Schuyler Rubber Company
Manufacturers of Marine Rubber Fenders

BACKGROUND

Schuyler Rubber Co., Inc. has designed, tested and manufactured laminated rubber fenders since 1950. Laminated rubber's proven track record of economy, protection, durability, and reliability make it the preferred choice over virgin extruded and molded rubber for tugs, pushboats, barges, ferries, piers, docks, dolphins, trawlers and other marine vessels and structures.

ECONOMY

Laminated rubber is less expensive to purchase and to install. The cost to cut, pin, drill, and fabricate the steel channel for virgin rubber is up to 300% more expensive than the cost to weld Schuyler Laminated Rubber sections directly to the area requiring protection.

CUSTOM BUILT PROTECTION

Laminated rubber fenders are custom built to fit complex conical shapes, sharp radius corners, deck falls, stem rakes, and tapers. Each section is delivered complete with hangers and weld tabs ready for installation. Virgin rubber products, on the other hand, must be modified at additional cost before a fender is created. Even then, virgin rubber cannot be effectively fitted to many odd-shaped areas as laminated rubber can.

DURABILITY

Laminated rubber fenders contain tough plies of nylon and cloth internal reinforcement unlike virgin rubber. As a result, the chipping, cracking, and cutting often associated with virgin rubber is virtually eliminated.

SELECTION

Laminated rubber is available in an unlimited number of sizes and shapes, hard or soft, with or without air cells. Each laminated rubber section is precurved, tapered, and shaped to meet your specific requirements. On the other hand, virgin rubber is available in a comparatively narrow range of standard sizes.

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

The load deflection, energy absorption, and chemical properties of laminated rubber equal or exceed those of virgin rubber. For example, the SR3D Fender is the softest and most energy absorbant fendering system offered today. Virgin rubber products simply do not provide the cushion and performance required of the new ship assist tugs being designed and built.

RECYCLED PRODUCT

Unlike virgin rubber, 100% of the laminated rubber in each Schuyler Fender is recycled from post-consumer bias ply truck tires. This fact becomes increasingly critical as public and private entities are required to increase their consumption of recycled products.

Other Sites to Visit:

Baier: Marine Deck Hatches

SSR Marine: Extruded Rubber Fendering

  For your fendering applications not suited to our laminated fenders, please visit our sister company Maritime International, Inc. to review their complete line of molded rubber fender systems for large commercial dock fendering applications.


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