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Agschmid

(28,749 posts) Fri May 9, 2014, 05:03 PM May 2014

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Ever wonder how those inflatable emergency slides work?

Well I hope you never need to actually find out... But just in case now you know how they work!

The question is, how the heck do they design and make these things? How is it possible that one little pressurized tank can blow the entire thing up in six seconds? What material are they using that it's strong enough to withstand the process, not to mention the thereotical hundreds of people that might slide down the thing? We did a bit of hunting and found the video below, where you'll see everything from a vacuum table fabric-flattening machine to a CNC cutter to a lot of handwork:

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Ever wonder how those inflatable emergency slides work? (Original Post) Agschmid May 2014 OP

Emergency shelters can be built like that. hunter May 2014 #1

hunter

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1. Emergency shelters can be built like that.

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Sat May 10, 2014, 11:12 AM

May 2014

In some the material becomes rigid resulting in a permanent structure.

Possibly the most durable are concrete canvas:

http://www.concretecanvas.com/concrete-canvas-shelters/what-is-it

I always enjoy these How Things Work or How Things are Made videos.

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