About Airfloat LLC |
What Airfloat Does: Mastering Material Movement
Airfloat
applies air bearing technology and innovative design to
move and position anything from a 200-ton locomotive to
placing a pallet or basket of parts at the ergonomically-correct
position along your assembly line. Airfloat solves
problems in your workspace with devices that increase your
efficiency with easier, faster, and safer material movement.
Airfloat air bearing applications are more productive because of the proven six-step process shown at the left:
Customer Relationships enable
Airfloat's staff to see opportunities for improved
material movement by bringing Airfloat's 40 years' of air
bearing problem-solving experience to your plant floor.
Applications Development approaches your material handling challenge to find the optimum solution, either standard or custom-built, to maximize the efficiency and safety of your operation.
Custom
Air Bearing Solutions use air bearings to solve
your parts and product movement challenge whether it's
as big as a 400,000-pound transformer or positioning several
different mufflers at an automotive assembly line workstation,
so the correct one is always at hand.
Full
Service Engineering means complete single-source responsibility for your air bearing productivity improvement project, including safety and ergonomic evaluation and ensuring a solution that fits your plant floor and facilities.
In-House Manufacturing in our 65,000-square-foot facility provides ISO 9001-2000 quality to your project from concept to design through final air bearing product ready for your factory floor.
Field
Support Services assure you ongoing support for Airfloat air bearing solutions that help you Master Material Movement.
Look over Airfloat air bearing Products for productivity-increasing ideas for your plant.
A History of Engineering and Innovation
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Ron Born
Chief Engineer |
Shane Metzger
V.P. Operations |
Jason Stoecker
President |
Tom Abbott
Sales. |
Kevin McCoy
Quoting and Applications Mgr. |
Airfloat
was founded in 1967 with a focus on providing engineering
solutions through air bearings technologies. The original
air bearing development took place at GM by an engineering
group that experimented with the friction-free results
of movement with air. The original use, which remains
a very prominent use, was to move heavy loads within
plant operations. When GM developed a loss of focus on
the mass-market appeal of the air bearings, a GM engineer
by the name of David Snoeyenbos secured the rights to
the technology and started Airfloat in Decatur, Illinois.
Today
Airfloat continues to operate and manufacture air bearing
and material handling solutions at the Decatur corporate
facility. Sales are both domestic and international, with
additional sales offices located in Cleveland, OH, Detroit,
MI, and Indianapolis, IN.
To enhance manufacturing organization and focus, solutions
are supported through AutoCad, Pro-Engineering and
Solid Works capabilities. Of the 55 employees, twelve are
engineers.
A Track Record of Industry Leadership
As the innovator of air bearing technology, Airfloat provides over 40 years of industry experience. Our innovative custom solutions are focused on improving your efficiency, automation, ergonomics and productivity.
With the development, design and manufacturing
all handled in our facility, there is substantial system
synergy to meet your exact needs.
Engineers are available to work with
you early in your planning stages. The result lets
us develop lean and responsive solutions.
Vision & Focus
Today’s
processing environment is all about accomplishing
the highest degree of efficiencies, or lean manufacturing.
Airfloat answers this growing need with a full line
of standard and custom engineered air-equipped products.
Movement becomes faster, less expensive, and more
proficient by using our air bearing solutions. Ergonomic
solutions become seamless with our lift table technologies
and our conveyor systems to enhance efficiencies
throughout your entire production line.
The Airfloat philosophy
is to work together as a team to effectively implement
the best solution, on the best schedule, at the best
price. This Q3 philosophy drives Airfloat to perform
our best through quality employees, quality products
and quality customers.
This
way of thinking has made Airfloat the proven leader
in supplying innovative material handling solutions
to a diverse range of industries such as automotive,
aerospace, heavy construction, heavy electrical, mobile-home,
pharmaceutical and food.
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