Thursday, July 16, 2015

What Are Commercial Casters And Its Types

By Jana Serrano


As manufacturers and industries are creating a better world for their consumers, making it more efficient and livable, consumers are still seeking better quality products. Thus competition is at high for these industries or companies to make their product stand out to their consumers and target markets. Pushing them to develop and innovate their products.

Like this product that is slightly underrated but it is the most potential part. Casters have been used in different types of industries, like office, commercial, manufacturing and even household. Most common type are the commercial casters. They are often called wheels or rollers and be it not driven, single, double or compound that is used for objects to be mounted to and to enable the object to move easily. It varies from sizes and it is usually made from rubber, plastic, nylon, aluminum, or stainless steel.

You may heard about industrial casters but they are slightly different from commercial caster. These type of rollers are commonly use in industries that moves heavy objects that are up to thirty thousand pounds. On the other hand, commercial rollers are often use in the office, shopping malls, and households.

Both types of wheels have two forms of rollers. Rigid casters, are mounted to a stationary fork. This is usually found in shopping carts. This tends to gives friction to the motion of the object, enabling it to move in a straight line.

The other form is the swivel caster, which is commonly found in chairs and tables in both home and offices. Has similar features with the rigid but with additional swiveling function that let the fork have the ability to move in 360 degrees. This make the rollers maneuverable to move in any direction.

As it is more commonly use, market casters are easily found in hardware stores and online. There are different types of commercial rollers, and one of them is the Twin Wheel Caster. This is very affordable and very economical. You can choose from 40mm to 125mm in diameter. Brakes are already included and if getting the bigger size the more likely it is easier for it to move on any obstacles.

The other popular form of wheel is the Spherical or Hooded Ball Caster. This is less pricey compared to the Twin Wheel. It is usually consists of hard plastic or rubber, and its size can range from 1 inch to 5.8 inches. The downside to this is it does not include brakes. So this is not recommended for moving slightly heavy objects when moving on an inclined area.

The Single Wheel Caster is slightly the same with the Twin Wheel but it has no link as these can be seen in different categories. These type of casters are used in furniture usually up to 5 inches. The price may vary depending on wheel material, bearing quality and size.

Now for lightweight usage, Ball or Planetary Casters are usually use. Due to its easy rolling and elegant rollers, it can be applied to different objects that are lightweight. It is made from metal or rubber and sizes ranges from 1.5 inches to 3 inches in diameter.




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