Rubber fenders are more and more widely used the tranship and stop of ship to ship, ship to wharf, with the advantages of maintenance free, long service life, easy installation, etc. Rubber fender, also known as rubber protective wood, is installed on a terminal or ship to absorb the collision energy of the berthing, mooring for the ship to ship or ship to wharf, protecting the ship and the wharf from damage.
The Categories Of Rubber Fender
Usually, the rubber fender can be divided into two categories according to the structure, which includes solid rubber fender and floating rubber fender.
Solid rubber fender, which is a non-floating type, is an anti-collision device of ship to wharf with early & wide range applications. According to the rubber fender force, it can be divided into types of shear, rotational and compression. According to the structure, it can be divided into super arch SA type rubber fender, D type fender, GD type fender, super cone type (ZC) fender, cylindrical type (Y-type) fender, etc.
The floating rubber fender can be free-floating on the water surface, depending on its internal buffer medium, it can be divided into types of inflatable rubber fender, filled rubber fender.
Inflatable rubber fenders adopt compressed air as the medium, consuming collision energy by compressed air.
Foam-filled fender, also known as solid polyurethane fender, has a buffer medium which is mainly closed well foaming materials, such as foaming EVA, foamed polyurethane, and foamed rubber. The Yokohama pneumatic rubber fender is a widely used filled fender.
