STATE OF THE ART - BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The rise in worldwide terrorism has required measures to be taken to harden aircrafts
against catastrophic in-flight failure due to concealed explosives. Commercial aviation
can be protected from the threat of explosives by:
- 1. preventing explosives from reaching the aircraft and;
- 2. mitigating the effects of an explosive inside the cargo area
which protects the aircraft from any possible onboard explosions. The risk that a
small quantity of an explosive, below the threshold of the detection instruments,
could get undetected should be considered, and the introduction of countermeasures
to reduce the effects of on-board explosions should be applied.
Hardened containers (HULD) have been developed for the latter scope, which can reduce
the effects of on-board explosions. However, these are not widely used, because they
are heavy and more costly than standard luggage containers and are only applicable
to a particular type of (wide-body) aircraft. These fundamental limitations called
for new measures and the issue of containing explosions aboard narrow-body aircraft
must be resolved.
[0002] The development of such blast resistant containers is documented by the patent applications
and granted patents, listed below in chronological order:
US 5 267 665, "Hardened luggage container", filed in 1991
US 5 312 182, "Hardened Aircraft Unit Load Device", filed in 1991
US 5 645 184, "Aircraft cargo container", filed in UK 1994
US 5 654 053, "High-energy-absorbing enclosure for internal explosion containment", filed in 1997
US 6 237 793 B1, "Explosion resistant aircraft cargo container", filed in 1998
US 6 435 363 B2, "Explosion resistant aircraft cargo container", filed in 2001
US 2004 0123 783 A1, "Airtight blast resistant cargo container", filed in 2002
US 2005 0188 825 A1, "Explosive effect mitigated containers", filed in 2004
US 2006 0065 656 A1, "Lightweight blast resistant container", filed in 2004
[0003] Several hardened luggage container design concepts have been developed by private
industry for wide body aircrafts. The design techniques consist of both blast containment
and blast management concepts. A blast containment design aims at completely suppress
the effect of the explosion within the container. The container is considered an independent
element within the cargo bay environment, and sufficient venting is allowed only to
meet the minimum International Air Transport Association (IATA) venting requirements.
A blast management design concept considers the container as part of a system with
the aircraft cargo bay. Thus, one type of blast management design may allow a controlled
amount of the explosive products to mix with the cargo bay air, thereby reducing the
loads (and damage potential) to any one component; a second blast management container
may in fact be designed to fail and in so doing the container structure would absorb
most of the blast energy, making the residual blast effects upon the cargo negligible.
One example of the first approach is the one disclosed in patent
WO 2000/021861 "Explosion Resistant Aircraft Cargo Container", by Century Aero Products International,
where the primary construction uses a tough polycarbonate panel clamped to aluminium
extrusion framework with side panels connected together by interlocking joints. The
joint design would allow for spherical expansion of the structure in a blast, thereby
increasing its tolerance to the pressures generated.
[0004] JAYCOR has proposed a design, disclosed by patent number
US5312182 "Hardened Aircraft Unit Load Device" aimed at maintain the structural integrity and
seal the container from air flow during the explosion. The design is made by rigid
composite panels fabricated with high-strength fibres such as SPECTRA and using composite
processing technologies such as RTM or pre-impregnated process.
In this case the rigid design does not allow the use of this kind of system in narrow
body airplanes. Moreover, the use of high-strength composites results in high costs
which could not be compatible with market constraints.
[0005] One example of blast management concepts is the hybrid material container design
by Royal Ordnance described in
US5645184 "Aircraft Cargo Container" that employs hybrid materials. The container panels consist
of several different materials joined at the corners. Certain portions of the container
are designed to fail early to alleviate the quasi static pressure (QSP), with the
joints being identified as the weak point of the system. However, allowing leakage
of air following the explosion can result in aircraft damage and in intense fire generation,
and it is not acceptable in case of relatively small cargo holds such as those in
narrow body aircrafts.
[0006] Another example of the second concept is the hardened luggage container design by
SRI International (Patent number
US 5267665 "Hardened Luggage Container"). The SRI design takes advantage of the entire cargo
bay of the aircraft. The container sides which are adjacent to other containers are
designed to fail under the blast pressures generated by the explosive event. This
allows the high pressure gases to flow out of the initial container and into other
containers along the same row. Furthermore, the design slowly vents the explosive
products into the cargo bay, increasing the pressure in this area at a reduced rate,
and thereby extending the duration over which the pressure impulse acts upon the aircraft
fuselage.
