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The Pyongyang Daily Necessities Factory is producing air column tents which are badly needed for medical and disaster relief activities.

“We have developed a new-type air column tent, which is solid and convenient and which can offer people with convenience in life in the face of the worldwide disastrous abnormal weather and public health crisis,” said Pang Chol, a staffer of the factory.

The tent is easy to assemble and dismantle and convenient to carry since the main framework is formed with air column instead of the tent pole which was used to install a tent in the past. And it has a variety of uses such as medical treatment, disaster relief and mountaineering and it comes in different sizes like those for one, two and many persons.

The technicians of the factory completed its design in close contact with a relevant unit, worked out a technical plan for using the domestically-produced cloth, synthetic leather and vinyl chloride sheet as its materials and designed the relevant processes.

And they made necessary machines, the air column and other parts.

They further increased the waterproof capacity of the tent, made the outer cover and inner tube of the air column and solved technical problems arising in ensuring the pressure of the column.

As it fully satisfies all conditions of hospital facilities, its form, size and internal structure are rational and convenient to use.

The tent won a high appraisal at the 38th national sci-tech festival.

This year the factory has developed and introduced into production various other products including a portable collapsible chair, portable toiletry box, plastic ornamental band and plastic wainscot.