With the development of shipping industry, there is more and more demand for quay and marine fenders, thus the requirements for fender functions are also getting higher than before. Among various fenders, rubber marine fenders with its good toughness and impact resistance now are widely used. Though, there are many marine rubber fender suppliers in China while the marine boat fenders there offered are in different levels. Some manufacturers do not comply with the relevant standards and processes, use low-quality raw materials or reclaimed rubber to reduce costs causing the serious potential safety hazard.
Various rubber fenders are available in the market:
d type rubber marine fender, cylindrical fenders, square fender, polyurethane fender, inflating boat fenders, foam filled boat fenders, pneumatic rubber fender and so on. When designing marine boat fenders, the manufacturer should take the reaction force acting on the hull and ship components of docks, the size of the deformation after the fenders absorb the kinetic energy of the ship into consideration. Besides, the reaction force acting by fenders transformation, the relative stiffness of the fender, effectiveness of energy absorption when the fender is not crowded, the rate of speed deceleration when ship berthing and many other factors all need to be considered. The quality of rubber fenders is very important. The low-quality rubber fenders are extremely harmful. They not only have a short service life but also cause serious damage to docks and berthing vessels.
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