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FELLFAB® Products In Space
HAMILTON, Ontario - April 17, 2008
- FELLFAB
Limited engineers and manufactures innovative
textile products for a wide range of
industries. There are endless possibilities in
which FELLFAB® can apply its vast
experience and extensive knowledge of textile
products. In operation for more than 55 years
FELLFAB® has participated in many
innovative projects.
FELLFAB®
has been working with the Canadian Space
Agency for many years and was recently
selected as one of the companies to
manufacture protective blankets for the
Agency’s highly sophisticated equipment
located at the International Space Station.
Equipment in outer space requires the
protection of specially designed thermal
insulated blankets to protect it against the
extreme temperatures eminent in outer space.
When equipment is facing the sun, it is
susceptible to extreme heat, yet when the
equipment is in shade, it experiences extreme
cold. The protective blankets are used to
maintain the functionality of the equipment in
either of these extreme environments and are
similar to those that have been applied to the
famous Canadarm.
Manufacturing such blankets takes a high level
of skill and must be undertaken in a
controlled environment. FELLFAB®
maintains a class 100000 clean room in its
Hamilton, Ontario facility to accommodate such
projects.
FELLFAB®
takes great pride in its work with the
Canadian Space Agency and to be at the
forefront of advanced Canadian manufacturing.
Below are
links to pictures of the Canadarm and the
Dextre project. You will see some of the
components wrapped in FELLFAB®
manufactured thermal insulated protective
blankets.
For more
information on the Canadian Space Agency, visit their web-site located at:
http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/default.asp.
For more information on FELLFAB®
and its Aerospace capabilities please view
the Aerospace section of the FELLFAB®
company web-site located at:
http://www.fellfab.com/canada/aerospace/index.shtml.
