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AirWeights

Cover Gasket

Cover Gasket

$29.00 USD
$29.00 USD $29.00 USD
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Cover gasket is a semi-sacrificial solid foam gasket that covers your entire AirWeights table.  The gasket can be customized to create zones of any shape/size/quantity. The intended use includes cutting custom zones into the gasket material, which creates a custom re-useable fixture for odd-shaped parts, or to create a fixture to cut multiple parts in one cycle. 

This approach lets you cut all the way around, and all the way through the workpiece, allowing the bit to kiss the foam (set your cut depth a hair deeper than the bottom of your part). The elimination of tabs or onion skin speeds up your workflow, and gives a cleaner cut on your part.

Proper use of cover gasket material also achieves a true vacuum, where there are no air leaks, and the system pulls a strong vacuum level with the highest available holding power. True vacuum holding achieves stronger holding power than a "downdraft" approach, where there is leakage through the spoil-board.

The Cover Gasket is manufactured in adhesive-backed sheets. For use on the AirWeights table, we recommend applying the gasket to 1/4" MDF. The MDF should be faced on both sides to ensure it remains porous.  The foam gasket may be faced to ensure uniformity. 

Tile Gasket Sheet Specifications:

  • Sheet Thickness (1/16") Thickness
  • Sheet Sizes: 24" x 24", 24" x 48"
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Universal Mounting

Transform Your CNC Table

The AirWeights system is designed to mount to any CNC machine, and setup is quick and easy. You can remove the AirWeights at any time, and reinstall repeatably using the included locating pins.

Refine your workflow

Save Time & Money

The AirWeights system gains the user several efficiencies.

  • Saves time: You can secure multiple parts quickly
  • Cut down on material waste: No need to leave room on stock for screws or clamps.
  • Maximize table space: less clamps = more workspace
  • Repeatability: Refine your workflow and make your process more efficient
  • Reliability: Holding force is distributed evenly under your entire workpiece for a uniform and reliable hold


Using What's Already There

The Weight of Air

It might not seem like it, but air is heavy! The pressure of the atmosphere above us pushes down with a force of almost 15lbs per square inch.

All you have to do to unlock that weight, is create an area of low pressure below a mass, which AirWeights achieves in a compact, efficient, and affordable formfactor.

The 24x24 AirWeights table can unleash nearly 8,000lbs of holding power at the flip of a switch!

AirWeights Features:

  1. Touch Plate Locating Port
  2. Quick Disconnect Fittings
  3. Locating Pin Holes (4)
  4. Pre-installed Perimeter Gasket
  5. Mounting Holes and Slots (12)
  6. Vacuum Ports (9)
  7. 1" Grid Pattern (customizable gasket layout)

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