Caster is a kind of non-driven, using a single wheel or more than two wheels through the design of the frame combined together, used to install under a larger object, in order to make the object can be easily moved. According to the style can be divided into directional casters, universal casters; according to the brake or not, can be divided into braked casters and non-braked casters; according to the use of classification can be divided into industrial casters, furniture casters, medical casters, scaffolding casters, according to the surface of the wheel material, nylon casters, polyurethane wheels, rubber casters and so on.
Next, let’s take a look at the characteristics of these different materials for casters!
Caster material
1. Nylon casters have the largest load, but the noise is also the largest, wear resistance is OK, suitable for the use of noise without requirements and high load requirements of the environment, the disadvantage is that the floor protection effect is not good.
2, polyurethane casters soft and hard moderate, mute and protect the effect of the floor, abrasion resistance is also better, sewage and other characteristics are also excellent, so more for environmental protection, dust-free industry. Polyurethane on the ground friction coefficient is relatively small, suitable for the use of the widest range of environments.
3, rubber casters as a more frequent use of a kind, due to the special material of rubber, its own elasticity, good anti-skid, and the ground friction coefficient is relatively high, so in the delivery of goods can be stable, safe movement, so there is a wide range of indoor and outdoor use. Rubber casters of the rubber wheel surface can be very good protection of the ground, while the wheel surface can absorb the object in the movement caused by the impact of the quiet, relatively economic, widely used in a variety of occasions, the general requirements of environmental cleanliness of the place is suitable for the choice of man-made rubber material casters.
Generally speaking, soft ground is suitable for hard wheels, hard ground is suitable for soft wheels. Such as rough cement tarmac is not suitable for nylon casters, but should choose rubber type material. You can choose the suitable casters for you according to this feature.
Post time: Dec-15-2023