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1、 Professional solutions provided by the shipbuilding industry:

Core value positioning: Our company provides cable sealing, protection, connection, and explosion-proof safety solutions designed for extreme marine environments in the shipbuilding industry, ensuring stable operation and personnel safety of ship power, control, and communication systems under various harsh conditions (salt spray, humidity, vibration, oil pollution, high temperature, explosion risks).

Core pain points in the shipbuilding industry and your company's solutions:

1. Strict environmental protection (waterproof, anti salt spray, anti-corrosion) solution:

Pain points: Metal corrosion, seal failure, insulation degradation, and high risk of short circuit caused by seawater, high salt spray, and high humidity environment.

Our solution:

High grade sealed joints: Provide IP6X/IPX8 and above grade metal (such as 316 stainless steel, brass nickel plated) and nylon (such as weather resistant PA66) cable joints. Ensure that cable entrances at equipment bulkhead penetrations, deck equipment, and outdoor areas are completely sealed to prevent seawater and salt spray from entering critical equipment such as radar, navigation equipment, deck machinery control boxes, and lighting.

Corrosion resistant materials: Focus on promoting 316 stainless steel joints and high-quality engineering plastics (such as PVDF, specially modified PA) joints/corrugated pipes, providing excellent resistance to seawater and salt spray corrosion.

Corrugated pipe protection: Use weather resistant, oil resistant, and salt spray resistant corrugated pipes (such as PP, specially modified PA) to wrap cables, providing physical protection and additional environmental isolation layer, especially suitable for wiring harnesses exposed on the deck and upper deck of the engine room.

2. Anti vibration, anti impact, and stress relief solutions:

Pain points: Continuous vibration and impact caused by ship engines and wave impacts can easily lead to loose cable joints, worn and broken terminals, and cable fatigue.

Our solution:

Durable locking structure: Both metal and nylon joints adopt multiple seals (double O-rings, packing box) and strong locking design (metal compression nut, anti loosening structure) to ensure sealing and connection reliability under continuous vibration.

Armor joint impact resistance: Explosion proof armor joints themselves have extremely high mechanical strength, can withstand external impact and compression, and protect fragile connection points (such as equipment connections in the engine room).

Bellows buffer: The flexible structure of the bellows can effectively absorb vibration energy, reduce stress transmitted to cables and terminals, prevent fatigue fracture, and provide smooth transition for bellows joints.

3. Explosion proof safety solutions for hazardous areas (engine room, pump room, fuel area, etc.):

Pain point: There are flammable gases/vapors (such as oil and gas) in the ship's engine room, pump room, and fuel storage/refueling area, which belong to explosive hazardous areas (usually Zone 1 or Zone 2), requiring equipment to have explosion-proof certification

Our solution:

Explosion proof armored joint: This is our company's core advantage product. Provide explosion-proof armored joints certified by ATEX (Europe), IECEx (International), or classification societies.

Explosion proof principle: Using a sturdy metal armor shell to achieve "explosion-proof" (Exd) or "increased safety/explosion-proof composite" (Exde) protection, ensuring that in the event of sparks or high temperatures inside the joint, it will not ignite the external explosive environment; Simultaneously providing high-level sealing (IP68) to prevent gas intrusion.

Application: Electrical equipment inlet for hazardous areas such as engines, generators, fuel pumps, boiler control boxes, cargo pump compartments (oil tankers/chemical tankers), battery compartments (new energy ships), etc.

4. Fire safety solutions:

Pain point: Ship fire prevention requirements are extremely strict (SOLAS Convention), requiring materials to be flame retardant, low smoke, and non-toxic.

Our solution:

Flame retardant materials: Nylon joints, corrugated pipes, and joints are all made of materials that comply with the IMO FTPC fire resistance program rules (usually requiring UL94 V-0 flame retardant), meeting the low flame spread requirements of ships.

Application: Ship wide cable protection system, especially for cable penetrations that pass through fire compartments (requiring coordination with fire-resistant stuffing box systems, with joints being key components)

5. Oil and chemical resistance solutions:

Pain points: The cabin contains lubricating oil, fuel, hydraulic oil, cleaning agents, etc.

Our solution:

Oil resistant materials: We provide nylon (such as PA66 special grade) and fluoroplastic joints and corrugated pipes with excellent oil resistance, which resist oil erosion, prevent expansion, cracking, and performance degradation.

Application: Cable connection and protection for various equipment, pumps, and valves in the cabin.

6. Electromagnetic compatibility solution:

Pain point: Precision navigation and communication equipment are susceptible to electromagnetic interference.

Our solution:

Metal joint/armor joint shielding: Metal joints and explosion-proof armor joints themselves can provide good 360 ° electromagnetic shielding (EMI/RFI) to protect sensitive signal transmission (such as radar, GPS, AIS, internal communication lines).

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Uncompromising Cable Protection For Marine

1. Ensure safe navigation of ships: prevent serious accidents such as fire, explosion, equipment shutdown, navigation/communication interruption caused by cable connection failure (short circuit, open circuit), equipment water ingress, explosion-proof failure, etc., in compliance with international conventions such as SOLAS and classification society regulations.

2. Maximize system reliability: Provide long-term stable sealing, connection, and protection in extreme marine environments, reduce failure rates, lower maintenance costs, and minimize downtime losses.

3. Extend equipment lifespan: Effectively resist corrosion, vibration, and oil contamination, significantly extending the service life of cables, connectors, and protected equipment.

4. Meet strict certification: The product meets or can support the type approval requirements of major classification societies, as well as ATEX/IECEx explosion-proof certification and IMO fire protection requirements.

5. Simplify installation and maintenance: Provide standardized and modular joints and corrugated pipe systems for shipyard installation and onboard maintenance.

6. Adapt to the needs of the entire ship: The solution covers different areas of the ship, including living quarters (ordinary protection), outdoor decks (high protection level, weather resistance), engine rooms (oil resistant, explosion-proof, anti vibration), and hazardous areas (professional explosion-proof).

PS: As a professional manufacturer of cable connection and protection systems, our company provides a cornerstone solution for the shipbuilding industry to ensure the safe, reliable, and sustainable operation of "ship lifelines" (power, control, and communication cables) in extremely harsh and high-risk environments. Our product line fully covers the core protection requirements of ship electrical installation, from resisting ubiquitous salt spray corrosion, responding to continuous vibration impact, to meeting strict explosion-proof and fire prevention requirements. Against the backdrop of the continuous pursuit of higher safety and reliability in the global shipbuilding and shipping industries, our company focuses on ship level certification, high-performance materials, and professional explosion-proof technology solutions. We will become a key partner and reliable guarantee for shipowners, shipyards, and ship equipment manufacturers. The key lies in establishing strong technical persuasiveness (certification, testing data) and delving into the industry ecosystem (shipyards, design institutes, classification societies).

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Corrosion-resistant materials for marine environments.
UV and weathering resistance for prolonged use.

Self-extinguishing and low smoke emission properties.
Integrated locking mechanisms for secure installations.

Vibration-proof design for reliability at sea.

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