How to use and choose suitable Ship Launching Airbags

How to use and choose suitable Ship Launching Airbags

Xifan marine offer wide range of marine airbags , like ship launching rubber airbag , roller bags, air lift bags, and salvage bags. Marine Airbags range in size from 0.8 to 2.5m diameter, with lengths of 5.0m to 24.0m 'effective length'. Marine Airbags are used for ship launching, haulouts, loading, and floating. They are widely used in cargo boat launching and landing, lifting and moving sunken ships, and salvaging stranded boats. Marine Rubber Air bags have the benefit of not only saving labor and time, but investment costs. Additionally they are flexible, portable, and dependable.

So how to choose the suitable air bags for our ship ? the layers of the Marine Air Bags are very important , just give below an example .

4-layer bags that are 1.5m dia x 15m long contain a rubber content that is not less than 51%. The airbags can safely hold 156-tons with a safe working pressure of 0.08MPa while rolling. When standing still the highest lifting pressure is 0.10MPa while holding 194-tons.

6-layer bags that are 1.5m dia x 15m long contain a rubber content that is not less than 51%. The marine airbags can safely hold 234-tons with a safe working pressure of 0.12MPa while rolling. When standing still the highest lifting pressure is 0.14MPa while holding 272-tons.

We have some good partner in Indonesia , In PT. CINDARA shipyard the Launching Transverse Slipway was broken during the launching process, which resulted the Ship launching cannot be scored, as urgently requested by the Shipyard, Xifan Marine immediately provided the Launching Airbag technical solutions and sent by air total 30 pcs Marine Airbags with 1.5M(Dia)x18M(Length), successfully completed the Ship Launching Process.

Because of the weather conditions in the Arctic, the Lifting of old ship by Marine Airbags can only be made during the Summer months. "We're extremely happy with the strength of Xifan Marine Airbags which really stands the severe tests", said the Panama Customer, "We ended up cutting most of the Airbags of 6m length into halves according to Parachute Principle as we have difficulties of inflating the Airbags".