The access doors to the container are generic hinged doors or removable doors. A rupture
port is included acting as preferred failure mode under explosive pressure.
[0007] Any explosive event involves a rapid release of energy, generating a high local pressure
disturbance which propagates in the surrounding medium away from the site of the explosion.
In the case of high explosive detonation, the explosion also results in the rapid
(effectively instantaneous) conversion of a solid or liquid explosive into gaseous
products which, under ambient pressure, would occupy a far greater volume than the
parent material and therefore significantly add to the local pressure disturbance.
This leads to an instantaneous and very short duration shock loading of close structures,
followed by a longer term quasi-static pressure loading of the structure if no venting
is allowed.
An intense shock load is generated in the first few milliseconds after a blast; the
shock load is extremely localised and has a short duration, transferring its energy
to structures neighbouring the charge. In the subsequent milliseconds, gas expansion
occurs, generating a pressure wave expanding in a substantially spherical shape. The
passage of the pressure wave through the initially undisturbed air will both compress
the air and impart a velocity to the air particles in a direction radially away from
the detonation point. If a pressure sensor is placed in the path of the blast wave,
a transient pressure pulse as the one shown in figure will be measured.
[0008] Following detonation, shock wave travelling through reaches the sensor position at
time of commencement; the pressure grows very quickly (effectively instantaneously)
to an overpressure maximum value. It then decreases exponentially back to ambient
pressure.
Contemporaneously, fragments of luggage fly at high speed, as projectiles, towards
surrounding structures. The shockwave passage has duration of the order of some milliseconds
and the peak pressure generated is of the order of hundreds of kPa.
If the explosion happens inside a closed container, a second effect adds to the shock
load: peak tails from multiple reflections of the pressure wave against container
walls sum up, giving a non-null net pressure named Quasi Static Pressure (QSP), which
can last for several seconds. Maximum pressure associated with QSP is significantly
lower than shock load pressure, however, due to its long duration; QSP gives a significant
contribution to damage.
The textile multilayer container is designed to resist overpressure generated by gas
expansion, while composite elements are dimensioned to resist shock holing.
[0009] Generally it appears that the concepts, where it is allowed to vent out the pressure
generated by the explosion in the cargo bay, cannot in a realistic way fully guarantee
the safety of the aircraft structures and of the fuselage. Moreover, they are not
applicable to narrow body aircrafts, where the dimensions of the cargo bays are significantly
smaller than those of large body aircrafts, with a lower margin to absorb the overpressure.
The hardening concepts, proposing a full blast containment, appears more reliable,
even if at cost of higher weights and costs in reason of the use of high-strength
composite materials and reinforcing ballistic fibres.
[0010] Therefore, the concept of the presented invention is based on full containment of
the quasi static pressure, generated by the blast by deformation of the flexible composite
layers making the container. Local reinforcement to withstand shock loading at floor
and critical interfaces is achieved using rigid composite materials. The access is
allowed by an innovative use of zip system which is designed to withstand the quasi
static pressure generated by the blast and which is gas-tight. The zip system also
provides an easy opening and closing of the container during loading and unloading
operations at the airport. In case non-hazardous goods bigger than the container itself
have to be loaded inside the cargo bay of the plane, the container itself is designed
to be foldable allowing to be easily removed and stored.
DESCRIPTION in general - BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0011] The concept is based on the development of flexible textile-based luggage containers
able to resist a small to medium explosion by controlled expansion and containment
of the shock waves whilst, at the same time, preventing hard luggage fragment projectiles
(shrapnel) from striking the main structure of the aircraft at high speed. A multi-layered
"soft" structure is required to absorb the large dynamic loads of the explosion and
the large deformation related to the gas expansion. A multilayer textile structure
made of ballistic yarns is used as an internal high-strength layer, coupled with an
external "foldable" layer which deforms in a controlled way during the explosion similar
to airbags in cars.
[0012] The reinforcement composite panels are used for the floor and/or back wall. Such
panels are characterized by a structure which is designed to withstand the shock holing
forces generated by the blast event and to distribute such impulse onto the internal
surface of the textile container over a larger area. The composite panels are designed
to cover entirely the floor of the internal surface of the textile container and the
lateral walls, where required, to provide additional protection to rear critical structures.
The composite lateral elements are designed to be foldable to allow the entire container
to be quickly unfolded and removed.
