Air feeder equipment provides a cost effective solution for coil feeding & processing. Air feeds are suitable for a wide variety of applications, including feeding flat coil or strip stock, wire feeding, dual strip applications, tube feeding, push-pull, and zig-zag.
Our air feed models include the most reliable names in coil processing and press feeding: Press Room Equipment and Rapid-Air.
PRE Air Feed Equipment
Press Room Equipment Co. LLC, Air Feeds are fast, precise, and easy to adjust. The feeds use a cable cylinder, mounted underneath the body of the feed, to reduce the overall footprint of the feed.
Dual hydraulic shock cylinders cushion the impact of the feed block for accuracy and wear reduction. A front mounted, crank operated, stroke adjustment handle with digital readout makes the PRE air feed easy to adjust.
PRE Air Feeds are available in Single Gripper, Double Gripper, and Bridge Gripper Models. Pull-Thru Straighteners, Adjustable Height Mounting Cabinets, and many other labor-saving options are also available.
Standard Features
- Over 240 standard sizes to choose from
- Fastest, most precise, most compact, and easiest to adjust air feed.
- Handles materials up to 3/8” thick
- Crank operated stroke adjustment with digital readout, no-tools required
- Standard stoke lengths up to 48” and widths to 48”
- Pull-Thru Straighteners available.
- Press control feed switch
- Pilot release circuit
- 120-volt ceramic operating valves
- Dual Hydraulic shock cushion for accuracy and long life.
- Longer strokes, special grippers, straighteners and other options are available upon request
Rapid-Air Feed
Rapid-Air feeds are compact, affordable, and accurate feeding devices. They are often die or bolster mounted. Material is gripped across the top and moved between positive stops. The rear stop is adjustable providing feed stroke length control. The patented dual air valve system on Rapid-Air’s air feeder equipment provides accurate clamping/feeding sequences to eliminate marring, buckling and distortion.
The dual valve system uses one valve to actuate the feed and stock clamp, while the other actuates the slide block. Simultaneous valve operation ensures material is always clamped before slide block movement.
Coil stock such as all types of metal, paper, plastic, wire, fabrics, foil, tubing, extruded and preformed shapes can be fed at short and long progressions, and at different production speeds.
- Feed flat stock up to 16” (406mm) wide, .150” (3.81mm) thick, and in lengths up to 20” (508mm).
- Pulling capacities of up to 250 pounds (114kg) are available on heavy duty models.
- Smallest feed is capable of 260 cycles per minute at a 2” (50.8mm) progression and can cycle much faster at shorter progressions.
RapidAir Air Feed Model Selection
Model | Max Material Width | Max Stroke Length
(note *1) | Stock Thickness
(note *2) | Speed Cycles / Min. (recom.) (note *3) | Pulling Capacity
(note *4) |
A2 | 1-1/2 in. (38.1mm) | 2 in. (50mm) | .002 in. - .040 in. (.051-1.02mm) | 260 | 20 lbs (9.1kg) |
A4 | 1-1/2 in. (38.1mm) | 4 in. (101mm) | .002 in. - .040 in. (.051-1.02mm) | 200 | 20 lbs (9.1kg) |
A6 | 1-1/2 in. (38.1mm) | 6 in. (152mm) | .002 in. - .040 in. (.051-1.02mm) | 160 | 20 lbs (9.1kg) |
B2 | 2-1/2 in. (63.5mm) | 2 in. (50mm) | .002 in. - .040 in. (.051-1.02mm) | 230 | 20 lbs (9.1kg) |
B4 | 2-1/2 in. (63.5mm) | 4 in. (101mm) | .002 in. - .035 in. (.051-0.89mm) | 175 | 20 lbs (9.1kg) |
C3 | 3 in. (76.2mm) | 3 in. (76mm) | .003 in. - .075 in. (.076-1.91mm) | 195 | 45 lbs (20.5kg) |
C6 | 3 in. (76.2mm) | 6 in. (152mm) | .003 in. - .062 in. (.076-1.57mm) | 140 | 45 lbs (20.5kg) |
C12 | 3 in. (76.2mm) | 12 in. (305mm) | .003 in. - .062 in. (.076-1.57mm) | 85 | 45 lbs (20.5kg) |
D3 | 4 in. (101.6mm) | 3 in. (76mm) | .003 in. - .075 in. (.076-1.91mm) | 175 | 45 lbs (20.5kg) |
D6 | 4 in. (101.6mm) | 6 in. (152mm) | .003 in. - .062 in. (.076-1.57mm) | 135 | 45 lbs (20.5kg) |
W6 | 2 in. (50.8mm) | 6 in. (152mm) | .003 in. - .090 in. (.076-2.29mm) | 140 | 100 lbs (45.5kg) |
W12 | 2 in. (50.8mm) | 12 in. (305mm) | .003 in. - .062 in. (.076-1.57mm) | 85 | 100 lbs (45.5kg) |
W20 | 2 in. (50.8mm) | 20 in. (508mm) | .003 in. - .050 in. (.076-1.27mm) | 50 | 100 lbs (45.5kg) |
F4 | 6 in. (152mm) | 4 in. (101mm) | .004 in. - .075 in. (.1-1.91mm) | 160 | 100 lbs (45.5kg) |
F6 | 6 in. (152mm) | 6 in. (152mm) | .004 in. - .075 in. (.1-1.91mm) | 130 | 100 lbs (45.5kg) |
F12 | 6 in. (152mm) | 12 in. (305mm) | .004 in. - .050 in. (.1-1.27mm) | 70 | 100 lbs (45.5kg) |
F20 | 6 in. (152mm) | 20 in. (508mm) | .004 in. - .035 in. (.1-0.89mm) | 35 | 100 lbs (45.5kg) |
H4 | 8 in. (203mm) | 4 in. (101mm) | .004 in. - .075 in. (.1-1.91mm) | 160 | 100 lbs (45.5kg) |
H8 | 8 in. (203mm) | 8 in. (203mm) | .004 in. - .062 in. (.1-1.57mm) | 105 | 100 lbs (45.5kg) |
FX6 | 6 in. (152mm) | 6 in. (152mm) | .005 in. - .150 in. (.13-3.81mm) | 105 | 145 lbs (66kg) |
FX12 | 6 in. (152mm) | 12 in. (305mm) | .005 in. - .150 in. (.13-3.81mm) | 60 | 145 lbs (66kg) |
L6 | 12 in. (305mm) | 6 in. (152mm) | .005 in. - .090 in. (.13-2.29mm) | 105 | 145 lbs (66kg) |
L12 | 12 in. (305mm) | 12 in. (305mm) | .005 in. - .090 in. (.13-2.29mm) | 60 | 145 lbs (66kg) |
P6 | 16 in. (406mm) | 6 in. (152mm) | .005 in. - .075 in. (.13-1.91mm) | 105 | 145 lbs (66kg) |
P12 | 16 in. (406mm) | 12 in. (305mm) | .005 in. - .062 in. (.13-1.57mm) | 60 | 145 lbs (66kg) |
LX12 | 12 in. (305mm) | 12 in. (305mm) | .005 in. - .125 in. (.13-3.18mm) | 50 | 250 lbs (114kg) |
- *1 Electric Actuating Valve is recommended for feeds that have stroke length over 8” (203mm).
- *2 Thinner materials and/or long strokes with thin materials possible by using anti-buckling guides. Maximum thickness capacity increases by same percentage as stock width decreases (up to max. of 150%).
- *3 Approximate at maximum stroke length. Heavy stock requires slower speeds.
- *4 At 100 psi (6.9 bar). (Includes allowance for normal friction of moving parts).
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