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Southworth Air Bag Lift Tables
INTRODUCTION
This manual contains information to acquint you with the safe and proper installation, use and upkeep
of the machine. You should ensure that this manual is available to personnel working with the machine
and require its use by these personnel.
In the interset of safety, please read this entire manual carefully and be familiar with its contents
before you install, use or service the machine. If you have any questions about any instructions in
this manual, please contact your dealer or Southworth Products Corp.
Southworth’s product warranty is provided in the back of this manual. This instruction manual is not
intended to be or to create any other warranty, expressed or implied, including any implied warranty
of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, all of which are hereby expressly excluded.
As set forth more specifically in the product waranty, Southworth’s obligation unfder that warranty is
limited to the repair or replacement of defective components, which shall be the buyers sole remedy.
Southoworth shall not be liable for any loss, injury or damage to persons or proprrty, not for any defect,
indirect or consequential damage of any kind resulting from the lift table.
Things to Know
1.) Capacity on pneumatic lift/tilt tables is affected by plant air psi (pounds per square inch of
pressure).
2.) Plant air pressure is typically 80 to 90 psi.
3.) Speed on lift/tilt tables is affected by the cfm available (cubic feet per minute or air volume flow).
4.) The cfm is a function of the air compressor’s capacity and the pressure and the size of the lines
leading to the lift/tilt table.
5.) The cfm is best expressed as “free air.” Meaning it is measured (or calculated) as a volume
blowing out an open line.
6.) Southworth capacity ratings and speed estimates on all models are based on 80 psi at 80 cfm,
free air.
As a General Rule
1.) Increasing cfm will increase up speed.
2.) Increasing psi will increase capacity and up speed.
3.) Capacity and speed are a function of the air compressor and the associated airline network, not
the equipment.
4.) If a pneumatic lift/tilt is not fully raised or lowered and a load is removed from the unit, the unit will
raise slightly as the pressure on the air inside the airbag is reduced.
5.) If a pneumatic lift/tilt is not fully raised or lowered and a load is put on the unit, the unit will lower
slightly as the air is compressed inside the airbag.