[0013] Fundamental is the entirely textile-based, lightweight, blast resistant, gastight
and high-strength multilayer textile structure which is coated inside by polyurethane
spray coating technology. Such cargo container system is defined deformable, flexible
and foldable using blast resistant rigid reinforcing composite elements for floor
and, where required, lateral walls; and a gastight and high-strength zip system for
opening and closure system.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0014] A full and enabling disclosure of the present invention, including the best mode
thereof, to one of ordinary skill in the art, is set forth more particularly in the
remainder of the specification, including reference to the accompanying figures characterised
in that:
- 1 - is the front part of the container,
- 2 - is the back part of the container,
- 3 - is the middle part of the container,
- 4 - is the zip system,
- 5 - are the hanging loops and/or strips equipped with cam buckles and/or single studs,
- 6 - are the fastening straps (6) and/or net-like structure equipped with snap hooks
and/or D-rings,
- 7 - are the reinforcing composite elements (7) and/or free standing inner frame made
of composite tubes,
- 8 - are additional attached zip covering pads at the inner side of the zip.
Fig. 1 shows a schematic front view of the textile-based, lightweight, and blast resistant
cargo container system according to an embodiment with the numbered elements (1),
(3) and (4).
Fig. 2 shows a schematic back view of the textile-based, lightweight, and blast resistant
cargo container system according to an embodiment with the numbered elements (2),
(5) and (6A).
Fig. 3 shows a detailed view of the embodiment for the inner reinforcing composite
elements (7A).
Fig. 4 shows a detailed isometric view of the embodiment shown in an application for
a narrow body aircraft
Fig. 5, 6 and 7 show possible configurations of zip systems integrated in the embodiment,
whereby Fig. 5 shows a reverse T-shape configuration, Fig. 6 shows a U-shape configuration,
and Fig. 7 shows an U-shape configuration open to the side.
Fig. 8 discloses the detailed front view with the numbered element (8).
DESCRIPTION more detailed
[0015] The invention discloses an entirely textile-based, lightweight cargo container system
which is able to resist a medium size explosion. It is gas and heat resistant and
flame retardant, but at the same time flexible and foldable. It is therefore for primary
use in all sections of the transportation industry, including the airline industry,
both cargo and passenger.
[0016] Different functions of the multilayer textile structure are fulfilled and show the
following advantages:
- foldable, drapeable (textile) structure because of flexible, lightweight materials,
- resistance to the peak pressure generated in the milliseconds after the detonation
by gas tightness,
- holds overpressure (longer term quasi-static pressure) up to 4 seconds and thanks
to the high tensile strength material of the textile construction,
- and provides a slow decrease of internal pressure by controlled venting,
- withstanding the large material strains by means of controlled deformation zones which
have been integrated by the ductility and structure of the material and additionally,
PU/Fibre composite increased material resilience,
- slowing down and trapping of accelerated cargo goods by means of momentum transfer
into the larger structure,
- flame barrier and heat insulation by of use of heat resistant and flame retardant
materials.
[0017] Three main categories of material were defined:
- 1. high-strength materials
- 2. ductile/deformable materials
- 3. insulating/flame resistant materials
which were integrated in the multilayer structure of the textile container. Several
materials have been indicated to be suitable for the application in a multilayer design.
These materials have been arranged in different fibre and/or filament architectures
as well as with functional coatings to optimise their behaviour in and interaction
between the multilayers and multi-material design.
[0018] Regarding to the multilayer textiles fabric design, functional areas have been integrated
in the blast resistant containment. The whole design is based on an inner and an outer
container side as well as an asymmetrical sequence of layers. At least three layers
of selected textile material have to be combined into the multilayer textile structure
to fulfil the requested requirements. An additional coating layer of polyurethane
of thickness 0.05-0.5 millimetres is transforming the internal textile multilayer
structure into a flexible composite system where the reinforcement is given by the
textile fibres. The matrix is the polyurethane resin in a way that a bonding effect
similar to composites is achieved with an effective fibre/matrix load transfer resulting
in an increased strength.
The following points give an impression of the material behaviour and its function
inside the container itself.
- (1) Gas/heat resistant and flame retardant barrier: Use of relatively gastight felts
and nonwovens made of novoloid fibres or aramid fibres or a fire proof membrane. Functionality
description: Flexible layers are required which withstand higher temperatures (up
to 500...1000°C) for a short time (seconds). Furthermore, these materials are characterised
by a low thermal conductivity at least 0,03...0,05 W/(mK)).
- (2) Inner deformation and energy absorbing zone: Use of para-aramid or high-oriented
polypropylene filaments into woven or/and multiaxial warp knits. It is a relatively
voluminous layer, which is flexible and allows an inner deformation of the layer itself.
