Comeca upgrades cooling systems for military tents

Comeca modernised the cooling systems of military tents for a French customer who builds mobile command posts for Opex. Comeca's teams carried out all the R&D for this project, supplying two prototypes and more than 10 series assemblies.

The client's need: the design of a robust and transportable reversible split air conditioning system

For this project, the client's request (a large French industrial group active in technical engineering and technological services) concerned the design of a reversible Split Air/Air system, adapted to a military environment and its constraints

The solution provided by the Comeca teams: a build to spec design

The development, entirely carried out by Comeca's teams, was designed in build-to-spec mode over a total period of 8 months until the delivery of two pre-series tested and qualified in Comeca's climatic test laboratory located in Saint Quentin Fallavier. The equipment underwent test cycles in one of the laboratory's climatic chambers with adjustable hydrometry in order to reproduce all the climatic conditions of our planet.

The type tests carried out confirmed the refrigeration and heating performances predicted by the R&D team in Saint Quentin Fallavier, even under extreme climatic conditions. Adjustments and commissioning were carried out on our customer's site to ensure proper integration into the customer's system.

The outdoor unit of the air conditioning system
attached to the customer's "receiving" frame

Comeca expertise for a project to modernise the cooling system of military tents

• Optimisation of the control and refrigeration functions to remain very compact 
• Commitment to rapid development in project mode in order to validate the solution in real life 
• Feedback on the main military requirements: extreme temperatures, low noise levels, robustness and resistance to shocks/carrying, compactness and easy handling, optimised control loop, IP level and BS resistance, commissioning support, user training and MCO contract 
• On-site testing facilities allow projects to be carried out in complete autonomy while respecting the confidentiality of information

Comeca's teams are proud to have accompanied their client in modernising the cooling systems of military tents by carrying out this project which required considerable technical expertise and confidentiality.