AirLoc Corp.
Franklin, MA 02038
AirLoc Wedgmounts-® with B2 Pads Isolate Okuma Lathe on Third Floor
A large manufacturer in Wisconsin had various types of metal working equipment located on the third floor of a production building. An Okuma Crown Model L lathe with bar feeder, which had competitor's elastomer leveling mounts installed, was transmitting high levels of vibration into the floor affecting the performance of nearby precision machining centers. The vibration problem was most serious...
Read More »AirLoc PRP Mounts Provide Adjustable Floor Supports for Acoustic Test Cell
Beach Dynamics provides solutions for product noise, audio systems, and industrial noise control. Mark Beach, President of Beach Dynamics, came to AirLoc for adjustable floor supports to provide leveling and vibration / noise isolation for a laboratory grade acoustic test cell he was installing. After some consideration of the features that were needed, Mark decided on a system consisting of (18)...
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AirLoc Positioning Wedgmount-® Provides Precise 3-Axis Positioning
One of the major US auto manufacturers required a precise, 3-axis, positioning mount for their engine block transfer lines. Wing machines on the line required precise locating from machine to machine for component assembly. AirLoc already had a very precise vertical leveling Wedgmount design with their model 2120-KSC and needed to find a way to provide precise two axis horizontal positioning as...
Read More »AirLoc Wedgmount Levelers and Damping Pads Provide the Precision Positioning and Vibration Isolation Required for Delicate Kayex Crystal Growing Equipment!
Kayex develops and manufactures crystal growing equipment for the semiconductor and photovoltaic materials industry. These high-temperature, vacuum furnaces are used to grow single crystal silicone ingots. The ingots are then sliced into wafers that are used as the substrate for either computer chips or high efficiency solar cells. This is a process which obviously requires precision and reduced...
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AirLoc Bolt-on Wedgmounts-® Used to Support a Custom Built Eagle Hydraulic Press!
Eagle Press & Equipment Co. Ltd located in Ontario designs and manufactures a complete line of state-of-the-art metal, plastic and composite forming equipment. Recently, Eagle Press worked on a project involving one of the world's largest hotplate welders. The large bed dimensions of this press (192 x110 ) required special guiding to insure the accuracy of the finished product. The manufacturing...
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AirLoc Application News...
AirLoc Isolation / Damping Pads help to control the forces transmitted by a Means Industries Vibratory Feeder! Means Industries is a developer and producer of quality engineered mechanical components and assemblies for the automotive and industrial power transmission markets. Components being moved by a vibratory line feeder had a problem keeping up with production and therefore the feed speed...
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AirLoc -®Wedgmounts used to support Americolor Printing Press Tower AirLoc 11-VRC Wedgmount compact precision levelers with 903 pads were selected by Hall Contracting Services, Inc. for a new installation at the Bloomington Herald Times in Ohio. Four Wedgmounts support a 50 ton Americolor printing tower manufactured by Dauphin Graphic Machines, Inc. of Elizabethville, PA. Hall Contracting...
Read More »AirLoc -®Wedgmounts Precision Levelers Keep Forming/Trimming Press in-line
Recently, when Clark-Cutler-McDermott Company needed a way to secure and level a new R+S Technik GmbH, single tool die, forming and trimming station press, an AirLoc Wedgmount system was selected. The insulator parts produced at a rate of 180 panels per hour are used for the rear of the cab in a new 2007 GMT 900 pick-up truck model. Four AirLoc 2024.2-VRKC Wedgmounts with self aligning spherical...
Read More »AirLoc -®Wedgmount Precision Levelers Save Days on Steam Turbine-Generator Install
Recently, Mr. Ross Hill, P.E., Project Manager for ESI of Tennessee approached AirLoc for assistance on an installation technique that could reduce or eliminate the grouting on a 5 MW, skid mounted, steam, turbine/gearbox generator. The standard approach of grouting with a cementitious grout would take the better part of a day to construct forms, then a day to pre-soak the concrete, a day to mix...
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AirLoc Provides Foundation Isolation Systems for Automotive Machining Center
Recently, AirLoc was selected to provide low frequency foundation isolation systems for a manufacturing facility in the Southeast. Various machining centers required separate inertia block isolation systems to insure machine accuracy. AirLoc supplied complete systems with all panels cut to size, layout drawings, bill of materials, and installation procedures for each system. Pictures below show...