This inner deformation causes an energy absorption by material compression and inner
friction of the fibre/yarn macrostructure. This zone is preferably made of high-strength
and highly ductile material with specific macroscopic structures. However, it is believed
that the use of high-strength, horizontally extending yarns in conjunction with lower
strength, higher elongation, vertically extending yarns increases the ductility and
strength of the overall textile structure. Warp and filler yarns of the preferred
fabric are used to extend substantially in horizontal and vertical directions.
- (3) Reinforcing and splinter protection layer/zone: Made of high-strength material
in a relatively dense textile structure (warp knitted or woven) i.e. para-aramid or
carbon fibre, additionally coated with rheopectic substances. This layer has to trap
and slow down accelerated cargo goods and explosion born splinters.
- (4) Defined outer deformation: An additional flexible net-like structure or strap
system made of high-strength polymers such as high-molecular polyethylene or/and liquid
crystal polymers envelopes the whole container. The multilayer textile structure is
in this way reinforced by textile belts or/and air cargo straps and strips also called
webbing, which are horizontally and/or vertically attached and integrated onto the
multilayer textile structure or are wrapped loosely around only hold by sewed belt
holders to reinforce the external structure of the container in any direction. Such
belts are attached to the multilayer textile structure by sewing, gluing, welding
or any other joining process which is applicable to textile surfaces. Furthermore,
the multilayer textile structure is equipped with devices, especially straps with
cam buckles and/or single stud fittings that are attached to the multilayer textile
structure by sewing, gluing, welding or any other joining process which is applicable
to textile surfaces and that allow the installation of the cargo-container into the
transport vehicle for both possibilities: free hanging or for hanging with touching
the ground floor of the transport vehicle. This open net or strap construction will
give the outer shape of the container after a blast event (defined expansion of specific
areas between the straps). Furthermore, it enables a decoupling of the blast resistant
container walls from the aircraft frame by defined distances from the fuselage.
[0019] The devices used in prototype manufacturing according to the described manufacturing
method comprises for assembling following elements in detail:
- Sewing thread: ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene multifilament twisted sewing
yarn, 2120 dtex, tensile strength 500.00 N, elongation at break 4,5%
- Glue to seal the seams: one-component or two-component glue used and certified for
air cargo applications
- Webbing for enveloping straps, version 1: Polyester Strap 70 160/48 mm, white, without
treatment, minimum breaking strength 6.000 daN, width 48 mm, elongation at 2.000 daN
4-5%
- Webbing for enveloping straps, version 2: Polyester Strap 70 051/50 mm, white, without
treatment, minimum breaking strength 7.500 daN, width 50 mm, elongation at 2.500 daN
4-5%
- Webbing for fastening straps: for example 50 mm polyester webbing, loom state (untreated)
with minimum breaking load 7,500 daN
- Webbing for hanging loops: 25 mm polyester, loom state, minimum breaking load 2,000
daN
- Buckles for hanging loops: cam buckles, made of steel and aluminium, minimum breaking
load 1,000 daN
- Single studs for hanging loops: made of steel and aluminium, minimum breaking load
1,800 daN
- Hooks for fastening straps are made of steel with minimum breaking load 2,250 daN
- D-rings for fastening straps are made of stainless steel with minimum breaking load
4,750 daN
[0020] Different composite panel designs are being considered for making the additional
rigid parts inserted into the blast resistant textile container. When in contact with
the transport vehicle floor, it is the aim to obtain the highest blast protection
within the minimum panel thickness and the design aims to withstand the shock pressure
generated by the design blast event and to distribute blast impulse onto the internal
surface of the textile container over a larger area. The composite panels are designed
to cover entirely the floor of the internal surface of the textile container and the
lateral walls, where required, to provide additional protection to rear critical structures.
They are designed to allow the entire container to be quickly unfolded and allow in
this way the loading of larger items in the airplane cargo hold.
In the first phase of work, 36 panels were tested in 8 different configurations of
panel makeup. Aramid and E-glass reinforcement were used in the fibre reinforced plastics
(FRP) hardened near and far face surfaces, with expanded Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
foam of varying densities used as core material. In this first phase, all panels had
a total of 4mm of fibre reinforced plastic thickness, split between a front and rear
face (in 2mm-2mm, 3mm-1mm and 1mm-3mm configurations), with a 16mm thickness of foam
core bonded to the two faces to give a panel structure.
