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Modular Air Cushions -Specifications

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Type

Operating
Pressure *

Load
Capacity
(kg)

Air
Consumption
(l/min)

Lift Height
(mm)**

Dimension
(mm)

Height
(mm)

Supply hose
(mm)***

4LTM-200-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

2 500

720

12

200

25

19

4LTM-300-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

5 000

800

15

300

45

19

4LTM-380-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

7 500

1 300

20

380

50

25

4LTM-450-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

10 000

1 500

22

450

50

25

4LTM-530-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

15 000

1 600

25

530

55

25

4LTM-680-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

30 000

1 800

30

680

55

25

4LTM-910-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

44 000

2 200

35

910

60

38

4LTM-1220-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

80 000

2 400

40

1220

60

38

4LTM-450-2

4 Bar (57 psi)

20 000

2 600

22

450

50

38

10

4LTM-530-2

4 Bar (57 psi)

28 000

2 800

25

530

55

38

11

4LTM-680-2

4 Bar (57 psi)

48 000

3 640

30

680

55

38

12

4LTM-910-2

4 Bar (57 psi)

88 000

4 200

35

910

60

51

13

4LTM-1220-2

4 Bar (57 psi)

160 000

4 540

40

1220

60

51

14

4LTM-1400-2

4 Bar (57 psi)

240 000

6 300

50

1400

65

76

15

4LTM-2000-2

4 Bar (57 psi)

400 000

12 500

60

2000

70

76

16

6LTM-200-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

3 750

1 100

12

200

25

25

17

6LTM-300-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

7 500

1 200

15

300

45

25

18

6LTM-380-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

11 250

1 950

20

380

50

25

19

6LTM-450-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

15 000

2 250

22

450

50

38

20

6LTM-530-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

22 500

2 400

25

530

55

38

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6LTM-680-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

45 000

2 700

30

680

55

38

22

6LTM-910-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

66 000

3 300

35

910

60

38

23

6LTM-1220-1

2 Bar (28 psi)

120 000

3 600

40

1220

60

38

24

6LTM-450-2

4 Bar (57 psi)

30 000

3 900

22

450

50

38

25

6LTM-530-2

4 Bar (57 psi)

42 000

4 200

25

530

55

51

26

6LTM-680-2

4 Bar (57 psi)

72 000

5 450

30

680

55

51

27

6LTM-910-2

4 Bar (57 psi)

132 000

6 300

35

910

60

51

28

6LTM-1220-2

4 Bar (57 psi)

240 000

6 800

40

1 220

60

76

29

6LTM-1400-2

4 Bar (57 psi)

360 000

9 500

50

1 400

65

76

30

6LTM-2000-2

4 Bar (57 psi)

600 000

18 750

60

2 000

70

76

* Air pressure in the air-cushion module at maximum load

** Nominal lift at full load
*** The length of the supply hose is 30m

1- Air-cushion
bellow
2- Bearing plate
made of
aluminium profil
3- Landing pads
4- Air inlet
5- Supply hose
6- Shutoff valvel
7- Control desk
for 4 or 6
air-cushion
modules
8- Connecting
hose
9- 4 or 6 air
cushion modules

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Demands on the floor surface

1. Why special requirements on the floor surface?

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The picture below shows the function of an air-cushion. Inside of the lifting chamber with the
load area A the overpressure has to be kept constantly higher than the load.
For that reason there are no joints, gaps or cracks allowed, which could cause a deaeration of
the lifting chamber.

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The gap between the bellow of the air-cushion and the floor is very thin. Due to this fact the
quality of the floor surface is very important for the use of the air-cushion technique, because it
affects on the one hand directly the air-consumption and on the other hand it decides about the
possibility to get an overpressure inside of the lifting chamber.

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2. Demands on the covered floor surface and the covering material

-Material

Demands
Smooth, polished and sealed concrete
floor or smooth synthetic-resin coated
floor (probably shock resistant through
additional glass fibre layer)

-Maximum
surface
pressure
P < 25 N/mm!
wheel/floor
- Minimum of
static friction
" = 0,4 (trocken/dry)
shoe sole/floor
- Even- and
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According to DIN 18202, part 5, line 4

Annotations
The surface of the floor can affect the
air-consumption and wear due to
friction between the air-cushion bellow
and the floor.n.
It is not allowed to detect any
indentations on the floor-coating..
According to VW-production facility
specifications
The slope affects directly the
necessary towing forces
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- Surface
roughness

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Gteklasse 2, Rauhigkeitsgren nach

DIN 4768, Teil 1, Oberflche glatt wie
Papier

Rauhigkeit/roughness
Ra: 6,3"m - 12,5"m

- Joints, cracks None

and steps
Airtight, infinitly finish
gap form: V-form (angle 90)
Dehnungsfugen

Airtight Finish
-Material based on Polyurethane,
shore-hardness circa 80, with very
high resilence capacity, without volume
expansion during compression.

3. Evenness
The friction-coefficient of an active air-cushion is nearly zero. Therefore even the smallest slope
causes a downward gliding of the load. This could create a dangerous situation, because
especially heavy loads could get uncontrollable.
The following table shows possible tolerances for the evenness of the floor.
Kind of execution
Standard execution according
DIN 18202 part 5, line 3

Evenness tolerance in [mm] depending on

the distance between the measuring points
0,1m
1m
4m
10m
15m
2

Enhanced exactness according

1
DIN 18202 part 5, line 4
Out levelled surface
1
Out levelled surface with
1
enhanced exactness

10

12

15

12

15

4. Steps
Steps and sharp edges are "cutting" the pressure-cushion inside of the lifting chamber and the
system breaks down (Fig. 4.1).
The edge of the steps have to be chamfered to a ramp (Fig. 4.2).
When designing a ramp the resulting descending forces should be taken into account. These
have to be eliminated through securing the system with winches (manual systems) or by means
of inbuilt drives (automatic systems) .

Fig. 4.1:In case of steps or sharp

edges the pressure cushion inside
of the lifting chamber is breaking
down.

Fig.. 4.2: By means of a ramp it is easy

to drive over steps without disturbing the
air-film or damaging the air-cushion
bellow.

5. Cracks

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The most available floor is polished concrete. This kind of floor has one important disadvantage.
It gets very often cracks. Due to this fact it could happen that the air below the air-cushion,
inside of the lifting chamber, flows away through the crack. The air-cushion breaks down and it
isn't possible to continue with the transport.
Cracks have to be filled with synthetic resin or something similar (Fig. 5.1). If the height
difference between both sides of a crack is more than 0.5mm it has to be levelled out (Fig. 5.2).

Fig. 5.1: Airtight sealing of a crack with

synthetic resin. Height difference less
than 0.5 mm.

Fig. 5.2: Height difference more

than 0.5mm, both sides have to be
levelled out.

6. Expansion Gaps
Very often, it is not possible to avoid expansion gaps in the floor, because of structural
demands.
The filling material should be based on Polyurethane with a shore-hardness of approx. 80.
To avoid damages to the edges of the floor and to be sure that the expansion gap will be rigid
enough for the pressure, it should be executed in an angle of 90.
To keep the loss of air at a minimum, the surface of the filling should be cambered (Fig. 6.1).
A concave surface curvature is not allowed, because the air-cushion cant affect to the surface
and to much air gets lost (Fig. 6.2).

Fig. 6.1: Correct gap form, with gentle convex

curvature.

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Fig. . 6.2: Wrong gap form

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