As salmon farming operations expand and face more challenging environments, the choice of efficient, safe and sustainable materials becomes critical.
En Garware Technical Fibres they are pushing the boundaries of innovation in aquaculture, with solutions designed to respond to the specific challenges of each operation. Their multidisciplinary team - composed of scientists specialized in materials and mixtures, as well as experts in polymers and technical fibers - works to offer high technology products, designed to maximize efficiency and safety in farming centers.
We know that there are no two identical production strategies. We have developed a wide range of nets that adapt to each need: nets for in situ washing, with or without knots, to be impregnated with anti-fouling paint, recyclable, and even with communication and reporting technology. What they have in common: long service life, high manufacturing standard and a design that arises from active listening to our customers. The key to these solutions it is about saving costs, reducing risks and improving the productive status. For Garware, the customer's voice is key, understanding their requirements and their way of facing the operation. Then, we cross this with applied science, the definition of materials and the construction of the networks," states Francisco Serra, commercial manager of Garware Technical Fibres Chile.
New generations of nets
Developments in the fish tank family: CFR, whose core composition ensures a uniform shape, greater resistance and lower weight, making it durable and efficient. It has excellent cut resistance and high mesh rigidity for greater safety. S.CFR is its 100% recyclable version.
In the case of the lobera networkss, Garware offers products focused on stopping wolf attacks, through three variables that have limited the access of these predators: tensile resistance, cutting resistance and network rigidity. The combination of these three factors has resulted in significant decreases in attacks on cultivation sites. “In the Lobero product line we highlight the success that has been achieved in Chile SUC MBX and X18. SUC MBX is the Garware product most used in the industry. A good part of his success is due to the presence of stainless steel strands in his soul. Particularly SUC MBX has been used for designs with lobero sky and X18 for drop-down designs,” he says. Marcos Jofré, business associate Garware Technical Fibres Chile.
Pro Max, is the evolution of the X18, more rigid and with greater resistance to abrasion. Safemax, the evolution of the MBX SUC, with equal tensile strength and less diameter; no stainless steel strands. Overcoming the cutting resistance of this and obtaining greater tensile strength with lower diameter. Another important feature of Safemax, when compared to SUC MBX, is its greater rigidity, which can be used both in traditional lobero models and in vertical drop-down models. And ACE that meets all previous features and is also a lobby network designed for exposed centers. Its reduced diameter offers low resistance to current thrust.
As salmon operations expand and face more challenging environments, the choice of efficient, safe and sustainable materials becomes critical.
