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Guides to choosing, installing and maintaining rubber fender systems.
The Advantages of Rubber Fenders
The main benefits of rubber fenders: protection from damage, lower maintenance costs, easy installation, adaptability, less noise and custom designs.
Industries That Use Rubber Fenders
Where rubber fenders are used: ports and wharves, shipping, marine terminals, trucks and vans, building interiors and recreational boating.
How to Install Cone Rubber Fenders
A step-by-step guide to installing cone rubber fenders, from materials and preparation to fixing, checking and adjustment.
Rubber Compounds for Rubber Fenders
What goes into a quality rubber fender: natural and synthetic rubber without reclaim, blast-cleaned steel inserts, and corrosion-protected accessories.
How to Choose the Right Fender for Your Vessel Type
The key factors in choosing a fender to suit the vessel: ship size, operating characteristics, wharf environment, and maintenance and replacement costs.
Rubber Fenders: Design Requirements and Features
The requirements a rubber fender must meet in design and manufacture, and the features of EPDM-based fender rubber.
Case Report: Replacing Rubber Fenders at a Crude Oil Terminal
How a crude oil terminal planned and carried out a 30-tonne rubber fender replacement on its KA platform in 4.5 days, ahead of schedule.
D-Type Rubber Fenders
How D-type rubber fenders developed, where they are used on wharves, and their main features: compact base, easy fitting and high energy absorption.
How Rubber Fender Material Affects Shock Absorption
How the rubber compound of a fender determines its energy absorption, weather resistance and durability, and when special materials are worth specifying.
When Do Rubber Fenders Need to Be Replaced?
Five common situations that call for rubber fender replacement: wear and ageing, deformation, damage, end of service life and vessel modification.
What Types of Fenders Are There?
An overview of common rubber fender types, from cylindrical and D-type to arch, DA, drum and Π-type fenders, and where each is used.
The Role of Rubber Fenders
Why wharves need rubber fenders, the main fender types in use worldwide, and why dimensional stability matters in fender manufacturing.
Basic Data Required for Rubber Fender Design
A design questionnaire listing the vessel, berthing and wharf data needed to select and size a rubber fender system.