STS Yokohama Type Fender Floating Pneumatic Natural Rubber Fender

Pneumatic Rubber Fender

The "Yokohama Type Pneumatic Rubber Fender" was developed in 1958. Progress in the development of such floating pneumatic rubber fenders is closely related to the progress and development of ship technology, and has to continuously cope with progressively larger oil tankers such as VLCC's, ULCC's, large gas carriers, bulk carriers and floating structures. Floating pneumatic fenders are used world wide for ship-to-ship (STS) transfer operations, terminals, and for all kinds of ships. Since its creation until today, more than millions of fenders have been supplied worldwide both for ship-to-ship and ship-to-dock (STD) operations serving our valuable customers. These fenders play a critical role in the safe operation of ship berthing and mooring

The inflatable rubber ball is an updated product of the ship fender that is widely used in the world today. It uses compressed air as a buffer medium to make the ship have a softer collision avoidance effect when it is berthing.

Compared with general elastic rubber fenders (such as waste tires, solid rubber fenders, etc.), it has the advantages of large impact energy absorption, low pressure per unit area acting on ships, excellent impact fatigue resistance, and easy installation.

Since it was put into use in the market, with its excellent elasticity and wear resistance, the inflatable rubber fender has been used as a buffer medium for ship berthing and ship berthing, and is widely used in ship-to-ship operations and ship mooring operations.

The fender also called pneumatic fender, rubber fender, yokohama fender, made by rubber & multi layers of rubber-dipped tyre fabric, is a leading anti-collision device for marine application in the world today. Marine fenders have become an ideal ship protection medium against collision among ship-to-ship (STS), ship to quay (STQ) and ship-to-berthing (STB), they are widely used for large tankers, vessels, docks, harbor wharfs and ocean platforms.

Pneumatic rubber fender features

1 Safety and Reliability

Yokohama Pneumatic Rubber Fenders are constructed of several layers of strong tire-cord, and are thus resistant to pressure and cutting. The safety factor adopted in the design of this fender is based on accepted theory and has been proven by extensive experimentation. Operational experience over a long period of time attests to its high safety and reliability, and hydraulic pressure tests have proven the strength to be suitable.

2 No Deterioration or Variation in Performance

Yokohama Pneumatic Rubber Fenders utilize the compressive elasticity of air, therefore performance deterioration due to fatigue is absent. In the case of solid rubber fenders or foam-filled fenders, based on data were taken from comparison tests of Yokohama Fenders, there are variations in performance. Such performance variations are associated to changes of rubber or foam hardness occurring as a result of cyclic compression and temperature change. The good performance of the Yokohama Pneumatic Rubber Fenders remains unchanged even at temperatures under -50 degrees Centigrade (-58 degrees Fahrenheit).

3 Advantages at Inclined Berthing

Ships usually make initial contact with the dock or another ship on STS operations at an oblique angle. In the case of Yokohama Pneumatic Rubber Fenders, energy absorption does not decrease at inclined compression up to 15 degrees.

4 Most Cost Competitive System

The utilization of the compressive elasticity of air, unlike other fenders which need protector panels, provides completely uniform surface pressure on contact. The surface pressure is equal to the internal air pressure

5 Stronger against Shearing Force

After contacting a dock, a ship is usually shifted to the correct mooring position. The shifting exerts shearing and compression forces on the fenders. This combined force is very severe in the case of solid rubber fenders because they are not reinforced against such force. In contrast, Yokohama Pneumatic Rubber Fenders are adequately reinforced using strong tire-cord to cope against such forces as well as internal pressure.

Service and transportation:

The product warranty period of Henger is 24 months, and the average supplier can not reach such a long time, which is also the trust we and customers have in our factory products.

After-sales service we are online 24 hours a day, as long as you have questions we will always be there, there will be professional staff to answer your questions and provide you with technical support.

Transportation We can take the deflation pallet transportation and the entire fender transportation without deflation according to the requirements of customers. We always put the customer's requirements first.

Contact information:
Angus Zhang

Tel: +86-15794525751

E-mail:angus@hengergroup.com;