Air Bearing Turntable

Hi everyone this was a test build for an air bearing type tangential arm.

Air bearing turntable.

All hovair automotive air bearing tables have a patented starbase design utilizing six heavy duty air bearings that are used to float the table top. Air bearing turn tables are supported underneath and can be driven upon when not in use. Mounted on a manticore mantra using the v f d. Most air bearing turntables can be manually rotated.

It was made up various parts i repurposed from their original intended use. Air caster industrial turntables when it comes to keeping your workstations running air caster industrial turntables powered by air bearings can be key to keeping you operating. This turntable isn t even direct drive. Holbo is the brainchild of bostjan holc no prizes for guessing where the name comes from and is a fully integrated deck and arm combination.

Below is an excerpt. Bostjan has decided for his first turntable to really set the bar high by not only having a linear airbearing arm but a rotary air bearing for the platter. Grounding air input vacuum input output for an air bearing tonearm and air adjustment valves for platter and tonearm. Air bearings equipped container handling turntables are designed to keep a workstation supplied with full or empty containers.

Air bearing turntables versus conventional turntables. Air bearing turntables air bearing tables allow your production facility flow to become better especially when it comes to cycle time and the time it takes to do product change over. Once the air bearing turntable is energized it lifts approximately 3 4 and the top plate and load can be easily rotated on a thin film of air. The white paper is based on airfloat s nearly 50 years of experience in the field.

The operator powers the turntable with an air valve. Air bearings are indeed wonderful bearings but they are a faff with the need for air pumps and are they really worth a 6 400 price tag.