New manufacturing methods for coated textile products (improving performance, productivity and profit)

Zelter开发了可穿戴式帐篷，一个人帐篷和防水夹克，为帐篷和防水夹克提供了一种减轻重量的替代安全产品。该产品已经在户外产品和军事市场上进行了商业销售。它结合了许多创新的概念，包括使用充气支撑代替杆，以减轻重量和便于运输，以及通过使用螺柱和拉链将其转换为防水夹克的能力。目前的建筑使用手工缝合和RF焊接，由于劳动力成本和限制设计灵活性，这使得在英国制造困难。该项目将开发和评估激光切割和焊接的使用，以生产示范产品，并提供设计和安装自动化生产设备所需的信息。

The wearable shelter, a one-man tent and waterproof jacket has been developed by Zelter to provide a weight saving alternative safety product to a tent and waterproof jacket. The product has already seen commercial sales in the outdoor product and military markets. It incorporates a number if innovative concepts including the use of inflatable support in place of poles to reduce weight and for ease of carriage, as well as the ability to convert it into a waterproof jacket through use of studs and zips. Currently construction uses manual stitching and RF welding, which makes manufacture in the UK difficult due to labour costs and limits design flexibility. This project will develop and assess use of laser cutting and welding to produce a demonstration product and provide the information required for automated production equipment to be designed and installed.