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Fluid Film Technology | |
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Since 1967, when Aero-Go received rights to patents developed by the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, our engineers have perfected Aero-Caster fluid film technology, which today sets the load moving standard for the world. |
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| No load is too heavy, no application too tough. | ||||
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With fluid film technology, one person can easily move tons. Aero-Casters use compressed air ( or, occasionally, liquids) to actually float loads on a thin fluid film. |
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| How our unique Aero-Caster works. | ||||
| The Aero-Caster Principle: Prior to inflation, the load is solidly supported on landing pads. These pads protect the Aero-Caster's torus bag from being crushed when the load is at rest. |
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| When standard shop air is applied to the Aero-Caster, the torus bag inflates, creating a seal against the floor surface and raising the load. When the pressure within the plenum chamber is sufficient to offset the load's weight, air slowly and evenly escapes between the flexible torus bed and the floor. |  |
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| The load is literally floated on a thin, nearly frictionless cushion of air, 0,08 to 0,13 mm thick, reducing the co-efficient of friction to approximately 0,002. | 
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 The Worlds leading companies are AeroGo customers. B F Goodrich BMW Bell Helicopter Boeing Carrier |
Present companies in South Africa using AeroGo Systems include: ABB Atomic Energy Corp. of S.A. African Cables Atlas Aircraft AECI Barlows Bisonbord Cadbury's CSIR Chrome Resources Compact Disc Technologies |
 The photograph shows a 36 ton transformer transported on four 685mm Aero-Casters to the final position for Escom by J. H. Curtis and Sons (Pty) Ltd of Germiston. |
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| Caterpillar Chrysler Daimer Benz Deutsche Airbus Ford General Dynamics General Electric Martin Aerospace McDonnel Douglas |
Customs Plastics Davy Equipment De Beers Dorbyl EMI Music SA ESCOM Goodyear Tyre Huletts MAN Truck and Bus |
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| NASA Northern Telecom Pratt and Whitney Quaker Oats RJ Reynolds Weyerhäuser ...and many others. |
NAMPAC Nestle National Acceleration Centre Palaborwa Mining Pelindaba Pretoria Metal Pressings Rössing Uranium Sandock Austral S.A. Airways S.A. Bureau of Standards S.A. Bottling Sasol Two Siemens Transvaalse Suiker Co-op |
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Rand Water Board Valindaba Vantra Victor Machine Tools Volkswagen WASOM African Cables entrusted AEROGO equipment to move their recently acquired, Hi-Voltage Reactor into the Faraday Cage, in Vereeniging. |
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