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Buoyancy
 FPC has a wide
range of marine and buoyancy products. We have different
types of marine foam, buoyancy billets, encapsulated and
pourable urethane that can be used in a variety of applications
such as boats and docks. Buoyancy billets and pourable
urethane are both foams that can be used to fill voids
in pontoons and barrels.
EPS is
a good material for flotation billets. It has been used
for years under floating docks and in the concrete encasement
marina floating piers. Most, if not all, of the black
plastic case flotation has EPS in them. However, the
Army Corp of Engineers has banned the use of EPS in Corp
controlled lakes and rivers. At present this only includes
the lighter densities.
Styrofoam® Floats (Bouyancy Billets)
 One
of the first uses of STYROFOAM® was as floatation material
for the use of the US Coast Guard. Although STYROFOAM® is
now used in many more applications it is still available
as floatation billets for the construction of floating
piers and docks, where its closed cell structure ensures
good floatation and low water absorption.
Encapsulated
Floats
 Easy
to install, built to last. That's the best way to describe
these encapsulated boat dock floats. Built from linear-low
density polyethylene, you'll enjoy the benefits of this
durable plastic. You'll find that our floats offer significant
advantages over other dock flotation systems. Inside
this durable exterior, you'll find a completely filled
cavity of expanded polystyrene for maximum flotation.
- Reduced
Installation and Maintenance Costs
- Better
Docks
- Safer
Environment
- Convenient
Sizes in Stock and Ready to Ship
AmerenUE has proposed regulations to eliminate
use of certain types of foam flotation material in boat
docks at the Lake of the Ozarks in an attempt to curb a
pollution problem on the lake’s shores.
In a recent cleanup on the shores,
foam chunks made up at least 90 percent of the 170
tons of trash collected.
The regulations would give dock owners
until December 2008 to replace any unapproved materials.
AmerenUE initially banned the nonencapsulated — not
enclosed in an outer shell — foam in 1995 but
allowed existing installations to keep it if they were
in good condition.
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