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Airsled's air film products (also known as air casters, air bearings, air pallets, air lifts, glides, dollies, pads or cushions) are designed for lifting, moving and positioning a wide range of heavy loads including industrial machinery, appliances, refrigerators, furniture, vending machines, and office, computer, hospital and medical equipment. We offer a complete line of standard and custom air casters designed to meet your material handling needs.
How do Airsled® air film products work?
The secret is placing and keeping a micro-thin cushion of air under the load to then move it almost effortlessly. To be specific, it will take the force of 1% of the weight of the load to move it. As an example, a refrigerator weighing 500 pounds can be easily and safely moved around the room by a child using just one finger.
Airsled's air bearing systems utilize air film technology to create easy, lightweight and portable air casters using low air pressure to move loads from 100 pounds up to 20,000 pounds. We use a specially designed blower to push a continuous stream of air into the rugged fabric covering our air beams, which then flows out through the perforations underneath the beams. The size, composition and number of air beams is dictated by the size and weight of the load being moved. We manufacture standard products and specialize in custom designed products to meet almost every need.
Often people unaware of air film technology can't believe their eyes when they see how easily our systems lift heavy loads. Once they see it demonstrated they get what we call the “Airsled grin”. Some have called it magic. It isn't magic, it's better. It's physics… it actually works!
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