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Valve System

A&R Tarpaulins, Inc. DBA AR Tech -

The valve system for Payload Fairings (PLF) on space launch vehicles protects the rocket from debris, while allowing the pressure build up inside the fairing to be released. During a launch, a large amount of debris rises from the ground and pressure builds up in the PLF (aka “nose cone”). The intelligent operation of this …

Hands-Off Expeditionary Tent (HEXT)

Pvilion -

Our Hands-Off Expeditionary Tent (HEXT), is a rapidly deployable shelter system with defense, industrial and commercial applications. This tent has been developed for the USAF in support of additive manufacturing, space operations, and expeditionary forces. Our advanced design reduces the labor, manpower, and time required to erect and dismantle temporary shelters for austere and remote …

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Bee Space – Beehive winter covers

Sollertia

Bee Space’s co-founders approached our company for support in the development of their winter covers for beehives. Inspired by the most efficient architectural envelopes, they have developed a new wintering method, standardized and adapted to bee biology. They needed help with prototyping and material testing to create the air space essential for the proper functioning …

Concrete Burst Cover

Suburban Manufacturing Group

We worked with a concrete contracting company to provide a solution for their safety and containment issues surrounding boom pipe bursts during concrete pumping. The engineering team designed a backend cover that straps to the boom pipe and is made to expand upon explosion. The covers expansion catches the hot concrete, protecting the workers and …

Ground Mount Solar Powered Fabric Structure

Pvilion

Our Solar Powered Ground Mount System is an easy to deploy, flexible, lightweight, solar cell integrated fabric that provides power independently from the electrical grid. Immediately operational in any environment that receives sun light, it can be used as a power source for lighting, heating, ventilation, electrical equipment, and for charging mobile devices. Multiple units …

Hands-Off Expeditionary Tent (HEXT)

Pvilion -

Our Hands-Off Expeditionary Tent (HEXT), is a rapidly deployable shelter system with defense, industrial and commercial applications. This tent has been developed for the USAF in support of additive manufacturing, space operations, and expeditionary forces. Our advanced design reduces the labor, manpower, and time required to erect and dismantle temporary shelters for austere and remote …

Molded Hybrid Composites Featuring Carbon Fiber Rigidity with Sewable Perimeters

GizzMoVest LLC

Creation of All-Custom Molded Field Cases for a Drone/UAV and it's Controller. Client: Lockheed-Martin. Drone/UAV name: Indago. (Surveillance / Observation Drone for 1st Responders). Request: Replace conventional transport Cases with Custom-shaped featherweight Cases. (One case for the Drone and one Case for the Hand Controller). Abrasion-resistant, Lightweight, Rigid, Pack-friendly shapes.

Solar Powered Event Fabric System for Coldplay Word Tour

Pvilion

The client for this project needed flexible, travel-friendly solar fabric kits to help power Coldplay’s international world tour. We provided them with 70, 10 ft x 3.5 ft clip-on solar fabric panels. These solar fabric products are lightweight, flexible, can be folded up, and are easy to travel with. At each stop that the tour …

Valve System

A&R Tarpaulins, Inc. DBA AR Tech -

The valve system for Payload Fairings (PLF) on space launch vehicles protects the rocket from debris, while allowing the pressure build up inside the fairing to be released. During a launch, a large amount of debris rises from the ground and pressure builds up in the PLF (aka “nose cone”). The intelligent operation of this …