Van Beelen reports good year

The braided Enkalon rope is easily spliced and Van Beelen’s customers are using it for making spliced instead of knotted meshes for extra stability, according to Dirk van Beelen of Van Beelen Netten.

“Before they were using three stranded ropes for splicing meshes, but with the braided Stealth ropes there is no rotating force so that there is no twist.

It’s also quick and easy to repair. If a knot fails, there are three open ends to a mesh, but if a splice fails there is only one open end,” he said.

The ropes are manufactured in diameters between 8 mm and 22 mm and in a variety of colours to allow panels to be easily distinguished from each other. Red, blue and green are available, as well as plain white and white with coloured flecks.

Van Beelen’s 5.5 mm Dyneema cod-ends are selling well in US west coast fisheries. They are stronger and lasting much longer than other more expensive cod-ends, according to the company.

Van Beelen has also reported Dyneema netting is a great success in tropical shrimp trawling, reducing drag, catching more at lower fuel cost. All our Dyneema netting from 1 mm up to 6 mm twine size is produced with secure double knots. Our Dyneema ropes with a braided protective cover are rapidly replacing standard plain Dyneema ropes. They are used as bridles, frame ropes and for Gilsons in Midwater trawling. They are manufactured in any diameter that the customers requires.

“Our high strength polyethylene twines easily outlast other products and with their high abrasion resistance they are very popular for bottom trawls. Good abrasion resistance is essential for bottom trawling,” says Dirk van Beelen.

These are available in Power Blue and Power Green, which have the same specific strength, but the Power Blue twines are made from very heavy grade monofilaments for high abrasion resistance.

“We are constantly trying to improve our products. We replace a machine at the factory in Gouda when a new one is better and will reduce costs.

At the moment we are working on reducing the production costs of twisted twines and we are working with robots so that we can keep production going day and night, which reduces our production costs,” says Dirk van Beelen.

“What we are trying to do is to make a high quality product for a fair price,” he added.

“We aim to produce what the customers need for their requirements and to deliver quickly. Here in Holland we are close to all of the transport routes,” Dirk van Beelen said.