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Airfloat, LLC., Manufactures Air Bearings and Material Handling Solutions

Move heavy industrial loads with air bearings. Airfloat has been designing airbearing technology for material handling for over 40 years. Air bearings or air casters work on the principle of using compressed air to glide industrial equipment over a cushion of air, providing a cost-effective alternative to overhead cranes.

Airfloat products range from air bearing airskids (air skates, air casters) to fully-automated conveyor systems and moving assembly lines.  As air film solutions became popular as transporter platforms and heavy-duty rigging casters, the technology was soon extended into air bearing turntables, including robotic turntables, mechanical turntables and rack-handling systems made with air bearings.
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Airfloat News

Fortune Magazine Tells How Airfloat Air Bearings Move Locomotives

Fortune 500 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%. Read more...

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Air Bearings in Wind Power

A wind power manufacturer found that handling these large shaft assemblies was hampered by the limitations of overhead cranes. 

Airfloat consulted with the manufacturer, visited the plant to work closely with client engineers and plant personnel, then developed the design for lifting, moving and articulating the 14,000 lb. shaft and 8,000 lbs. of bearings that are added during the assembly process. Read more...


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Air Bearing & Air Caster Industrial Products

See our Automotive Industry Airbearing Technology solutions section.

Recreational vehicle [RV] manufacturers utilize air bearing technology to move partially finished RV chassis & bodies on air skids. Read more...


  
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