Air Caster
Keywords:
Material handling, air bearing bag, air, and compressorAbstract
at present the company suffering from the transportation & material handling problem. The company
uses the manual crane for the transportation of machine components. The problem is that when the machine
components are transported by the crane, parts of it are displaced from its original places so that the accuracy of the
CNC machine will not be stable. Now our solution is that we used air caster for the transportation of machine
components of CNC Machines. An Air film technology is a "relatively new" concept which offers a different way of
moving heavy machines. The principle of air film technology is to cause loads to float on a floor surface using
compressed air as the only power source. Air caster is developed for taking the advantages of pneumatic lifting. An air
caster is a pneumatic lifting device used to move heavy loads on flat, non-porous surfaces. Its operation is similar to a
hovercraft, as it uses a thin layer of air as a way to float a very small distance off the ground. The present work
includes design and modelling of 100 kg air caster. The components of air caster like base plate, load landing plate
form, air bag, supporting rings. Also the part drawing of components of Air Caster have been prepared using Creo.
