The Scot Seat Group motto ‘Comfort and Safety when you need it most’ is adopted by the product range from the very start of the design process through to trials, testing and manufacture of each product.

Every seating product is designed to suit 5th to 95th percentile body ergonomically correct to support proper body posture. This is a vital component of every seat, particularly on high speed craft seats where incorrect body posture and repeated shock impacts can cause injury.

Focus is on safety with stress analysis studies carried out on all components, allowing products to be made as light as possible without sacrificing strength. Following computer generated analysis; static seat strength tests are carried out in Scot Seat’s test centre and both static and dynamic tests carried out by external TUV and DNV approved test centres.

Scot Seats in house test centre includes a drop test rig to allow for repeatable drop tests to be carried out and recorded that measure deck accelerations and seat accelerations. The drop test rig design allows for testing to UK MOD protocol 1 where testing of shock mitigation seats is undertaken in a repeatable manner allowing for accurate comparisons to be made for occupant weight and impact load ranging from 4 to 20g.

After accurate impact testing is undertaken both in-house and by recognised industry approved test centres, sea trials and testing are carried out to prove the comfort and shock mitigating performance of the seat at sea. Scot Seats range of shock mitigation seats are extensively tested at sea in a Scot Seat owned test RHIB, and upon request by boat builders and military and commercial operators worldwide. This testing has been the deciding factor for numerous operators to choose Scot Seats to protect their crews in the most demanding sea states.

Typical Test Session Parameters