How Cocoon Masters the Elements With Corrosion Prevention Solutions

What Sets Cocoon Apart?

Cocoon's products outsmarts Mother Nature. Their products increase military equipment readiness while reducing maintenance costs. Cocoon produces equipment covers that mitigate corrosion, enable frozen-free environments, and offer steel frame fabric structures like temporary hangars and warehouses.

Cocoon has engaged in special projects with Boeing’s CH-47 helicopter as well as their 737. Boeing uses Cocoon’s acoustic interior blanket too, and Cocoon recently created a new model because the prior one hadn't been upgraded since 1962.

Cocoon’s unique material was developed for protective covers for the Army and, as a result, the company came up with a patented textile that’s breathable but also waterproof. It’s lightweight, doesn’t get heavy amid moisture, and won't freeze.

Why Cocoon Fabric Is So Unique

Cocoon’s material is a trilayer fabric with a membrane in the middle. The pores of the membrane are 0.3 microns or smaller, which is useful for numerous applications.

Cocoon’s fabric has several high-performance characteristics. Here are a few of the most important:

Aviation Blankets

Aviation blankets are another one of Cocoon’s primary product lines. Blankets exist in the aircraft for a few reasons. They:

• Dampen loud noise

• Provide insulation

• Keep the cabin warmer or cooler

• Protect passengers from equipment leakages

• Prohibit accessing machinery or tools behind aircraft walls

Cocoon’s blankets save about 200 pounds across a standard airframe. A lighter airframe at the start of a mission gives soldiers more fuel, cargo, or passengers–or all three if needed. Units or commanders can carry more in their aircraft by using Cocoon aviation blankets.

If an aircraft is gaining weight, overseers have to arbitrarily assign a weight penalty to it, reducing what it can carry. By using Cocoon, an aircraft doesn’t gain weight, it doesn’t absorb fluids, and other related problems are eliminated or minimized.

Protective Covers

Cocoon launched its protective covers line with the Chinook Helicopter Program Management Office. Once they saw what Cocoon is capable of, they asked the company to look at other related problems.

Corrosion-Free Environment Solutions

Corrosion-free warehousing and storage solutions were one of the first solutions offered when Cocoon started back in 1977. Cocoon has been laying up ships for decades to perform maintenance.

The Exxon Valdez crash in Alaska on March 24, 1989, is an infamous and relevant example. When that ship came in for repairs and maintenance, Cocoon was the company responsible for repairs.

The term “laying up” means staff is tightening up the interior of the ship while simultaneously working on the exterior. Cocoon goes in, uses a vacuum, puts bio-corrosion inhibitor (BCI) emitters in there, and stabilizes the interior, which makes the whole ship interior corrosion-free. As long as the staff leaves the correct doors closed, it remains corrosion-free.

There are several other steps involved in ensuring corrosion-free environments. Cocoon inspects the environment to determine if anything should be modified, including removing air and humidity leaks.

Cocoon also installs dehumidifiers, inducting hygrometers, and continuous-monitoring sensors. Storing military equipment requires a temperature sweet spot of 35 degrees, plus or minus five percent relative humidity (RH).