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Word: airfloat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1968-1968
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...around TV studios, and several manufacturers are already using them to move heavy equipment and products across factory floors. Air bearings placed under a one-ton machine, for example, enable a workman to move it across a smooth surface with a push of less than 15 Ibs. Another manufacturer, Airfloat Corp. of Decatur, Ill., has designed air bearings for an eleven-ton concrete radiation shielding door at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and for easily maneuverable dental chairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: On a Cushion of Air | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

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