HVG MARINE RUBBER AIRBAG 0004: Launch Vessel and Ship Air Bags for Shipyards

General Introduction

• Vessel and ship launch or dock airbags are widely used for ship launch and dock in shipyards, specially medium and small shipyards alongside rivers and seasides in Asian and American countries. Marine airbags are often called ship launching airbags that indicate the most popular application of these heavy duty airbags is for ship launching. It is estimated that more than 80 percent new built ships who’s DWT below 60,000 are launched by marine airbags.
• Launching with marine airbags is flexible. Any flat ground with a little declining angle can be taken as a slip way. Airbags can sucessfully launch a ship even on a bank 1 or 2 meters over water level.
• Marine rubber airbag typically has a body of cylindrical shape and two conical heads, one at each end. At each head end, there is a metal bushing as a mouth for air inflation and the plug with a ring.
• Please refer to the drawing of a typical marine airbag and its accessories below to know the structure and accessories.

Key Features of Marine Ship Launch Airbags

• 1. Flexible in various launching projects: Airbags can be made to be specified sizes and layers as per the requirement of different launching projects.
• 2. Easy Operation: The operation of launching vessels with rubber airbags is releatively easy, just laying out and inflating the airbags to lift the vessels and roll them to the water. It has not strict requirement on slipway conditions. Ship launching can be executed even in tough conditions.
• 3. Durable and recycled: Marine Airbags can be used many times repeated.
• 4. High economy: As marine airbags can be used repeatedly and its cost is not high, launching or docking ships with marine airbags can save much cost for shipyards or ship owners.