Plastic pens
When nature rebels, you need equipment you can trust.
When nature rebels, you need equipment you can trust. Polarcirkel pens gives you an efficient, safe and secure platform even in extreme weather conditions.
AKVA Group is the worlds largest provider of solutions for the aquaculture industry. We provide the complete technology and equipment solutions to enable fish farmers to operate sustainably, both with regards to the fish welfare and to leave a smallest possible environmental footprint.
Our solutions for marine infrastructure and precision feeding are based on 50 years of experience with helping our clients and partners operate in the harshest of conditions. We supply everything from commodity components that clients request specifically to complete tailor-made solutions for new developments that are highly adopted and uniquely developed for one specific client at one specific location.
Pens in recycled material and without polystyrene
AKVA group has removed polystyrene in the fabrication of all plastic cage PE piping. AKVA group are working extensively to reduce plastic waste, cuts, spill and drift-off during the assembly processes and introduced new polystyrene-free pens to the market. In 2021, AKVA group and Plasto developed walkways based on recycled material from discarded cages. At the end of 2021, AKVA group, Plasto and Oceanize received grants from the Norwegian Retailer´s Environment Fund for a project developing pens entirely based on recycled material.
Quality and certification
Quality and certification
All Polarcirkel pens are manufactured and assembled in accordance with AKVA group’s Quality Assurance System (ISO 9001 and ISO 14001) which is certified by DNV (Det Norske Veritas).
All pens in Norway are designed and produced in accordance with NS 9415 (Norwegian Standard 9415 for pen farming equipment to prevent fish espace).
Model Specifications
MODEL SPECIFICATIONS-PLASTIC PENS Cage Models: 225/250 315 400 450 500 630 Cage sizes – Floating pipe diameter: 225/250mm (9”/10”) 315mm (12”) 400mm (16”) 450mm (18”) 500mm (20”) 630mm (26”) Cage sizes – Standard circumferences: 40 - 90m (130 - 300’) 60 - 100m (200 - 330’) 90 - 160m (300 - 530’) 120 - 160m (400 - 530’) 130 - 200m (430 - 660’) 160 - 260m (530 - 860’) Cage sizes – Standard diameters: 13 – 29m (42 – 94’) 19 – 32m (63 – 104’) 29 – 51m (94 – 167’) 38 – 51m (125 – 167’) 41 – 64m (136 – 209’) 51 – 83m (167 – 272’) Center - center distance between floating pipes: 52cm (20”) 66cm (26”) 85cm (33”) 100cm (39”) 110cm (43”) 140cm (56”) Bracket – PE Injection Moulded (new PIM Type): * Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Connection for bird net support poles: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Standard distance between brackets: 2m (6’ 7”) 2m (6’ 7”) 2.5m (8’ 2”) 2.5m (8’ 2”) 2.7m (8’ 6”) 2.7m (8’ 6”) Dimension – PE Handrail Upright: 125mm (5”) 125mm (5”) 160mm (6,5”) 160mm (6,5”) 160mm (6,5”) 200mm (8,1”) Dimension – Handrail Pipe: 110mm (4,5”) 110mm (4,5”) 140mm (5,5”) 140mm (5,5”) 140mm (5,5”) 180mm (7,3”) Net hook on uprights: PE (SS opt.) PE (SS opt.) Stainless Steel (12mm) Stainless Steel (12mm) Stainless Steel (12mm) Stainless Steel (12mm) Bulkhead division: Only inner pipe Only inner pipe Only inner pipe Only inner pipe Only inner pipe Only inner pipe Available with – Secondary Safety Chain (redundancy): Inside outer pipe Inside outer pipe Inside outer pipe Inside outer pipe Inside outer pipe Inside outer pipe Materials used – PE80 & PE100: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Norwegian Standard – NS9415 Certified: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Available as Two-Ring Cage: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Available as Three-Ring Cage: Yes - - - - - Available with Sinker Tube: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Avail. with Walkway Decking: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Avail. as Submergible Cage: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not yet * Polarcirkel 225/250 are delivered with the original type of the PE injection moulded bracket.
