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uses a coated fabric called FloFleet for
its autonomous and electric airships,
which it developed in Monson, Mass.
Much of Trelleborg's aerostat
business is used for intelligence
surveillance and reconnaissance
applications, including government
defense applications such as those with
which Roth works. " Those aerostats will
be lifting a payload like sensors or radars,
cameras, and used in conflict areas,
border areas and to support ground
personnel, " Maine says. " Our material
has to hold gas. It needs to be strong but
flexible. " He adds it's critical that there is
a good weight-to-strength ratio together
with UV or weather resistance.
" Everything's related to lift, " adds
Mouland. " You need a certain strength
material, and that ties back into the
fabric design. Any fabrics with a good
strength-to-weight ratio that can be
coated and flexible allow you to hold
the gas in for as long as needed. "
Keaton Poole, Trelleborg's polyABOVE:
Here, a research balloon
is prepared to launch in December
2011 on the Ross Ice Shelf near
McMurdo Station with the Cosmic
Ray Electron Synchrotron Telescope.
In 2023's Antarctic program,
one mission involved measuring
emissions from the material between
stars. Image: NASA Goddard
RIGHT: The High-Energy Light
Isotope eXperiment, or HELIX,
balloon mission in May 2024 reached
a float altitude of nearly 120,000
feet in its efforts to measure the
composition of cosmic rays. This
image is technicians attaching the
payload to its balloon and parachute
from the launch site in Kiruna,
Sweden, during its 2009 campaign.
Image: NASA/University Corporation
for Atmospheric Research
urethane new product development
manager, says that due to the different
grades of airships and aerostats,
there's a high degree of customization
required for each unit and the different
components within the units themselves.
" That includes pole materials
and fin and nose and structure tape, "
he says. " They are all critical. "
TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCEMENTS
Just as critical are the ongoing
advancements in technology. Guthrie,
who also works with large gas balloons
by Aerophile of Paris, says he has seen
improvements in coated fabrics that
allow them to last longer. " They resist
the hydrology process, so the coating
doesn't come off as easily. " He also
notes they have UV inhibitors that
keep the coatings shiny longer " so
they don't degrade in the sunlight. "
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