About Njordair
Inflatable Buildings
Fast Tent by Njordair is the worlds best portable and self erecting temporary building system. Using a Fast Tent inflatable building creates a controlled working environment which protects workers and projects and eliminates delays and downtime.
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Fast Tent inflatable buildings have been deployed in every climate zone world-wide and have proven themselves successful in withstanding extreme heat, cold, snow, ice and strong winds.
Not just an ‘Inflatable Tent’
Fast Tent was born on construction sites. Strength, simplicity and speed is at the heart of everything we do.
RAPID DEPLOYMENT
Ready to protect your project in minutes
SIMPLE & MAINTENANCE FREE DESIGN
No fiddly parts and components to lose
STRONG
Resistant to impact, withstands snow and wind loadsWe use only the best materials
All of our inflatable buildings are manufactured from 610 or 930gsm high commercial grade PVC coated material, tested to BS3424 with flame retardancy tested to BS5438.
Our sewn inflatable buildings are quadruple stitched with high quality UV resistant thread to ensure superior strength and robust designs to enhance the structural integrity of our products.
Our sealed inflatable team are some of the most experienced and proficient in the inflatable world and utilise state of the art welding machinery.
The result is a range of inflatable buildings constructed to a standard high enough for government, military & emergency services use.
Product Range
Constant Air
The Fast Tent CA-Range is built by stitching two layers of interconnected PVC membrane. The gap between the layers is pressurised with air to create a double skin inflatable building.
Sealed Air
The Fast Tent SA-Range is built by heat welding air inflated tubes to create arches and beams which support a single layer PVC skin.
Who we are
Global Sales & Service
From the high desert plateaus of Chile to the Golden Gate Bridge in the metropolis of San Francisco, Fast Tent inflatable buildings are protecting people and projects world-wide. Wherever you are in the world, we can supply Fast Tent, either directly from us or our stocking partners.
Factory
Airquee is the largest inflatable manufacturer in Europe. At a time when many companies import products from China, Airquee is in the fortunate position of owning its own European manufacturing facility.
We utilise some of the most advanced technologies in the industry in our design, cutting, printing and stitching functions.
Between our UK and European sites we can produce around 20 units per day.
What is an Inflatable Building?
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Inflatable buildings are lightweight structures that achieve structural stability by using internal air pressure to put tension into the envelope or skin of the building. This gives the structure a ‘pre-stress’ that enables it to resist applied forces. Typically, inflatable buildings are constructed from air inflated tubes that acts as beams or arches to give support to a fabric skin. Using a series of co-joined air beams, large spans can be created. Air beams can be either high pressure or low pressure. Low pressure air beams – This type is a twin walled, sewn fabric structure that is inflated to form a rigid shell structure. Low pressure air beams typically require a constant air source to maintain the air pressure inside the walls of the building. High pressure air beams – High pressure beams are ‘sealed’, so that once inflated they do not require constant air, just an occasional ‘top up’. This is typically done automatically.
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It was the US military who first recognised the potential benefits of inflatable buildings. In the 1940’s, Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory were tasked with finding a way of keeping radar equipment operational in harsh Arctic conditions. They needed a structure to shield radar but also needed to allow radar waves to pass through it. A man called Walter Bird was put in charge of finding a solution. The solution had had to be lightweight so it could easily be transported to remote locations. It also needed to be set up quickly by a small team of people who did not possess traditional construction skills. Walter Bird developed an inflatable ray dome – a balloon like structure supported by pressured air. “The air structure is the most efficient structural form available to date….no other type of structure has the potential of providing free-span coverage for so large an area….as the air structure is constructed of light-weight flexible materials, it can be made easily portable and lends itself readily to the design of demountable or removable structures.” Walter Bird
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At Njordair we specialise in the design & manufacture of inflatable buildings which serve the toughest construction, industrial and emergency services markets. The simple rugged reliability of our products has been tried & tested in some of the most extreme environments worldwide. An inflatable building should not be confused with an air supported building. With an air supported building, the entire occupied space of the building is pressurised which means that airlocks are required at all the access points to prevent air pressure being lost when the doors are opened. However, an inflatable building only requires pressurized air within the cavities of the walls or beams. Since the inside ‘usable space’ of the air building is at normal atmospheric pressure it does not require airlocks.
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