Within the defence area they have a vast quantity of various materials which must be protected against damage from humidity in order to ensure long life, the best operational reliability, and a minimum of operational costs.

HBC dehumidifiers are installed within the defence area of many countries: Denmark, England, Switzerland, and Poland. The application methods are varied, such as e.g.:

Ammunition Storage

In order to ensure that the ammunition is not damaged from humidity the adsorption dehumidifier is installed in ammunition storage rooms. This kind of installation is in principle a question of dry Air Storage.

Protection of Tanks and Aircraft

For tanks and aircraft it is often a question of "point- or object dehumidification", meaning that dry air is blown into the cabin of the aircraft or the internal part of the tank.

In this way electronic and optic equipment is protected against damage from humidity resulting in greater operational reliability/less errors of equipment and a generally longer life.

The dry-air protection takes place while the aircraft is grounded and when the tank is garaged – but it may also take place in the field by means of mobile dehumidifiers.

General Dry Air Storage

Other materials such as boots, uniforms, parachutes, etc. are kept in a dry air storage.

Explosion proof

All the equipments in HBC dehumidifiers are designed to be suitable for military type explosion proof applications, i.e. all mechanical or electrical failure in the dehumidifier will not in any way affect the surroundings*

*The air around the dehumidifiers and the regeneration and process air must be free from explosive gases and explosive solids.