How to Do The Regular Maintenance of Rubber Fenders?
Marine rubber fenders play a vital role in maritime safety. They help prevent ships from making costly mistakes when maneuvering near other ships or piers. Therefore, for those in the shipping…
Something You Don’t Know About Ship Launching Airbags
What do you know about Ship Airbag Launching Technology? The ship airbag launching technology is developed on the basis of the traditional slide launching technology. It uses the flexible airbag to replace the slide and…
5 Steps to Repair a Ship Launching Airbag
Ship launching airbags also known as inflatable boat airbags, roller bags, empty bags, life-saving bags, are long cylindrical balloon shapes, which are made of heavy-duty synthetic wheels and internal and external…
How to Select a Suitable Pneumatic Fender?
We know that some recent problems have made some of our customers confused about choosing marine pneumatic fenders. On this occasion, we wrote this guide to help those who do…
Construction of Pneumatic Fenders
The pneumatic fender is constructed of an inner rubber, synthetic-tire-cord layer, and outer rubber. All of those shall be vulcanized firmly and proven by compress test. Outer rubber layer covers…
Something You Don’t Know About Rubber Fenders
What is rubber fender? Rubber fender, also known as rubber bumper, is installed on docks or ships to absorb the collision energy between ships and docks or ships when docking or mooring,…
What is Ship Launching Airbag?
Airbag for ship launching and landing is an extremely promising mature technology. The airbag’s main function is to carry the ship launching or towing the ship uphill, with extremely high load capacity,…
How to do the Fender Performance Testing?
Key Points of Rubber Fender Performance Test The fender performance is determined by the absorbed energy and max. reaction force in the procedure when the fender is compressed to the…
How to design the chains used for rubber fenders?
There are 3 types of chains in the fender system: tension chain, weight chain, and shear chain. The main function of the tension chain is to protect the fender from damage…
What is the rubber property of the rubber fender?
Rubber Properties Boomarine supplied rubber fenders are manufactured from high-quality nature rubber and other styrene Butadiene SBR based compounds to satisfy various performance requirements. Other special rubber is also available…