DeepWater Buoyancy Component
HardBall® Floats
Syntactic foam floats in thick-walled polyethylene shells for distributed buoyancy on cables and moorings; they cannot leak or implode.
Description
HardBall® Floats provide distributed buoyancy for cable laying, offshore and oceanographic applications in a wide range of sizes and depth ratings. The core uses only high-strength epoxy-based DeepTec® syntactic foam with no macrospheres, inside a thick-walled polyethylene shell resisting impact and biofouling.
Key features
- Alternative to glass spheres for in-line or backup buoyancy on deepwater moorings
- No maintenance; cannot leak or implode
- Can pass across an overboarding sheave
- Clip-on attachment kit available
Applications
Tethers and umbilicals of sea plows and trenching vehicles, cable laying and deepwater moorings.
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