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but it's maybe a testament to the
robustness of the design. "
She adds that the only people who
use fabric film composites " are those
that use flying aerostats, and those
are mostly in the troposphere, " which
extends to 33,000 feet. NASA's balloons
are different, she explains, because they
are massive structures. " We're carrying
up to 8,000-pound payloads well into
the stratosphere, with our average
somewhere around 120,000 feet, and
we can max out around 155,000 feet. "
ABOVE: Much of Trelleborg's aerostat
business is used for intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance applications, including
government defense applications. Here,
a Trelleborg rounded aerostat is being
serviced. Image: Trelleborg
LEFT: During the Civil War, tethered
balloons were used for aerial
reconnaissance and artillery spotting.
Here, in May 1862, the Union balloon
Intrepid was inflated from the gas in the
balloon Constitution. Image: Library of
Congress/Liljenquist Family Collection of
Civil War Photographs/Brady's National
Photographic Portrait Galleries
BELOW: Navy sailors assigned to Explosive
Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover the
Chinese spy balloon in 2023. Image: U.S.
Navy/Tyler Thompson
THE VALUE OF COATINGS
Just as important as the fabrics are
the coatings required. Trelleborg
Engineered Coated Fabrics (a trading
name of Trelleborg Coated Systems US
Inc.) in Rutherfordton, N.C., purchases
a variety of textiles, then coats and
laminates them for different industries,
including the aerospace industry.
" Most of our products are made
into a bladder to hold something,
whether it's air, helium or to prevent
something from moving from one area
to another, " explains John Mouland,
Trelleborg's technical director.
The company's aerospace division
has two main areas. The first is
evacuation systems including escape
slides, life rafts, life vests and helicopter
floats used in commercial aviation.
" We buy the fabric then coat and
laminate it for our customers' specific
needs, " says Kevin Maine, Trelleborg's
commercial director for aerospace and
North America rubber. Echoing Daum,
Guthrie and Roth, Maine says that
for the aerospace division, they work
mainly with polyurethane-coated nylon.
The second area for Trelleborg is
its Lighter Than Air division, with
" unmanned airships and tethered
aerostats, with the latter being far
more prevalent in the market than
the former, " says Maine. The company
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