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Expanding Shafts - Air Shafts and Mechanical Shafts

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differential air shaft Air Roll Lock Differential Air Shaft
Available in 3", 6", and 10" diameters. Easy to load and unload with no core dusting, wobble, or side to side movement. Use multiple width rolls and materials on the same air shaft. Clean room version available.
concentric air shaft Concentric - Air or Mechanical Shaft
Available in 70 MM to 6" diameters. Bladderless expanding shafts keeps rolls concentric and reduces reset time for continous production.
expanding air shaft
expanding air shaft Continuous Lug - Air Shaft
Available in 1.5" to 16" diameters. GripLock™ lug design ensures firmly gripped cores. Easy to set up air shaft with no core damage.
air shaft
lateral motion air shaft Lateral Motion - Air Shaft
Available in 70 MM to 16" diameters, and face lengths to 30". Leaf or continuous lug style air shafts for on-the-fly adjustments.
lateral motion air shaft
expanding leaf air shaft Leaf Style - Air Shaft
Available in 1" to 6" diameters (other diameters available.) Face lengths up to 150". Less expensive and lighter than competitive air shafts.
leaf air shaft
lug button air shaft Lug and Button - Air Shaft
Available in 3" diameter and face lengths up to 150". Repair in as little as 10 minutes with a QuickChange™ bladder cartridge
lug air shaft
mechanical shaft Mechanical Core Shaft
Available in 70 MM to 16" diameters, and face lengths up to 150". A simple, turn-screw operation assures concentric running of cores.
core shaft
expanding core shaft Small Diameter - Air Shaft
Available from 7/16" and face lengths up to 150". Available in both lug and leaf style air shafts, and well suited to narrow web applications.
core shaft
core shaft Through Style - Air Shaft
All chuck diameters fit on the shaft, and availble in lengths up to 150". Perfect alternative to run a lightweight air shaft for large diameter cores.
core shaft
trapper leaf core shaft Trapper Leaf - Air Shaft
Available in 1" to 16" diameters, and face lengths up to 150". Trapper leaf air shafts are designed for coreless applications.
air core shafts


Expanding Core Chucks - Pneumatic/air

Convertech cheap core chuck Cheap Chuck - Inexpensive air expanding core chuck
Available in 3", 4", 5", 6", 8", 10", and 12" chuck diameters. Convertech's Cheap chuck is available with core stops, split clamps, and a connector kit (to string multiple adapters together.)
Convertech pneumatic mechanical core chuck Pneumatic-Mechanical High-Torque Core Chuck
Available in 3" to 12" core chuck diameters. Pneumatic/mechanical high-torque chucks provide the highest torque and weight-bearing capacity of any core chuck style.
External Bladder Core Chuck
Available in 6" diameter only, and is a low cost alternative for all shaftless unwinds and rewinds.


Expanding Core Chucks - Mechanical

Mechanical Core Chuck
Available in 3" and 6" core chuck diameters. The Convertech Mechanical core chuck is a low cost alternative for light duty unwind and rewind applications.
Mechanical High-Torque Core Chuck
Available in 3" to 10" core chuck diameters. Uniquely suited to highly demanding application, and built to be nearly indestructable.