Sylomer bearings minimise vibrations on patrol boats

Buers (Austria), Singapore: Lita Ocean, a leading shipbuilding and marine services company in Singapore, recently built six patrol crafts ordered by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. To efficiently minimise noise and vibrations in the wheelhouses of the 17 meters long vessels, the naval architects and engineers relied on the elastic polyurethane material Sylomer from Getzner Werkstoffe.​

When the Singaporean shipbuilding and marine services company Lita Ocean received an order from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore for six patrol boats with a length of 17 meters in the summer of 2019, the involved naval architects quickly recommended the use of the Getzner Werkstoffe anti-vibration materials for the wheelhouse bearings. “The decoupling of the wheelhouse with our in-house developed polyurethane material Sylomer lowers noise levels significantly and ensures standard-compliant working conditions”, explains Keith Wong, Area Sales Manager Asia Pacific at Getzner Werkstoffe. “Sylomer bearings help to decouple sources of vibration disturbances such as drive motors, HVAC equipment or pumps and therefore protect sensitive electronic components in the wheelhouse. That leads to a longer service life of the vessel’s structure and infrastructure.”