Inflatable Beams for Aquaculture

Why use pressure-supported beams?

Have you been camping lately? What held up your tent in the wind? Chances are it wasn’t aluminium or fibreglass tent poles. Modern tents utilise inflatable beams formed from collapsible tubes that are inflated to form a structural member. The advantages are even more pronounced for marine applications.

This video shows how patented SeaStrut beams can be implemented for marine aquaculture with features such as:

  • Collapsible elements that offer bend / compression resistance when deployed

  • Can suspend nets, drop-ropes, seaweed and similar substrates

  • Maintains separation of substrates under dynamic loading

  • Buoyancy control can affect submersion of farm stock in storms

  • Made from flexible, durable materials with a safe over-load response

SeaStrut is enabled by proprietary solutions for internal buoyancy control and stabilisation. These elements could form a building block solution for future novel marine structures, like our Net9 fish pen. Our current product range focuses on seaweed and shellfish farming solutions.

 

Seastrut-SW Series Products

Seastrut-SW is for shellfish and seaweed farming applications and Impact-9 is ready to work with early adopter customers to implement this solution. The images below show our SW4 hardware, based on a 4 inch (100mm) diameter. Impact-9 is working on SW6 (150mm) product and has experimented with up to 10 inch (250mm) diameter hardware. Depending on your needs, beams can be configured to support immersed weights from 2 kg to 20 kg per metre length. Furthermore, a variable buoyancy control range of up to 12kg per metre length can be implemented, including to affect submergence control.

Interested?

Can we help your project by implement these solutions? As well as hardware provision, we can undertake suitable engineering assessments to satisfy your project stakeholders. Click on the link below to learn more, or why not reach out and let us know about your technical needs?