Marine Industry

Thanks to its physical and chemical properties, polypropylene is resistant to water and will not absorb it. For this reason 3M honeycomb materials are ideal for numerous areas of industry such as:

• Boat-construction: hull, deck, flybridge, sole, door, stringer, hatch, interior. Thousands of boats are built every year using 3M Structural Honeycomb. 3M's tough and rot-proof core will  result in stronger and more  durable  structural boat parts; in addition, as  compared to  foam,  balsa wood, or paper honeycomb, the boat became much quieter than before due to its inherent best in the business  sound  and  vibration dampening qualities. 
• Equipment specific to marine construction, such as floating docks.
• Swimming pool construction, either for the swimming pool itself (used for this purpose, our honeycomb materials add thermal  insulation characteristics to maintain the water temperature) or for accessory elements like staircases or annex premises.
• Features connected with sanitary arrangements, like shower tubs or bathroom fittings in general; in this case honeycomb materials can be used with polyester skins or Formica as well as with marble or many other types of  solid  surface  skins.
• Fish farm filtration ( using 18" thick 3M unscrimmed blocks)

Marine Structures: Hulls, Decks and Bulkheads Click on a picture to enlarge it.
Edgewater Powerboats 225CC hull and deck cored with H8PP.	US Corps of Engineers Research Vessel pilothouse cored with H8PP for 45 db noise reduction.	Powerboat hull and deck cored with H8PP.
Hunter Marine, sole and deck cored with H8PP.	65' Catamaran, hull,deck, bulkheads,flybridge cored with H8PP.	Marlago 35, hull and deck cored with H8PP, at over 70 mph.
Don Smith Powerboats, H8PP in hull and deck.	Trident 180' megayacht deks and stringers cored with H8PP.	US Coast Guard approved Ferry cored with H8PP.
Patrick Bateau of Montreal,Canada,H8PP in hull and deck.	Mirage trawler cored with H8PP.	Lambada Yachts cored with H8PP.
Passenger ferry in China cored with H8PP.	Bertram Yachts cored with H8PP.	Howard Appollonio,Naval Architect, designed vessel with H8PP.
Thriller.	Chaparral.	Fast Cat II

Marine Interiors Click on a picture to enlarge it.
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