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Air-Cushion based pre- and final assembly for buses.
"The demands of the market
are playing an important role for the decision pro or contra
introducing the air-cushion technology. Devices with an air-cushion
gear can be used for a great range of transport and assembly
tasks and due to their great advantages in comparison to conventional
solutions they can help to configure the production more flexible."
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Air Cushions enable the Real Flexible
Plant
"By means of air cushion technique, it is possible
to achieve flexible modern manufacturing and assemblies
concepts. In one of the most traditional railcar plants(Fördern
und Heben, 1997)
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Air Cushions for the transportation tasks
at the observatory
"For moving the biggest telescope in the European Southern
Observatory, tape guided Air Cushion systems were developed
for a vibrationless transportation and a positioning accuracy
within the telescope building as well as in the maintenance
shop." (Hebezeuge und Fördermittel, 1999)
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The use of air-cushion technique at transformer
plants
"Nearly all transformer
producer in Europe use the air-cushion technique for the
inhouse transport of this giants" (Delu Press)
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Hazardous Waste on Air Cushion
"In the intermediate storage
Gorleben of the society for storage of fuel elements (BLG)
they changed from vessels to containers. At this, dealing
with atomic waste becomes easier and more economical: Furthermore
at the same time the radiation strain of the employees working
in this area is minimized. The air-cushion transport system
specifically developed for that purpose can transport two
of the biggest each up to 20tweight on top of the other
at the same time."
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Flying Aqualack production.
"In the most modern aqualack
plant in the world, the transportation of mixer containers
on air cushions is computer controlled. With the biggest
project yet in the company history, Herberts GmbH stands
for their location Wuppertal with a flexible, environmentally
friendly and economic production." (DHF, 1996)
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Air cushions can reduce costs up to 40%.
"Air cushion technology can revolutionize
the in-house transport. Many leading companies have recently
introduced this technique and they have coem to appreciate
its advantages" (Blick durch die Wirtschaft, 1997)
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