels active-duty configuration. Numerous vessels have been decommissioned (removed from active duty) some of those ships have been saved and are now museum ships. Various museum ships have a tour route through the various locations such as; berthing, technical, and office spaces. Regrettably, over time, the EEBD devices have been lost or removed from the shipboard museum exhibits. Replacement EEBD devices faceplate (non-functional exhibit) has been designed, printed to replicate the visual configuration of an installed EEBD device configuration as it would appear on an active-duty vessel. 

EEBD faceplate exhibit assembly
Orange PLA FDM Filament (30.40g/ 718.3m faceplate and standoff set)
2 each #10 x 32 5/8 round combo head machine screw
2 each #10 flat washer
2 each #10 x 32 machine screw nut