A SHIP CONSTRUCTION, A CONDUIT FRAME, AND A METHOD FOR TESTING THE SEALING INTEGRITY WHERE PIPES AND/OR CABLES ARE DUCTED THROUGH A CONDUIT

摘要

A ship construction, floating construction, or a non-floating off-shore construction for holding on board human beings, the construction having one partitioning element for delimiting one compartment, the element being provided with at least one conduit frame (3) for sealingly ducting at least one pipe and/or cable (15) therethrough, the conduit frame (3) having at least two ends which can each be sealed off (12) for obtaining a sealed-off condition of the conduit frame (3) and having between the ends a free volume section (6) for trapping air between the sealed-off ends, the conduit frame (3) being provided with at least one closeable and openable connector (7) for establishing a fluid connection between the free volume section (6) and a position outside the conduit frame (3), so that in the volume section (6) the gas pressure can be changed for testing the sealing integrity.