UHMWPE Mooring Buoy

UHMWPE Mooring Buoy

Application:

A UHMWPE (Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene) Mooring Buoy is a specialized marine device used for anchoring ships, boats, and other watercraft in place. It is designed to provide a stable and secure point of attachment for vessels, preventing them from drifting or being carried away by currents or winds.

Unlike traditional mooring buoys made from materials like steel or concrete, UHMWPE mooring buoys are constructed using a high-performance synthetic polymer known as Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene. This material offers exceptional strength, durability, and resistance to environmental factors such as corrosion, abrasion, and UV degradation.

The buoy typically consists of a cylindrical body, often hollow, that floats on the water's surface and is partially submerged. The buoy's design allows it to withstand the forces exerted by tides, waves, and vessel movements while maintaining its position.

UHMWPE mooring buoys often have a central attachment point where the vessel's mooring lines or chains can be securely fastened. The attachment point is typically reinforced with additional materials or metal components to ensure its strength and longevity.

One of the significant advantages of UHMWPE mooring buoys is their lightweight nature. Compared to traditional alternatives, they have a higher buoyancy-to-weight ratio, making them easier to handle during installation and maintenance. This feature also allows for cost-effective transportation and deployment.

Additionally, UHMWPE mooring buoys have low friction properties, reducing wear on mooring lines and chains. They offer excellent impact resistance, enabling them to withstand collisions with vessels. Their inherent buoyancy and resistance to chemical deterioration make them suitable for deployment in a wide range of marine environments, including offshore installations, harbors, and marinas.

Main Features

1. UHMWPE Material.

2. Environment Friendly: Self-colored with environmental pigment; Good chemical stability, won't be decomposed in seawater for decades.

3. Excellent Impact Resistance: Resilience quickly with no deformation after collision.

4. High Corrosion Resistance.

5. Single Structure:Filled with high density PU foam single body, no water leakage, no inclination and no sinking.

6. High Weather Resistance: can work under temperature from -100℃ to 85℃.

7. Longer Life: Nearly 50 years service time

8. Maintenance Free: tail tube and floating body need no painting, no water growth cleaning

9. Easy for Deployment: can be deployed by small vessel

10. Anti-typhoon 17 grade

11. Certificate:CCS, ABS, LR, NK, RS, DNV·GL, KR, BV, RINA

Reasons for Choosing Hi-Sea Marine:

1. Experienced, Reputable Supplier;

2. Supply a Large Range of Marine Equipment;

3. High Quality Products;

4. Reasonable and Competitive Price;

5. Short Delivery;

6. Excellent One-Stop Service;

7. Meet All the Requirements of Customers;

8. Supply ABS, CCS, BV, NK or other Certificates as Required.

Marine mooring buoy in factory: