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Ezy-Fit Marine is an Australian ISO9001-2008 accredited company, established in 1993 by managing director Terry Kerin, which specialises in manufacturing marine-grade hydraulic cylinders for the shipping, naval and offshore industries. Ezy-Fit Marine's hydraulic cylinders are custom designed and manufactured to class for ships, rigs, submersibles and underwater machinery. Our hydraulic cylinders are manufactured taking into account the design requirements of the specific application and the diverse environmental conditions experienced in the most rigorous and difficult operating conditions our planet has to offer. Ezy-Fit has experienced continuous growth and success since it was founded and now employs 70 staff at its Salisbury South site. Hydraulic cylinders for harsh environments Due to intensely varied conditions, the marine environment is certainly the most demanding for hydraulic equipment. The effects of heat, cold, salt water, galvanic reactions and chemicals combine to provide an environment that would cause normal terrestrial components to fail miserably in a very short period. It is therefore extremely important to design hydraulic cylinders that can perform reliably in extreme environments. Our marine hydraulic cylinders are used in numerous applications such as: Fully submerged applications Heave compensators Mooring and tensioning systems Clamping systems Piling systems ROVs Cranes Davits and A frames Goods and personnel lifts, and much more Ultra high-strength cylinders for the offshore industry Ezy-Fit also designs and manufactures cylinders and actuators to very stringent offshore rules. The requirements of the materials to comply with these rules are the strictest in any industry and require vastly superior low-temperature impact strengths than conventional cylinder build materials. We are conversant with the offshore design rules of the major classification societies such as DNV, ABS, GL and LR, with numerous certifications including DNV Offshore Welding Procedures, GL Welding Shop Approval, and ABS Type Approval, with hundreds of individual cylinder designs class approved. We source the most reliable and compliant materials, usually certified to at least EH36 standards, and provide the necessary documentation to ensure a seamless transition from manufacture to class certification. Our knowledge of these requirements is the key to our strength and we consistently work with marine, naval and offshore designers to provide advice on choice of compliant materials. Let us work with you to save you time and money, not to mention the headaches that can result from a poor or uninformed choice of materials. We have even manufactured very large bore and long stroke cylinders that provide the motive force required for the buckle initiators used in snake lay pipelines. These cylinders work submerged at hundreds or even thousands of metres depth and use pressurised seawater, not hydraulic oils or glycol, as the hydraulic medium. It is our ability to provide innovative solutions to our customers' requirements that sets us apart from our competitors. Design and manufacture of cylinders Ezy-Fit has a wealth of experience in the design and manufacture of cylinders for the marine industry. We employ current CAD/CAM techniques and our facilities contain the latest in CNC lathes and five-axis machine centres, turning and milling centres, and some of the largest manual lathes in the state with up to a 12m bed. We also have the largest and newest Sunnen hone in the Southern Hemisphere which guarantees a consistently straight and concentric bore finish far superior to our competitors. We constantly invest in new technologies and over the years have had to periodically increase our floorspace and staffing levels to keep up with our tremendous growth. The vast majority of our cylinders are built to class requirements with designs approved by classification societies, such as: Germanischer Lloyd Lloyds Register of Shipping Det Norske Veritas American Bureau of Shipping Bureau Veritas Working with exotic materials such as duplex and super duplex stainless steel, and high strength alloys such as Hastelloy and Inconel is normal for us. Many of our designs have become part of US naval vessels such as littoral combat ships and joint high-speed vessels.