Couple Pontoons. Make working on water easy.

Janson coupling pontoons assure a quick, easy and inexpensive way to create a work surface on water. They are designed to be carried on any standard truck and commercial ship. they are skidded or lowered by crane into the water as a single unit. Once in the water they can easily be connected to other units to create the platform shape required. Couple pontoons are used for marine transportation, civil engineering works in coastal and river situations and as water-to-shore access equipment.

The Uniflote

The uniflote is a structural steel framed unit in all welded construction, with, as standard, 4mm skin plates welded to the frame and a 5mm deck plate. Couplers are provided at the sides and ends, so positioned that Uniflotes can be easily connected in the water from deck level, side to side, end to end, or end to side. These couplers allow transmission of both shear and bending forces throughout a Uniflote raft.
Steel gunwales are provided along each side, drilled to allow simple saddles to be fitted. Concentrated loads can be applied through the saddles into the gunwales, which distribute the loads to the structural frame. Two internal bulkheads are incorporated to provide three watertight compartments, each of which is served by a watertight hatch for access.
For raft ballasting operations, two pipe connections enter each compartment. The first a standpipe reaching almost to the bottom, with a connection for a water hose (suction or delivery), the second with a connection for an air hose. Runners are attatched to the bottom to assist in skidding on shore. Four rings are welded to the sides for lifting by crane.

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