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Equipping Marine Manufacturers with High-Performance Hardware Solutions

Whether you're manufacturing yachts, boats, or shipping vessels, we know that quality, reliable hardware is the cornerstone to constructing safe and long-lasting marine vessels. There’s no room for compromise when manufacturing these watercraft—they face special challenges due to harsh and relentless environments. 

 

Austin Hardware’s inventory is fully stocked with the highest-quality parts for marine industry applications, including latches, hinges, locks, adhesives, and lighting solutions that withstand damp environments and intense force. We keep a stock of hardware made to withstand heavy-duty use and resist deterioration from salt, water, extreme temperatures, and more.

 

From main structural solutions to finishing touches on furniture, Austin Hardware has the solutions you need for your manufacturing business.

Boat hatches showing hinges

Hinges

Hinges are critical components for constructing secure and seamless marine vessels. These mechanical bearings are often used on doors, deck hatches, compartments, and other parts on boats that have door and panel motion. When selecting a hinge for your marine industry project, consider the environment—will you benefit from external or internal mounting? Does it need to be removable or have a particular material grade? We are here to help you find the ideal hardware solution for you. We carry a wide variety of hinges to that benefit different environments and parts of the manufacturing process:

  • Butt hinges’ pivot point makes them suitable for cabinet doors and lids, equipment housings, access panels, and more marine applications.
  • Strap hinges are especially useful in outdoor, heavy-duty applications where the hinges are in frequent use such as gates, hatches, dock boxes, and loading and unloading doors.
  • Removable hinges are beneficial for areas where the door needs to be removed for regular maintenance.
  • Concealed hinges give the end user clean exteriors and extra security, as they are more difficult to tamper with from the outside.
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Handles

Our selection of in-stock handles runs the gamut of styles and sizes for the marine industry. It’s important to select the right handle that allows the user to easily access a door and is designed to withstand the heavy-duty use and harsh environments of marine industry applications.

  • T-Handles provide an ergonomic grip, increased leverage, and security that is beneficial in areas that experience heavy use.
  • Grab handles are important for marine applications as they help keep passengers safe and comfortable. An easy-to-grip, sturdy and corrosion-resistant grab handle provides assistance and security to people boarding and unboarding boats, and helps them stay safe when water gets choppy and unpredictable.
  • Lift handles are perfect for doors, cabinets, and drawers on watercraft. The flat profile makes them great for tight spaces, and spring-loaded options prevent rattling when waters get rough on boats.

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Sealants & Adhesives

With our complete stock of sealants and adhesives, Austin Hardware has the solutions marine manufacturers need to engineer a watercraft that will withstand even the harshest elements. 

Featuring leading brands like Sika and Plexus, these coatings and chemical solutions provide necessary bonding, sealing, and dampening to make yachts, sailing boats, and shipping vessels last. Left untreated, surfaces on boats are subject to deterioration from water, chemicals, UV light, and harsh environmental factors that will inevitably be detrimental to the safety of passengers and workers.

Let our experts at Austin Hardware assist you in finding the right sealants and adhesives that will extend the life of your products and enhance safety.

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Plexus is trusted manufacturer of advanced adhesives suitable for bonding composites, thermoplastics, metals and dissimilar materials.These industrial and structural bonding adhesives are formulated to withstand harsh conditions and impact, and have many marine applications like deck to hull bonding, composite stringers, and liners.  LEARN MORE

Sika logo

Sika is a leading manufacturer of adhesives, sealants, and acoustic flooring systems for the shipbuilding industry as well as bonding, sealing, and damping solutions for yachts and sailing boats. Solutions include sealing applications for the deck, rub rail & guard, thru hull, interior, galley & head, and bonding applications for the flybridge & radar arch, anchor plates, bedding of chain plates, and other key areas.  LEARN MORE

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HB Fuller is a trusted source for industrial sealants and adhesives solutions in the marine industry. Their products are engineered to provide long-term stability and withstand strong UV radiation, humidity, fresh water, and salt water. Applications include deck systems, interior bonding, vessel construction, exterior sealing, glass bonding, sound damping, and more.


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MARINE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS BY TECNIQ

Lighting solutions for the marine industry need to be bright, durable, and reliable to navigate efficiently and reach necessary safety standards. That’s why Austin Hardware only carries the highest quality and top brands of lighting solutions that will stand the test of time—and toughest elements.


Our lighting solutions enhance the safety of boating experiences and have many marine industry applications. Whether you’re outfitting a pontoon, fishing boat, or commercial vessel, they have the lighting solutions you need:


•  Area lights like deck lights and work lights
•  Navigation lights like sidelights and masthead lights
•  Spreader lighting for better visibility when parking

 

We also partner with the industry leader, TecNiq Inc.---an engineer-owned company making high-quality, bright lighting solutions key to enhancing the safety and visibility of commercial and personal boats. TecNiq lighting is designed to maximize the output of light and deliver brighter lighting and safer boating experiences. Solutions include navigation lightin, underwater lighting, dock lights, and more.

 

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Gas Springs

Gas springs are a critical piece of hardware in boatbuilding, helping control the motion of hatches, lids, doors, and access panels. Usually made from anticorrosive materials like stainless steel, gas springs are a popular choice in the marine industry because they can withstand harsh conditions like saltwater and extreme weather exposure.

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Trim & Weatherstripping

When it comes to protecting the edges of watercraft, creating an aesthetic finish,  or creating a weather-tight seal for a door or window, weatherstripping and trim are key tools in marine industry manufacturing. Weatherstripping's water-tight seal is perfect for sealing hatches, door and window frames. Trim provides a secure and durable seal at the edges of hatches, windows and doors. Edge trim for a clean, aesthetic finish that protects edges from damage.

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Latches

Sturdy latches are essential in the marine industry for securing items together. We a vast selection of latches to meet any need, from securing hatches, doors, lockers, and more. 

•  Compression latches for rattle-free deck hatches, dry storage compartments, and cabin doors.

•  D-rings for rigging, securing cargo, and as a tie-down mechanism.

•  Slam latches for marine hatches and compartments.
Since they latch automatically when they close, they increase safety and convenience in turbulent marine environments. 

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Door & Lid Holder Assists

We’re all about enhancing user experience in the marine industry with functional products like door and lid holder assists. This helpful hardware makes it easier to open and close heavy doors and lids or prop a door open when getting a job done on a watercraft. It also adds an extra layer of safety. We have a solution for any door, lid, hatch, or compartment that needs to be held open and safely returned to a closed position. Products include door checks, door holdbacks, stabilizers, door and lid props, and more.

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Padlocks

Heavy-duty, marine-grade padlocks are a foolproof solution for securing important access points on watercraft. An incredibly versatile hardware solution, an anti-corrosive padlock has endless applications in the marine industry. From securing boat hatches to cabinets, a padlock can provide an extra level of security and protect against unauthorized access. We carry the many variations of this classic piece of hardware, including the iconic Sesamee padlock—which is convenient, unbelievably strong, and reinforced to withstand the harshest conditions.

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