Premier Product Showcase 2017: Tents, Structures and Fabric

ClearSpan’s Fabric House Building creates a covered environment that can be used for applications from town events to concert venues. The building features a peaked roof and overhanging eaves that provide extra outdoor coverage. Sidewalls are available in heights of 12 feet or 20 feet. The unique design, combined with multiple foundation options, ensures that each building can be quickly installed without sacrificing strength or durability. Constructed using an American-made steel frame that has been triple galvanized to resist corrosive environments, the structure comes with a 50-year warranty on the frame and a 20-year warranty on the fabric cover.

PremoBond from Trivantage is a new line of filament-bonded polyester sewing thread that features durability, UV protection and colorfastness. With yarn that’s approximately 30 times stronger than the current industry standard, PremoBond lasts longer, even in harsh weather conditions. Its durability and elasticity allow customers to sew at faster speeds through heavier fabrics with flatter, more uniform seams that don’t pucker. The thread uses a proprietary bonding blend for less breakage and fraying in marine and outdoor markets. Custom-formulated dyes feature colorfastness and UV resistance to resist fade and light degradation.

Rainier’s full-strength tents are engineered for high-wind or semi-permanent installations where strength and durability are critical. Common tube lengths are used in a variety of tent sizes, configurations and positions, to simplify parts management and minimize investment. All connectors are welded steel components assembled in state-of-the-art fixtures to ensure accuracy, and are zinc plated to protect against rust.

Aztec Tents’ Timbertrac Collection frame tent system has the appearance of craftsman-style construction, while providing the amenities needed for event-specific applications. The system features an architectural truss beam design, “wood-like” aluminum beams and aesthetic joining plates. New features of the production model include updated engineering, elimination of nearly 50 percent of the bolts needed in the frame assembly, integrated gable end and wall panel options to fully enclose the structure and a pre-engineered portal brace system that eliminates the need for cross cables in the wall area of the tent system. The Graincote™ coating system used to cover the aluminum beams produces a unique look and feel. Engineered for ASCE 7-10 115 mph wind speeds, the systems are available in 20-, 30-, and 40-foot widths, and expand lengthwise in 15-foot modules.

The Olympic Tent system installs quickly and is specifically designed to increase profits for party rental stores by reducing the number of parts needed and saving up to 30 percent on labor costs. Durable and easy to maintain, the Olympic Tent system combines superior 18-ounce vinyl tent top fabric (Prime Time 18), with a frame engineered to meet or exceed structural and local code requirements.

Fred’s Tents & Canopies Inc. has teamed up with Seaman Corporation to offer keder roof panels and keder gables out of a new, lighter but stronger material. The tops are made in the U.S.A., come with a seven-
year warranty and are offered at a reasonable price.

Epic tents from TopTec Event Tents feature sculpted curves and eye-catching rooflines. Engineered for durability and reliability, the structures’ sculptured tension shape eliminates flat corners and reduces water damage, with tension hip bands that free float in hip pockets to eliminate ponding in corners. The tents meet IBC 2012 and ASCE 7-10 standards, are reinforced with 12,000-pound-rated support webbing and feature corrosion-resistant hardware. Available as one-piece or single- and twin-pole tension tents.

Value Vinyls is the sole U.S. distributor of SIOEN Tent and Pergola materials, including coated technical textiles for tents (plain, roof, sidewalls), block outs, lightweight inner translucent membrane, special drop-stop material, tent roofing materials and technical textiles for pergolas. Available in FR and non-FR versions, regular and extreme temperature resistant, opaque and super opaque, and both
anti-bacterial treated and UV stabilized.

DuraKeder from Keder Solutions slides in and out of keder track/rail, using a fully bonded method to adhere the fabric completely around the cord. Designed to save the repeat-use customer money, the keder is available in multiple sizes, fabric styles and colors. Made in the U.S.A., in-house.

Celina, a division of Celina Tent, offers a full complement of tent sidewalls to help maintain the most comfortable installations. Celina’s Royalty Sidewalls feature simple clip attachments for connecting to tent rope lines, and each wall is made from 16-ounce vinyl for durability. Color-coded tabs allow for fast identification when walls are rolled in storage. An additional style, specific to cross-cable tents, is also available. It combines hook and loop fasteners with zipper connections to provide a solidly attaching wall.

Charnecke Tents’ Pro Series Tents and tent liners are easy to install and work for any occasion. The Pro Series Tents come in a higher profile and feature sections that easily lace together. The tent liners come in all sizes and can be used with either pole tents or frame tents.

The multiflex Plus P7 Losberger clearspan offers side heights of 2.5 or 3 meters and widths of 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 meters. Extruded aluminum components along with a two-piece sidewall, spindle-fix roof tensioning system with no internal cross cabling or exterior guy ropes make the structures efficient. Options include system cassette hardwall, in PVC or glass, system flooring and modular components. Wind ratings meet or exceed the current code.

The Breakwater System from Fred’s Tents & Canopies Inc. is a removable valance for the Stillwater Pole Tent that allows for a tight weather seal, while not jeopardizing the aesthetics of the tent. The keder rail allows installers to slide the kedered walls in to provide a barrier from inclement weather.

Legacy Building Solutions’ fabric buildings combine rigid-frame engineering with the proven benefits of tension fabric membranes. Touting an installation time of up to three times faster than conventional buildings, the structures utilize a durable rigid frame in place of the hollow-tube, open web truss “hoop” framing that is traditionally used. The strength of the structural steel frame provides several engineering advantages, including the ability to easily customize buildings to the exact width, length and height required. In addition to long clearspans, the buildings have straight sidewalls that maximize the useable square footage inside the structure.

The new Sunbrella® Makers Collection by Glen Raven Custom Fabrics is centered around the principles shared between time-honored handweaving and modern manufacturing. Fabrics in the collection incorporate the performance qualities of Sunbrella with authentic designs tied to generations of makers. By combining new, experimental techniques with traditional style, the artisan fabrics
are suited for both indoor and outdoor upholstery.

Grandchamp Structure Design’s newest tent from the XL series
is the 140-foot XL. Developed by designers and engineers, it can resist wind speeds up to 125 kmh (77 mph) without a central pole. Appropriate for large events, the tent is designed with the company’s Bolt-On attachment system for rigging lighting and decor.