Connecting Compressed Air To An Air Casters Load Moving System?

After the initial assembly and footprint connection is done, you can now move on to connecting the source of your compressed air - usually your compressor - to the air caster load moving system.

With the footprint all hooked up, hose lines locked into place, it is now time to connect the air caster system to your source of compressed air - normally your compressor. Most factories, warehouses, workshops etc. have a supply of compressed air running around the roof area of the premises. Usually formed into a ring of pipework, there are compressed air drops at regular intervals.

Locate a compressed air drop in your company's system and connect into the system there for your supply of compressed air to the load moving equipment. If you don't have a compressed air drop, you will need to pull your air from one of the connections at the compressor.

Connecting compressed air to a Hovair System is relatively easy providing you follow some common sense directions. All Hovair operator manuals include several pages of general safety and compressed air safety. The main rule for connecting up a system to the air source is to make sure that everything is first turned OFF. Compressed air can be dangerous if it not under control at all times.

All Hovair load moving equipment is supplied with either an air inlet port or ball-valve at the entrance to the system where the source connects. Here is a diagram to illustrate:

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 Air caster systems can handle their loads with long lengths of air hose line from the drop position or compressor. As long as you have a constant supply of compressed air from the compressor to the system - around 90 psi - and the correct hose size feeding the system, you can have quite a long hose line supplying your system. 

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