| Fuel Bladders for Drones/UAVs, Aircraft, Missiles, ROVs & UUVs and Jet Packs |
| ATL has been building safety fuel cell bladder tanks for 40 years and UAV/ROV bladder cells for over 25 years! |
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ATL, an AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 company, proudly produces flexible fuel cell bladder tanks for aircraft, drones/UAVs, rotorcraft, missiles, ROVs & UUVs. These tough, light-weight flex-tanks resist motor gasoline, diesel, avgas and JP fuels including JP-8, JP-10 and JP-TS. Other bladders are available for hydrogen, propane and alcohol fuels.
ATL's fuel cell installations can be designed as ventless collapsing "diaphragms" or as vented non-collapsing "liners."
Flexible bladder materials from ATL span the range from super-light .010" (.25 mm) thickness to .040" (1.02 mm) "crashworthy" and then to .085" (2.16 mm) self-sealing variety. |
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Modern CAD systems create soft tooling or "e-templates" which enable ATL to offer prototype bladders within 2 weeks, and ramped-up production within a month. |
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to read an editorial about ATL Fuel Bladders in "Unmanned Systems" |
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to see ATL in "Unmanned Vehicles" & "Unmanned Systems" Magazine |
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for UAV Product Literature |
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for Design Engineer's Worksheet |
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| AAI - Textron |
Force Protection |
Livermore Labs |
Robot Aviation |
| Aerosonde |
Galileo Avionica |
Lockheed Martin |
Scaled Composites |
| Arcturus |
General Atomics |
NASA |
Scripts Inst. |
| AREAI |
General Dynamics |
Marenco Swiss Heli. |
Selex ES |
| Aurora |
General Electric |
Martin Aircraft |
Shield Aviation |
| BAE |
Google |
Meggitt Defense |
Sikorsky |
| Bell Textron |
Griffon Aerospace |
NAVMAR |
TACOM |
| Boeing |
Honeywell |
NAWCAD |
Terrafugia |
| Carnegie Mellon |
Hybrid Air Vehicles |
Northrop Grumman |
The Flying Bulls |
| Cranfield Aerospace |
Jacobs |
NSWC |
Turkish Aerospace |
| DARPA |
JetPack Aviation |
Pratt & Whitney |
UAV Solutions |
| Drone America |
L3 |
Raytheon |
U.S. Army |
| DRS |
Finmeccanica |
Ricardo UK |
U.S. Marine |
| EADS (Cassidian) |
Leigh Aerosystems |
Robertson |
Woods Hole |
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- Fully collapsible for easy installation/removal
- Available in any size, geometry, or material
- Electronically templated; Near zero tooling cost
- Light weight and thin-walled for greater fuel capacity
- Total fuel scavenging options
- Low fuel diffusion rate; can surpass Mil-DTL-6396F
- CAD/CAM production for accuracy and reproducibility
- Light weight composite fittings and flanges
- Resistant to Avgas, Mogas, JP4, 5, 8, 10; Jet A, B; Kerosene,
Bio-Ethanol E10, Diesel, Bio-Diesel, Bio-Butanol B10 and Bio-Jet
- Special bladder materials available for rocket/missile/torpedo fuels. Specifically: hydrogen peroxide, hydrazine, Otto Fuel II, HAN fuel, JP-7, methanol, nitromethane, propane,
butane and others
- Baffles, vent valves, quantity gauges, drains, collectors etc. fully integrated
- General Atomics Predator Award for Quality and On-time delivery
- Can serve as secondary fuel containment if wing or fuselage is cracked or punctured
- Immune to shock, impact, vibration, launching, retrieval and hard landings
- Operates to 60,000 ft. within temperatures of 200°F (95°C) and
-60°F (-50°C)
- Modest cost, long life, low-to-zero maintenance
- Safety foam explosion-proofing system option
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- KeyCreator
- Auto CAD
- CATIA
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- ATL-9000
- Mil-Q-9858-A
- Mil-I-45208
- ISO-9001-2015
- AS 9100D
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- Light-weight bladders
- Self-seal bladders
- Aluminum welded tanks
- Roto-molded polymer tanks
- Carbon fiber tanks
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| Sumps |
Filters |
Anti-stat Foam |
Wire Harnesses |
| Drains |
Surge-tanks |
Refuelers |
Hoppers |
| Flanges |
Flop tubes |
Hangers |
Dry-breaks |
| Piccolo tubes |
Vent valves |
UID |
Quick-connects |
| Baffles |
Trap doors |
Weirs |
Gauging |
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| ATL-794-A |
White, “Skytec”
Most popular
.013"(0.3mm) thick
Rubberized nylon |
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| ATL-826-A |
