Airfloat, the company that pioneered air bearing technology, once again revolutionizes heavy load movement! The Decatur, Illinois-based company has redesigned its workhorse cast aluminum air skid, improving it in virtually every way.
Airfloat, LLC has received a 2009 Boeing Performance Excellence Award. The Boeing Company issues the award annually to recognize suppliers who have achieved superior performance.
The largest artifact in an upcoming exhibit on agriculture will be moved into the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, Illinois, using Airfloat technology to keep from damaging the Museum's stone floors. The 4,250-pound 1918 John Deere tractor will “float” on a bed of compressed air using technology developed by Airfloat LLC.
Airfloat manufactures a host of solutions related to handling heavy and over-sized materials for the manufacture of nacelles, towers, and blades for the wind power industry.
Fortune Magazine profiled a diesel locomotive assembly line in the June, 2008, edition. The Airfloat air bearing design enabled the first moving assembly line for diesel locomotives in railroad history, increasing product output by 30%.
The only thing keeping Airfloat LLC from providing more companies with air bearing material handling solutions is a general lack of knowledge, or misperception, about air bearing technology in the engineering community.
