Custom WWII Tents for Vendors

Recently Armbruster was contacted by a vendor with a special request for a WWII style tent. He wanted the look of a WWII Canvas Large Wall Tent for his business. However, he needed something that would be free standing in the parking lots where he sold his goods. Armbruster custom built a heavy duty internal frame to match the Large Wall Tent dimensions, and modified a large wall tent to fasten to the frame. Now the customer has the look of a Large Wall Tent, but the versatility of a free standing frame tent.Did you know during WWII that in locations where troops had their tents installed for long periods of time that they built internal frames like this from wood to support the tents? ...

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Base Paint Tents for Haiti Classrooms

The Base Paint Tents done with the Miami Base Paint Project installed in Haiti. These tents were built and the painted by Artists in Miami to be used as Classrooms that were lost in the tragic earthquakes in Haiti. Armbruster manufactured these tents for this project where they were used to raise money for the education of the Haitian children....

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Circus Tent

Circus Tent on the Way

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_gallery type="image_grid" images="978,979,980,981,982" column_number="5" grayscale="no" hover_icon="magnifier" images_space="gallery_with_space"][vc_column_text]Today Armbruster made company history. Armbruster with the Midnight Circus staff installed a Circus Tent for testing at the Armbruster company location. The Midnight Circus who hosts the Circus in the Parks in Chicago, IL ordered this Circus tent with the Chicago Park District. Armbruster built this tent on a extremely tight schedule. Having a long history of making custom tents, Armbruster designed this tent from the ground up. Fully engineered to 90 mph wind rating, this tent was built with the highest quality materials and fabrics. Particular details included: Premium Ferrari coated PVC fabrics imported from Europe. Stainless Steel Hardware throughout the tent from laser cut plates, stainless shackles, stainless pole caps - so no issues...

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Fabric Enclosure for Space Capsule Supplier

Armbruster was contracted to design and fabricate an large custom enclosure to solve a critical problem for ATK Mission Systems, a supplier of space capsules.Problem: Particles and dust from a routing machine which cuts the through hulls for space capsule modules was getting outside the containment box and potentially contaminating the rest of the facility.Solution: Encapsulate the entire box with a frame and fabric enclosure to contain the dust.Challenges: Frame and cover needed to be 32ft wide x 50ft tall x 96ft long. Cover also had to be removable quickly and separate in the middle. This would allow for inserting large capsules through the top of the box if needed as well as the end.End product was a enclosure that Armbruster worked closely with on site engineers...

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Circus Tents from Armbruster

Recently Armbruster was awarded the contract to build a one of a kind Circus Tent for the Midnight Circus who performs in Chicago, Illinois. Armbruster worked close at hand with the Midnight Circus designing an elegant, long lasting, unique Circus Tent for their acts. The Chicago Park District then ordered their tent to be used for year round shows in parks around the City.Armbruster has an interesting History with Circus tents, since that's how Armbruster got into the tent making business. We started in 1875 manufacturing Wagon covers, tarpalins, canvas pillows, and awnings. Around 1890 a circus came to Springfield, IL and needed a new circus tent made. Armbruster then built them a Circus tent which entered us into the tent making business. ...

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