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Durable Pneumatic Fender

Durable pneumatic fender, also called Yokohama fender, has been used in port, harbor, and maritime operations for decades since it was developed in 1958. This durable pneumatic fender is used extensively in ship-to-ship transfer and ship mooring and berthing operations. It’s always regarded as a buffer to reduce a shock in between due to its excellent performance of great elasticity and abrasion-resistance.

Durable pneumatic fenders are divided into three types, including sling type, hydro-pneumatic type, and chain and tire net type. Each type plays a critical role in protecting the safety of marine operations.

Fully compliant with the ISO17357 standard, Jerryborg’s durable pneumatic fender supplies with a variety of specifications and dimensions to meet customer’s requests and different application conditions.

Durable Pneumatic Fender Advantage

1. Shape Conformant at Inclined Compression

Durable pneumatic fender is made of reinforced cord layers of high elasticity and flexibility, which enable it to make it shape conformant at inclined compression during ship-to-ship operations. Compared with solid fender and foam fender, the durable pneumatic fender is easier to distribute the load along the ship's body or berthing structure.

2. Safe and Reliable

Durable pneumatic fender is made of several strong cord layers to enable it to be pressure-resistant and puncture-resistant. The durable pneumatic fender whose diameter is over 2.5m is equipped with a safety valve to release the air inside in case it’s overpressured. The diagram below shows the data variations at different percentage compressions.

3. Advantage Under Severe Weather Conditions

Under normal circumstances, the ship movement caused by high and long-period waves or strong wind will bring repeated compression and shearing forces on the fender and make it easier to be fatigue and damage. However durable pneumatic fender is strong enough to resist severe weather conditions, the reaction force increases slowly compared with solid fender and won’t easily reach the maximum.

Durable Pneumatic Fender Structure

① Outer rubber layer

Durable pneumatic fenders are covered by the outer layer made of natural rubber. This rubber compound is strong enough to protect the inner layer and synthetic-cord layer from the damage of external forces and severe weather conditions due to its high elasticity and abrasion resistance.

② Synthetic-tyre-cord layer

The Synthetic-tyre-cord layer is made of synthetic-tire-cord fabrics, compared with synthetic canvas fabric and synthetic belt fabric, this reinforcement layer performs better in fatigue-resistance and pressure-holding.

③ Inner rubber layer

The inner rubber layer is designed to seal the air inside the fender.

Durable Pneumatic Fender Application

1. Ship-to-ship transfer operations

2. Ship-to-ship services

3. Offshore platform defense

4. Ship berthing at the dock

5. Hang on the ship hull

Specifications of Durable Pneumatic Fender

Pneumatic 50 Standard Sizes:

Pneumatic 80 Standard Sizes:

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