In March 2023, once again the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) chose Resinex, purchasing 24 syntactic foam blocks capable of reaching a depth of 11,500 meters. These blocks will be used to explore the Japan Trench, which reaches a depth of 8,000 meters in the northern Pacific. Each block weighs 44.2 kg, with a net buoyancy of 18 kg.
The synergy between Resinex and the Danish University is long established. In the context of the HADES research project, SDU, in collaboration with the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, selected Resinex as a key partner to assist the explorations in the world’s deepest abysses.
The initial expedition, taking place at the end of 2016 in the Mariana Trench, saw Resinex providing 10 syntactic foam blocks resistant to pressures up to 1,150 bar. These blocks were subjected to rigurous tests at the Resinex Marine Research Centre and were subsequently retested in Japan at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, passing all tests successfully .
Subsequent expeditions focused on other oceanic trenches, including Kermadec (2017) and Atacama (2018) in the Pacific, highlighting the importance of Resinex’s foam blocks in exploring oceanic depths as the only highly reliable product capable of reaching such extreme depths.
The relationship between Resinex and the University of Southern Denmark is just one example of a long-lasting cooperation in this specific field. Over the years, Resinex has supplied major international research centers, such as the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) and the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere Research (NIWA) in New Zealand.
