Armbruster specializes in creating custom tents and canopies for a variety of uses around the country and around the world. Recently, we were approached by a family in the Chicago area. They had constructed an ADA ramp and elevator system for their home. They were looking for a custom cover to cover the heavy-duty frame they had created....
Read MoreRecently 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? ...
Read MoreArmbruster 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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