Post test, the panels' performance can be categorised as;
■ panel survived without penetration,
■ panel survived with breaching at the attack face,
■ panel survived but with some breaching (minor tearing) of the far face,
■ catastrophic failure of the panel.
[0021] Panel survived without penetration: Testing at larger standoffs (and therefore lower
loading) the attack face did not shear and no shock breaching occurred. Plastic bending
was witnessed on each of the panels with varying severity. In general, the permanent
deformation of aramid panels is more pronounced when compared to that of glass panels.
In general, the E-glass fibre reinforced panels performed significantly better than
those reinforced with aramid fibres, and the best performance was observed when the
front and rear faces were both 2mm thick, surviving the blast loading at 100mm standoff.
From the conclusion of the first series of tests, a second phase of testing was conducted
in which the thickness of the E-glass reinforced front and back faces were increased,
and solid E-glass panels were included as comparison tests. Of the panels tested in
phase 2, a composite panel with 3mm thick E-glass fibre composite attack and far face
(with a 14mm thick foam core) and a solid 8mm thick E-glass fibre composite panel
survived a standoff of 80mm.
[0022] The zip used for the zip system (4) in the present invention is characterised by
area section of tooth of the order of 1-3 square millimetres, depending from the tooth
material used, in order to resist the tearing force generated during the explosion,
which try to separate the two sides of the zip. The teeth are preferably made in high
density polyethylene reinforced with short fibres, but also other plastic material
can be used or metal. Zip tooth are firmly joined to the tape by sewing or co-moulding
or other joining systems or their combination. For instance a screw can be used as
additional tooth-tape connection system to provide additional strength and avoid separation
of the tooth from the tape during loading. The zip system is equipped with an internal
zip covering pad to cover the entire zip in the internal side of the container in
order that, in case of an explosion inside the container, the overpressure generated
would press the flap against the zip preventing the rapid venting of the gas though
the gaps of the zip system. The zip covering pads (9) are connected by sewing or other
joining systems to the internal textile layer of the container and it is preferably
made from the same textile material. Alternatively the zip covering pads is obtained
directly from one of the textile layers of the container; cut is a way to cover the
zip.
[0023] The work leading to this invention has received funding from the European Union Seventh
Framework Programme FP7 under grant agreement no. GA-2008-213577.
1. Entirely textile-based, lightweight, and blast resistant cargo container system which
is deformable in a defined way, flexible, and foldable for primary use in all transportation
industries,
characterised in that the cargo container system is comprising a gastight and high-strength multilayer
textile structure using an internal coating, consisting of at least three textile
layers and of at least three parts:
― a front part (1) containing high-strength and gastight zip system (4) for opening
and closure system
― a back part (2)
― a middle part (3) connecting the front part (1) and back part (2) whereby the three
parts are joined by sealed seams and whereby the whole container system is equipped
additionally with following components:
● at least four attached hanging loops (5) equipped with cam buckles and/or single
studs fixed at the outside of the container to install, fasten or hang the container
into vehicles and/or
● at least two cross-linked attached fastening straps (6) equipped with snap hooks
and D-rings and/or
● a net-like structure fixed around the outside to envelope and reinforce the textile
container and/or
● a reinforcing composite element (7) for floor and/or lateral back wall inside and/or
● a free standing inner frame made of composite tubes.
2. Entirely textile-based, lightweight, and blast resistant cargo container system according
to claim 1 which withstands and contains a blast overpressure for at least four seconds.
3. Entirely textile-based, lightweight, and blast resistant cargo container system according
to according to claim 1 and 2 characterised by at least three parts which are joined by high-strength sewing using an ultra-high-molecular-weight
polyethylene multifilament twisted sewing yarn and/or gluing techniques using a one-component
or a two-component glue.
4. Entirely textile-based, lightweight, and blast resistant cargo container system, according
to at least one of the preceding claims,
characterised in that at least three fabric layers of the multilayer textile structure consist of
i. one outside fabric layer made of highly oriented polypropylene filament material,
ii. one intermediate hybrid fabric layer made of highly oriented polypropylene filament
and carbon fibre material, and
iii. one inside fabric layer made of fire-resistant para-aramid filament material.
5. Entirely textile-based, lightweight, and blast resistant cargo container system according
to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the multilayer textile structure is coated by a coating layer with a thickness of
0.05 to 0.5 millimetres of polyurethane or silicone or natural rubber mixtures or
polytetrafluorethylen, or ethylen-tetrafluorethylen which transforms the internal
textile layer into a flexible composite system with absolutely gastight properties
of the textile multilayer so that the tensile strength in this system is provided
by the flexible interaction of high strength fibres and the gas tight coating.