Read More »AirLoc's New Website Provides Many New Online Design Tools!
For 60 years, AirLoc has been a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of products for leveling and vibration isolation. Applications include all types of production machines, from small delicate measuring instruments to million pound metal forming presses. AirLoc has redesigned their website www.airloc.com to provide complete detailed technical information on their wide range of standard...
Read More »AirLoc Wedgmounts-® with B2 Pads Isolate Okuma Lathe on Third Floor
A large manufacturer in Wisconsin had various types of metal working equipment located on the third floor of a production building. An Okuma Crown Model L lathe with bar feeder, which had competitor's elastomer leveling mounts installed, was transmitting high levels of vibration into the floor affecting the performance of nearby precision machining centers. The vibration problem was most serious...
Read More »AirLoc PRP Mounts Provide Adjustable Floor Supports for Acoustic Test Cell
Beach Dynamics provides solutions for product noise, audio systems, and industrial noise control. Mark Beach, President of Beach Dynamics, came to AirLoc for adjustable floor supports to provide leveling and vibration / noise isolation for a laboratory grade acoustic test cell he was installing. After some consideration of the features that were needed, Mark decided on a system consisting of (18)...
Read More »AirLoc Exhibiting at the International Technology Show
September 8-13, 2008 McCormick Place Chicago, IL USA Booth # D-4456 If you can attend, please visit us at the upcoming show in Chicago to see our complete line of Vibration Isolation & Precision Leveling Mounts. Products include: Complete line of Isolation, Damping, & Leveling Pads JacmountÃ-® Adjustable Levelers WedgmountÃ-® Precision Levelers Our New AirLoc Products 44 page Catalog will...
Read More »AirLoc Introduces a New 44 Page Catalog for the North American Market
AirLoc's new 44 page color catalog contains the following features and benefits: o Contains all available standard Pads, JacmountsÃ-®, WedgmountsÃ-®, and Accessories, arranged by category o Updated Selection Table for guidance on appropriate pad or mount o Contains listing of vinyl and elastomer Pads o Load ratings for pads are given in easy to use PSI values o Load ratings for mounts are...
Read More »AirLoc Introduces a New 44 Page Catalog for the North American Market!
AirLoc's new 44 page color catalog contains the following features and benefits: - Contains all available standard Pads, JacmountsÃ-®, WedgmountsÃ-®, and Accessories, arranged by category - Updated Selection Table for guidance on appropriate pad or mount - Contains listing of vinyl and elastomer Pads - Load ratings for pads are given in easy to use PSI values - Load ratings for mounts are...
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AirLoc Positioning Wedgmount-® Provides Precise 3-Axis Positioning
One of the major US auto manufacturers required a precise, 3-axis, positioning mount for their engine block transfer lines. Wing machines on the line required precise locating from machine to machine for component assembly. AirLoc already had a very precise vertical leveling Wedgmount design with their model 2120-KSC and needed to find a way to provide precise two axis horizontal positioning as...
Read More »AirLoc Wedgmount Levelers and Damping Pads Provide the Precision Positioning and Vibration Isolation Required for Delicate Kayex Crystal Growing Equipment!
Kayex develops and manufactures crystal growing equipment for the semiconductor and photovoltaic materials industry. These high-temperature, vacuum furnaces are used to grow single crystal silicone ingots. The ingots are then sliced into wafers that are used as the substrate for either computer chips or high efficiency solar cells. This is a process which obviously requires precision and reduced...
Read More »
AirLoc Bolt-on Wedgmounts-® Used to Support a Custom Built Eagle Hydraulic Press!
Eagle Press & Equipment Co. Ltd located in Ontario designs and manufactures a complete line of state-of-the-art metal, plastic and composite forming equipment. Recently, Eagle Press worked on a project involving one of the world's largest hotplate welders. The large bed dimensions of this press (192 x110 ) required special guiding to insure the accuracy of the finished product. The manufacturing...
Read More »
AirLoc Application News...
AirLoc Isolation / Damping Pads help to control the forces transmitted by a Means Industries Vibratory Feeder! Means Industries is a developer and producer of quality engineered mechanical components and assemblies for the automotive and industrial power transmission markets. Components being moved by a vibratory line feeder had a problem keeping up with production and therefore the feed speed...
Read More »