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HardBall™ Floats from Flotation Technologies offer a versatile approach to providing distributed buoyancy along cables, tethers or wire rope. With a tough outer shell of rotationally molded polyethylene and a low density core of Flotec Syntactic foam, HardBall Floats cannot leak or implode.

Offered in a host of standard sizes, and with depth ratings from surface to 6000msw, Flotation Technologies HardBall™ Floats provide a simple way to meet buoyancy requirements for Offshore, Oceanographic, and Cable Laying applications

a d v a n t a g e s

  • Can't implode like glass balls or hollow plastic floats
  • Spherical, low drag design
  • Solid, High-Strength Syntactic Foam Inner Core
  • Durable Polyethylene Outer Shell
  • Quick Turnaround–often available directly from inventory

u s e s

  • Offshore, Oceanographic, Telecommunications
  • Umbilical or Cable Management
  • Single point moorings
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Hardball™ Umbilical Floats