Rigging Equipment
Handle Heavy Loads with Ease
Hovair Systems air powered load moving products make the perfect rigging system when the going gets tough. Whether you are moving heavy machinery or awkward size and shape loads or even theater equipment, these air powered tools provide the ideal rigging equipment for the job at hand.
Using air powered load moving products as part of your rigging equipment toolbox will almost certainly add an extra dimension to your rigging capabilities.
Benefits to Using Hovair Systems Rigging Equipment
- Easily handle loads up to 100 tons and beyond.
- Machinery with disproportionate weight balance – no problem.
- Kits include all components and hardware necessary to plug in and go.
- Choose from air bearing kits, air pallets, or air beams.
- Easy to set up and use. No special training necessary.
- Can handle any size or shape load with ease.
- Rigging equipment air bearing kits are ready to go out of the box.
- Air powered load moving systems only need compressed air – no other power.
- Environmentally friendly – great for clean room operations.
- Anyone can use these products – guys, gals, even the boss.
Load Moving Products Used as Rigging Equipment
See below for some typical load moving products being used as rigging equipment.
Round Steel Air Bearing Kit
Using A-type air bearings, round steel air bearing kits are the ideal solution for moving heavy machinery throughout your workplace. Machines that need frequent moving can have these amazing air bearings fitted directly to them and left in position. Once the move has been made, simply pull the hoses away and you’re done. To move the machine again, attach the hoses, switch on the air, and off you go. It really is that simple. Mounting plates are available for permanent load attachment.
Mounted on round steel modules with a set of 12-inch air bearings, a kit can lift and float loads of up to 4000 pounds with ease. Increase the size of your bearings and you can lift weights up to 100 tons and more.
Square Aluminum Air Bearing Kit
Square aluminum air bearing kit complete with optional remote control unit and all necessary components. Popular with rigging companies, these kits allow you to place loads directly onto them, or slide them underneath where space permits.
Aluminum Air Bearing Kit
Lightweight, aluminum, platform transporters are a fine alternative to the air bearing kits. Sizes start at 4 ft x 3 ft and each transporter has 4 air bearings on board. Controls are via a side-facing manifold which offers easy adjustment and air flow control.
Or how about turning your overhead gantry crane into a mobile lifting unit? No longer would the gantry be stuck in the loading dock. Connect your air line and take it to any location in your facility that needs a load lifting. Subject to local safety regulations, you could move the gantry from dock to dock, or use it to lift heavy machinery onto air bearing load moving systems, and lots more.
Thanks to the omni-directional features of these amazing air bearings, your gantry crane can now move to places that it couldn’t reach before. The only restrictions being the height and narrowest part of the gantry. Rated as one of the best rigging system, it saves both time and money!
Please note: Regardless of the lifting capacity of air bearings fitted, the gantry crane will still only be able to safely lift the capacity it was designed for.
