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Paper Roll Transporter
Utility Platform with Roll Cradle & Lift
Application Guide: Paper Roll Transporter
Festo’s Mobile Mechatronics Lab Rolls into Airfloat
We at Airfloat are accustomed to in-person visits from machine component makers and other vendors; however, they seldom arrive at our door with a semitrailer full of their latest and greatest wares. But that’s exactly what happened in mid-August, as Festo’s Mobile Mechatronics Lab (MML) paid us a visit. For more than 80 years, Festo […]
Airfloat Video Tops Quarter-Million Views
A video posted to YouTube by Airfloat has received over 250,000 views. The video, entitled “35-ton Load Floats on Air,” was originally posted on May 12, 2011. As the name implies, it depicts a 35-ton steel roll being “floated” out of a factory on Airfloat air skids and hoisted atop a flatbed trailer. “The key […]
Record Year for Air Skid Sales
It’s no secret that Derek Jeter, Ariana Grande and Republicans had a great 2014. So did Airfloat air skids (aka “air casters”). In fact, the company sold over 500 of the pneumatic material-handling devices last year, the most in recent history. 2014 also witnessed the launch of new-and-improved air skid and air skid controller designs. Among […]
New Safety Regs for Oil Rail Cars
Due to new safety regulations, the freight rail industry will be phasing out older oil-transporting rail cars (so-called DOT-111 tank cars) in the coming years. New cars built after 2015 must comply with the new DOT-117 safety standard. Older cars may be retrofitted to meet the new standard at a cost of about $30,000 per car. […]
See Airfloat in Action at Expo Manufactura 2015
Herramientas AG, the exclusive distributor of Airfloat equipment for the Mexican market, will be an exhibitor at Expo Manufactura 2015 (Feb. 3-5, Monterrey, Mexico). The expo features the latest in manufacturing technology and will attract thousands of professionals from Central and South America. Key industries include metalworking, automotive, aerospace, electrical appliances, medical devices and […]
Riggers Float 25,000 lb. Load on Air
A rigging crew in Central Illinois faced an interesting challenge: moving a 25,000-lb. roller bearing housing out of a warehouse and onto a flatbed trailer. The decision was made to float the load outside the warehouse on a set of Airfloat air bearing skids. Then a mobile construction crane was used to hoist the load […]
