About shielded tents .

At first glance, shielded tents seem to be the ultimate economical, lightweight, simple and portable answer to many shielding problems. copyright 2010 by the herndon company While this is not exactly true, shielded tents have unique advantages and disadvantages. Some of the salient characteristics of shielded tents are listed below.

Shielded tents are made of conductive fabrics, some of which are silver-plated. This also means that most shielded tents do not provide much shielding effectiveness to magnetic fields.

Manufacturing shielded tents is not trivial. Sewing the seams of shielded tents presents unusual manufacturing problems In this sense, making shielded tents copyright 2010 by the herndon company is somewhat similar to making space suits. For these reasons, shielded tents are not cheap.

On the other hand, shielded tents are lightweight. shielded tents do not present the floor loading problems that other shielded rooms do. shielded tents are also portable. While the disassembly, storage, and reassembly of shielded tents are not trivial processes, shielded tents can be dissassembled copyright 2010 by the herndon company and moved more easily than other types of shielded rooms.

Most shielded tents are meant to be set up indoors. Except for certain specially built shielded tents, the majority of shielded tents do not provide protection from the elements.

Most shielded tents are erected as follows: first a collapsible frame is unfolded and deployed, then the shielded tent is hung from this frame, then the special features like power line filters, shielded vents, and setup panels are attached.

Shielded tents can be fragile, and shielded tents are not easily repaired by s user. Working in shielded tents copyright 2010 by the herndon company can be claustrophobic and unpleasant, but the same can be said of other shielded rooms.

Shielded tents are somewhat resisant to shock and vibration. Shielded tents may also be more tolerant of water spills than other types of shielded rooms. copyright 2010 by the herndon company

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