6. Entirely textile-based, lightweight, and blast resistant cargo container system according
to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the front part (1) and the back part (2) are equipped with hanging loops (5) that
are attached at the outside of the multilayer textile structure by sewing, gluing,
or ultrasonic welding and that allow the installation of the cargo-container into
the transport vehicle whereby the hanging loops (5) are equipped with cam buckles
and/or single studs.
7. Entirely textile-based, lightweight, and blast resistant cargo container system according
to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the multilayer textile structure is reinforced by fastening straps (6) made of high-strength
polyester material, characterised by the use of at least one horizontal oriented and one vertical oriented or two cross-linked
fastening straps which are attached onto the multilayer textile structure by sewing,
gluing, or ultrasonic welding and/or which are wrapped loosely around the external
structure of the container in any direction fixed by belt loops.
8. Entirely textile-based and lightweight blast resistant cargo container system according
to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the multilayer textile structure is reinforced by a net-like structure, which is
horizontally and/or vertically attached and/or integrated into the multilayer textile
structure or wrapped around the external structure of the container in any direction.
9. Entirely textile-based, lightweight, and blast resistant cargo container system according
to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the intrinsically gastight zip system (4) comprises a tooth design of an tooth area
section of at least 1 to 10 square millimetres made of high density polyethylene reinforced
with short fibres and is characterised in that the zip system (4) comprises at least one zip covering pad (8) attached on the inner
side of the zip.
10. Entirely textile-based, lightweight, and blast resistant cargo container system according
to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the zip design (4) used for the cargo container opening and closure system to provide
a practical loading and unloading of the cargo container characterised by the arrangement of a system of zip in U, T or H shape which allows to open and close
all zip elements in the front part (1).
11. Entirely textile-based, lightweight, and blast resistant cargo container system according
to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that reinforcement composite elements (7) are used for the floor and/or back wall and
which are characterized by foldable composite sandwich construction of at least 20mm thickness comprising a
foam core including two facings consisting of E-glass fibre composite for the attack
and rear face.
12. Entirely textile-based, lightweight, and blast resistant cargo container system according
to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the weight of the textile multilayer structure is below the weight of an, in size
comparable, commercially available aluminium Unit Load Device (ULD) container used
in air cargo applications by about 25%.
13. Entirely textile-based and lightweight blast resistant cargo container system according
to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the outer shape of the three parts (1, 2, 3) are compatible in size with various
cargo rooms such as aircrafts, ships, trains, trucks and/or safety cars for cash transport.
14. Entirely textile-based and lightweight blast resistant cargo container system according
to at least one of the preceding claims, characterised in that at least one safety detector for alarm is installed inside the container which detects
smoke and/or fire and/or dust and/or sudden air pressure lost.
15. Manufacturing method for an entirely textile-based, lightweight, and blast resistant
cargo container system which is defined deformable, flexible, and foldable for primary
use in all transportation industries comprising following steps:
- cutting at least three single layers of the multilayer textile structure for the
at least three parts (1, 2, 3);
- cutting the opening for the zip into the front part (1) into at least three single
layers;
- placing and pre-fixing the number of textile layers in the predetermined sequence
whereof at least one layer is placed as an intermediate layer;
- Sewing and/or gluing the zip covering pads (8) for the zip onto the front part (1)
of the container covering the full length of the zip;
- sewing the zip (4) into the front part (1);
- sewing the textile belt holders onto the front part (1), back part (2), and the
middle part (3)
- sewing at least four hanging loops (5) onto the outside of the front part (1) and/or
the back part (2) whereby the hanging loops are equipped with hooks and/or single
studs for later installation of the container into vehicles
- sewing the back part (2) and the middle part (3) together and/or glue the seam
- Sewing the front part (1) onto the other side of the middle part (3) together and/or
glue the seam
whereby sewing is performed by using an ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene multifilament
twisted sewing yarn and/or gluing techniques using a one- or two-component glue and
which is comprising after the assembling of the fixed parts of the container the following
steps:
- spray the whole textile container by using a coating in this way that the sprayed
coating is inside the container,
- attach the loose horizontal air cargo straps (6) and/or air cargo tie down net which
are equipped with air cargo karabiner hooks at the outside of the container by using
the belt holders,
- equip the textile container with reinforcing blast resistant composite panels (7)
for floor and/or lateral back walls and/or a free standing inner frame made of composite
tubes inside.