Specialists in Airfilm Movement Equipment

Air skates

Air skates are one of the most versatile pieces of
airfilm equipment.  They are used in exactly the same
way as conventional roller skates would be.
The skates are simply placed underneath the load to
be moved, air is applied, and the load is simply
pushed to the required position.

Due to the fact the load is simply floating on air,
the effort required is minimal, compared to roller skates.
Typically only 1Kg of effort is needed to move every
1,000 kg of load.






Air skates come in many sizes depending on the load to be moved.
In the photograph opposite a series of 24 air skates were used to
move a 65 Tonne scaffold.

Typical set of air skates

This scaffold, if dismantled, and then re-erected,
would have taken 13 weeks to index to its new
position to carry out work on a roof.
Instead, with the aid of air skates, the entire move
was completed in 2 days.

Large injection moulding machine being moved on air skates.
Weight of machine 24,000 kg.

Airskate Data