OCEA™ POLYCARBONATE SLATS
Coverstar Canada is also the proud distributor of the Ocea brand of slatted covers in Canada. For two decades Ocea™ Automatic Slatted covers has been in the forefront of the slatted cover market. “We continue to strive to produce the best quality cover system, with continuous development of materials, production techniques and technology. With a mix of proven Ocea expertise and new exciting innovations, we remain at the forefront of the slatted cover market. Exclusively continuing to manufacture our own cover materials ensures that quality and elegance remain, unashamedly, our objective.”
Ocea™ Automatic Slatted covers offer the largest range of polycarbonate, transparent and solar profile options on the market. Thanks to the versatility of being able to produce both dual and tri-extrusion technology, Ocea™ slat profiles add a conductive bottom layer to your specially-selected transparent surface layer. This transforms your cover into a vital secondary heating source.
what is a slatted cover?
A slatted cover is made from interlocking PVC or Polycarbonate slats. It is installed on concrete pools and most commonly floats out on the water’s surface from a “letterbox” style flooded vault. A slatted cover is not a safety cover like the automatic safety cover, but it is an automatic cover and offers a different set of features. The most common type of slats are solar PVC slats that have a clear top layer with a black bottom, and are designed to heat up to add solar heat to your pool and prevent heat loss through the cover during the night. Because the slatted cover floats on the surface and the slats are cut to size, it is possible to cover a pool with different shape profiles or cut outs.
Why Polycarbonate Matters
Why do Polycarbonate Slats matter? Polycarbonate is the latest material available from Ocea. It offers extreme impact resistance, enhanced UV protection, is not affected by direct UV light and therefore comes with a five year warranty.
What is Polycarbonate? Polycarbonate plastic is moldable, durable, lightweight, flame resistant, shatterproof, and energy efficient. The polycarbonate granules are normally produced as a clear plastic – alternatively they can be extruded with an additive to achieve any colour you can imagine. The material properties of polycarbonate allow for use in both extreme hot or cold weather conditions.
What are the advantages of Polycarbonate compared to any PVC:
Resistant to higher temperatures up to 130°C,
Increase in UV protection
Superior shock resistance (hail)
More rigidity - no deformation,
Extended lifetime and extended warranty
reduces evaporation by 85%
increases temperature by 5°
OCEA slat profiles make a difference
65 mm Profile
Ocea’s exclusive sleek and interlocking slat profile gives you an unrivalled veneer finish to your pool. Alongside the supreme design, the 65mm profile is optimally engineered with versatility as a key factor; to both seal your pool surface and maximize the solar potential. 65mm was chosen as the profile width as it is the perfect balance between maximizing surface contact for heat retention and the ability to tailor the cover to bespoke shapes and sizes without detracting from the beauty of the pool finish.
Individually Hinged Slats
Hinging each slat to one another individually allows for greater cover flexibility. The high degree of flexibility this provides makes it possible to use all variations of system configurations on the market. Individually hinged slats also give the cover greater overall tensile strength compared to polyurethane permanent tethered slats. As well as the flexibility gained by this, the hinges also allow for unfettered lateral movement of the cover over the pool surface.
In-House Dual Extrusion
As well as single extrusion, Ocea are exclusively able to offer in-house dual extrusion. This gives us the ability to produce a slat with 2 bespoke colour options, dramatically increasing our colour range.
Cover End Caps
Our 20 years of experience working with a floating cover system has enabled us to fine tune the specific design of our end caps – something that is often overlooked in the market. As such, we have specially designed a guiding end cap capable of allowing our covers to effortlessly glide over the pool surface, navigating standard obstacles on the pool shell. In addition to this, our end caps are extremely versatile and can be used in a wide variety of pool finishes – including tiled and liner.
The design of our end caps incorporates a water evacuation slot which prevents the build-up of stagnant water and debris in the connecting chamber.
Unlike other manufacturing methods in the industry each of our end caps are hand glued using a specially selected, neutral cure, medium modulus silicon sealant. This method allows us to have the best quality control process, as each slat is surveyed by our qualified production staff. The sealant itself is a slow cure silicon adhesive with strong binding properties to the plastic, producing an extremely reliable seal.
