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Q Has the hover principle been commer
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cially applied to the transfer of a container from a road vehicle to loading deck? How much power is required to provide for air flotation of a laden container?
ACrane Fruehauf Co. demonstrated a hover container at the 1964 Commercial Vehicle Show at Earls Court, but the system has not as yet been applied commercially.
At this demonstration. a 1,200 Cu. ft. container was moved from a platform trailer to another vehicle—having the same platform height—by means of an air cushion supplied by two electrically-driven blowers with a combined power rating of 2 h.p. It was claimed that the units would lift a fully-laden container with a payload of 40,000 lb.