"Bantam"
FT3
.026" (0.7mm) thick
Aramid Reinforced
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| ATL-516-40 |
Yellow
“Skytec”
.040” (1mm) thick
Conformal
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| ATL-895-A |
Translucent, “FluoroCell”
FAA-TSO compliant
Hi-temp, All-fuel
.016" (0.4mm) thick |
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| ATL-893-B |
Black
“Fluoro Cell”
Semi-self-seal
.050” (1.25 mm) thick
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| ATL-854-B |
H-D Rubberized
Nylon, MIL-T-52983
DOD-ATPD-2266
.065" (1.65mm) thick |
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| ATL-894-A |
Tri-Ax Aramid
Omni-Directional Strength
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| ATL-565 |
Black, “Saver Cell”
Molded Polymer
.100” (2.54mm) to
.25” (6.35mm) thick |
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ATL's "Two-By-Two"™ Portable Refueling System
The ATL “Two-By-Two”™ Portable Refueling System is a complete package for transferring fuel from ATL Petro-Flex® tanks (or rigid tanks) to ground vehicles, helicopters, airplanes, military vehicles, or other tanks and drums.
The “Two-By-Two”™ System may also be used to fill storage vessels when offloading tank trucks, wagons or transport trucks... CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.
REFUELER FEATURES:
- Available with 2HP Electric Motor, 3HP Gas Engine, or 4.2HP Diesel Engine (Most Popular)
- 100 GPM centrifugal pump (100 GPM free flow, Approx. 60 GPM after filtration)
- Includes: 1/2 micron filter, hoses, nozzle, totalizer, ground strap, relief valve, pressure gauge, condensate bleed and roller cart.
- Optional Flowmeter (Gallons or Liters)
- Resistant to gasoline (mogas), diesel, JP4, 5, 6, 8, 10, Avgas and 30% oxygenates
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| Here is a typical ATL fuel cell bladder e-template... |
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Totally defined, thoroughly precise, and continuously repeatable…
cell after cell after cell! |
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| Important: Some overseas applications of ATL Fuel Systems may require I.T.A.R. registration through D.O.S., U.S. Customs and/or D.O.D. if included on the USA Munitions List. |
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| Flex-Tanks, Diaphragms, Water & Waste Bladders, Accumulators, Compensators, Bellows, & Expulsion Bladders for Launch Vehicles, Probes, Satellites, Shuttles, Moon/Mars Vehicles, & the International Space Station |
ATL designs and manufactures collapsible vessels, expulsion bladders, accumulators and compensators for performing many space-related functions. "CWR's" (collapsible water reservoirs) by ATL contain and dispense ultra-pure water for EMU's, SpaceLab experiments and condensate recovery systems. "CWC's (contingency water containers) collect fuel cell water for critical crew supplies, and also function as waste holding bladders and purification system components.
Other flexible fabrications from ATL include media bags, bellows, crystal growth chambers, surge dampers, fuel and solvent containers, inflatable structures and impact attenuators.
Discuss your needs for high reliability, micro gravity flex-tanks with an ATL design engineer. In most cases they can provide a sophisticated yet inexpensive solution using one of ATL's 100 in-house flexible-composite materials.
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| ATL's "CWC" Water Bladder on board the I.S.S. |
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| ATL's expulsion-type water bladders are fitted into the supporting walls of NASA's new I.S.S. prototype "crew quarters." These bladders will not only supply potable water, but will also act as shielding to protect the crew from harmful exposure to gamma radiation. |
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Click Here for Product Literature | Click Here for Design Engineer's Worksheet
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Typical Custom Bladder Devices Developed and Built by ATL for Numerous Space Applications (refers to bladders pictured above):
1. EVA Sublimator Re-Fill Bladder 2. Liquid-Tight Zipper-Bag I.S.S. TUBSS 3. "CWC" Water Bladder Shuttle & I.S.S.
4. Accumulator Compensator 5. Space-Lab Animal Feed System 6. Gas/Vapor Collection (Pillow)
7. I.S.S. Temporary Urine & Brine Storage System (TUBSS) 8. Dielectric Oil Conservator 9. Bellows Life Support Prototype
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