Finding the Right Industrial Wheels to Meet Your Needs

If your business has stock and material handling challenges, you are very familiar with ergonomics, worker safety, noise, productivity, and cost savings. Choosing the right heavy-duty industrial wheels for your handling application can sometimes be a challenge. Here are the top two considerations for industrial wheels when choosing the right casters from trusted manufacturers like Albion casters and Darnell Casters.

Wheel Size

When you think size, think load weight. Determine the maximum load weight to which the dolly, cart, or AGV will be subjected. Increasing the industrial wheels' diameter means less effort to start rolling and to keep the wheels rolling. If you have casters on all four corners of your cart or rack, you will need casters that are rated to hold at least the weight they will carry.  Additionally, to compensate for shifting or unbalanced loads, you should shoot for about 30% over the maximum weight.

Tread Material

There are many materials to consider for treads on industrial wheels. So what's best: rubber, steel, wrought iron, or polyurethane? Knowing the pros and cons of each is crucial in determining an acceptable balance between floor protection and material load capacity. Typically, the heavier the caster load capacity, the harder the material will be for the industrial wheels. But remember, harder wheels have a higher risk of damaging your floors, whereas softer treads are more resilient and offer more floor protection.

Why You Should Choose Hamilton Casters

When you need to move equipment safely and efficiently, casters are the way to get it done. The key to selecting casters is to find the best ones for the item. At Access Casters Inc., we know all about them, and we’ll provide advice here.

The main thing to keep in mind is that there are multiple types of casters. It’s not a one-size-fits-all product. It’s more the case of finding the right size or type that works best for a specific piece of equipment.

Hamilton Casters is a company providing casters that can meet every need. They have specialty casters designed to operate in challenging conditions while providing robust support and mobility. They have products that can endure temperatures from as low as -22° to 750°F while supporting weights as much as 9,000 lbs.

Businesses large and small know that they can rely on Hamilton Casters for products to meet all their unique requirements, including:

• High Temp Extra Heavy Duty Casters
• Aerospace Shock Absorbing Casters
• Dual Wheel Casters
• Heavy Duty Casters

Products from Hamilton Casters are made to withstand extreme conditions just as well as they face regular ones. They also provide ergonomically correct models specifically designed to protect workers from injuries by operating as easily and smoothly as possible. They are a dependable source for casters for companies large and small.

The Value of Albion Casters

Products that make life easier for workers are beneficial in many ways. They help them do their jobs more efficiently, such as moving heavy equipment, and allow the company to remain productive at the same time by getting the job done.

Albion Casters are the go-to choice for ergonomically designed casters that meet the greatest demands while protecting workers and equipment. They are among the leaders in polyurethane wheels because of their early and widespread use of this material. It’s the perfect choice for enhancing ergonomics, absorbing shock, rejecting debris, and protecting floors.

Albion Casters have been solving mobility challenges for customers for more than 70 years and continues to do so with products ranging from dolly wheels to extreme duty casters with capacities of up to 30,000 lbs.

They provide many face types, diameters, colors, and wheel thicknesses, with products that include:

• Light Duty Institutional Casters

• Business Machine Casters

• Super Duty Casters

• Kingpin Dual Wheel Casters

• Ergonomic Precision Casters
  

Companies both large and small know that they can turn to Albion Casters for wheel systems that improve the ease of maneuverability equipment and machinery while making the task as simple as possible for workers by reducing the amount of push/pull force needed.

Quality Hamilton Casters

There's no substitute for quality. Hamilton Casters has been ranked #1 in quality in two consumer perception studies, managed by leading industry publications.  Hamilton Casters achieved higher scores than other caster manufacturers in all five critical quality categories.

Many caster manufacturers advertise their toughness and durability, but Hamilton Casters backs up its casters and wheels with a three-year, no fine print warranty.  If a caster or wheel doesn't work because of manufacturing defects, they will replace it with no questions asked.  You can count on the reliability of Hamilton Casters.

Hamilton Casters is also a fourth-generation family-owned and managed business where they've levered their long history of design and manufacturing excellence to build the toughest casters on the market. Modern improvements to the design, such as new swivel technology with HPI and new polyurethane materials, has led to a superior product. 

Choosing the Right Casters

When you're choosing a model made by Hamilton Casters to do a specific job, make sure you remember to consider:

• Rollability - Selecting a chair caster with high rollability is a smart choice to reduce stress on joints and prevent back injuries.
• Capacity - When choosing casters for vehicles, be sure to add the weight of the cart, trailer, or AGV in addition to the weight of the load.
• Effects On Floors - Poor floor conditions can cause caster wheels to fail, but caster wheels can have an impact on floors, too. Very hard wheels, such as cast iron or forged steel, roll easily and carry higher capacities than resilient tread wheels.

Decorative Caster Options to Meet Your Needs

When you're looking for casters, there is a wide variety of decorative casters for a varied range of applications that are designed to integrate seamlessly into the style of whichever stationary object you choose to make mobile.

Decorative casters can usually bear about 110 pounds of weight and are designed for manual speeds, making them ideal for utility carts, hospital equipment, retail equipment, office items, and other small to medium-sized units. A swivel caster with brake capabilities can be your ideal mobile solution for items that are only moved occasionally and that need to remain stationary for a period of time.

Access Casters Inc. is happy to provide many styles of decorative casters so that you can find the casters that will best suit your needs. Select from options such as rubber casters, swivel casters, single or twin wheels, and many more to suit your needs and style perfectly. These casters will look great while helping you stabilize and move objects with ease.

We carry caster types such as:

• 3-Inch Swivel Casters With Polyurethane Wheels in Blue, Red, or Clear
• 4-Inch Genesis Swivel Plate Caster Wheels with Brakes and Monotech Wheels
• 1 1/2-Inch Grip Neck Twin Wheel Casters in Black with or without Brakes