OCEA™ POLYCARBONATE Slats
Ocea™ Automatic Slatted covers offer the largest range of polycarbonate, transparent and solar profile options on the market. Thanks to the versatility of being able to produce both dual and tri-extrusion technology, Ocea™ slat profiles add a conductive bottom layer to your specially-selected transparent surface layer. This transforms your cover into a vital secondary heating source. What is more, Ocea™ offer you the widest choice of polycarbonate, transparent and colour finishes.
Why Polycarbonate Matters
Why do Polycarbonate Slats matter? Polycarbonate is the latest material available from Ocea. It offers extreme impact resistance, it offers enhanced UV protection, is not affected by direct UV light and therefore comes with a five year warranty.
What is Polycarbonate? Polycarbonate plastic is moldable, durable, lightweight, flame resistant, shatterproof, and energy efficient. The polycarbonate granules are normally produced as a clear plastic – alternatively they can be extruded with an additive to achieve any colour you can imagine. The material properties of polycarbonate allow for use in both extreme hot or cold weather conditions.
What are the advantages of Polycarbonate compared to any PVC:
Resistant to higher temperatures up to 130°C,
Increase in UV protection
Superior shock resistance (hail)
More rigidity - no deformation,
Extended lifetime and extended warranty
OCEA slat profiles make a difference
65 mm Profile
Ocea’s exclusive sleek and interlocking slat profile gives you an unrivalled veneer finish to your pool. Alongside the supreme design, the 65mm profile is optimally engineered with versatility as a key factor; to both seal your pool surface and maximise the solar potential. 65mm was chosen as the profile width as it is the perfect balance between maximising surface contact for heat retention and the ability to tailor the cover to bespoke shapes and sizes without detracting from the beauty of the pool finish.
Individually Hinged Slats
Hinging each slat to one another individually allows for greater cover flexibility. The high degree of flexibility this provides makes it possible to use all variations of system configurations on the market. Individually hinged slats also give the cover greater overall tensile strength compared to polyurethane permanent tethered slats. As well as the flexibility gained by this, the hinges also allow for unfettered lateral movement of the cover over the pool surface.
In-House Dual Extrusion
As well as single extrusion, Ocea are exclusively able to offer in-house dual extrusion. This gives us the ability to produce a slat with 2 bespoke colour options, dramatically increasing our colour range.
Cover End Caps
Our 20 years of experience working with a floating cover system has enabled us to fine tune the specific design of our end caps – something that is often overlooked in the market.As such, we have specially designed a guiding end cap capable of allowing our covers to effortlessly glide over the pool surface, navigating standard obstacles on the pool shell. In addition to this, our end caps are extremely versatile and can be used in a wide variety of pool finishes – including tiled and liner.
The design of our end caps incorporates a water evacuation slot which prevents the build-up of stagnant water and debris in the connecting chamber.
Unlike other manufacturing methods in the industry each of our end caps are hand glued using a specially selected, neutral cure, medium modulus silicon sealant. This method allows us to have the best quality control process, as each slat is surveyed by our qualified production staff. The sealant itself is a slow cure silicon adhesive with strong binding properties to the plastic, producing an extremely reliable seal.