Business Innovator Awards 2017

18 Corporate Vision / Business Innovator Awards 2017 , Established in 2006, SRS Ltd was originally designed to create a modern private venture company converging Russian Hi-Tech aerospace technologies into civil market using Private-Public Partnership (PPP) mechanisms. Sergei outlines the firm’s latest developments and how these have influenced its success. “After full scale R&D, testing and validation activities, SRS Ltd has developed a unique and unrivalled emergency rescue device SPARS® - an Autonomous Self-Rescue Pneumo Transformable Chute Back-pack System. This is a validated forefront rescue solution for guaranteed personal secure emergency escape from nearly any high elevation structure (skyscrapers, towers, high board ocean liners, offshore platforms etc.). “Originally started as a pilot project the SPARS® development is resulted in a creation of a brand new pneumo- framed aerodynamic devices technology (devices and method) integrating at least three unique features inside of it: a chute that doesn’t need an airflow to be deployed, a pneumo-framed catapult that ejects and moves away an ordinary person from dangerous high elevation object and air cushion dumping device that provides secure landing on practically any underlying surface and water. Currently the technology represented in two devices: PARACONE® with a conical chute (for professionals) and SPARS® with extended Best Aerospace Venture Project Firm – Russia & Excellence Award for High Rise Personal Emergency Rescue Solutions - Russia Space Rescue Systems Ltd. (SRS Ltd.) is an innovative Russian aerospace specialist creating unique technology. We invited Sergei Kulik to talk us through the firm inmore detail. chute system (for untrained ordinary persons).” Outside of space, the product can also be used in conventional emergency situations. Currently there is still uncovered market niche with an obvious but unrealised human requirement to feel safe while living, working or even journeying on high elevation structures (buildings, platforms, ships etc.). Actually, the technical reviews shows that at present there are practically no effective means for secure alternative escape starting from 60÷80 m height and higher available on the market. In case of emergency than traditional evacuation is impossible or ineffective those people all over the world have practically no means of urgent secure rescue from the height and need an alternative solution. However, according to the firefighter’s statistics about 3- 5% of people being caught in alarm situation on the high-rise building used to try escaping from the windows and usually perished. On the other side homeland security analytics says that on average every skyscraper in the world is expected to be subjected to a fire case, terroristic attack or other emergency once in every 47 years. It proves by recent fire in with 24-store building in London, several skyscrapers fires in Dubai and WWT 2001 tragedy in New York. So, SRS Ltd. has decided to resolve problem in finding an alternative to traditional evacuation methods technical solution. It takes about eight years of R&D to resolve the task. Finally this aim has resulted in creation a brand new escape technology - an Autonomous Rescue Pneumo Transformable Chute Back-pack Solution for secure personal rescue from high-elevation structure in case of emergency than traditional evacuation methods are impossible. The SPARS® device provides a secure individual escape of untrained person 18-75 age old (or valuables cargos) with weights 45÷150 kg. from about any of existing high- rise (50÷1000 m) facilities (skyscrapers; towers; offshore platforms etc.) with guaranteed safe landing with 4÷6g overloads on any underlying surface in urban terrain or water in case of emergencies than traditional evacuation methods are impossible. In packed and assembly complete mode the SPARS® system weights 25 kg with back-pack dimensions 850x450x350mm and has easy- to-use suspension system. The SPARS® solution meets the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) requirements for high-rise emergency escape apparatus and it has its Certificate of Conformity As SRS. Ltd. is an engineering R&D SME company, most of its staff consists of former aerospace engineers who brought with themselves both high level qualification and labour and research culture. There are no bosses and subordinates in this unique relationship: every person is doing their best, supporting each other and effectively substitute another person if needed. However, the firm has a strong internal culture of success and works to support every member of staff, as Sergei explains. “For some specific researches and for production we have used an outsourcing mechanisms having contracts with the leading specialists in their specific fields of knowledge and creating a cooperation of 18 leading Russian and foreign aerospace companies. It significantly helped us to fulfilled full-scale research and development activities to develop the project from conceptual proposal stage to releasing operating prototypes unparalleled anywhere in the world. “Additionally, the SPARS® unit for individual use had required a special certificate basis. In this regard SRS Ltd. initiated and fulfilled a leading role with other interested entities in development a specific National Standard (GOST) specifying medical and technical requirements for injury-free operation by untrained persons rescued by means of new type SPARS® shock-absorbing systems. “To have certification tests performed a special Hybrid-III (USA) crush test dummy- based anthropomorphous (bionic-like) instrumentation station has been developed and created by the SRS Ltd.