ProfiSeal has developed the world’s first fireproof bulkhead seal

4 May 2015
NEWS from the DEUTSCHE YACHTEN Working Group – Superyachts Germany

A60 approval by DNV GL after successful fire test in Freiberg, Germany
The world’s first fireproof bulkhead seal for drive shafts on commercial, sea-going ships, megayachts and so-called special craft has come from Schornsheim in Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany). ProfiSeal, a company from the DEUTSCHE YACHTEN Working Group has now received type approval from the international classification society DNV GL for its innovation, which has been registered for patenting. After a successful water pressure test, the special seal also demonstrated its resistance to fire (A60) over 60 minutes at 945 degrees Celsius.
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