Our high quality industrial castors and wheels range will let you select the best castor wheel suitable for your needs.
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Castor wheels work with the gravitational force. The science behind the castor is very simple and it provides effective results when it comes to severe operations. The first Law of Motion is that an object will remain at rest unless acted upon by a force. Within the materials handling industry castors and wheels will remain at rest until acted on by a force. This force can also be called tractive resistance. This is the effort required or force required, to move a piece of equipment fitted with castors. In order to minimize the force required, castors and wheels can be attached to the equipment or machinery to ease movement. The type of castor and the type of wheel chosen will affect the amount of force required to move the object.
For example the general rule of thumb is the larger the castor wheels; the easier it is to move them. Also the castors wheel material can greatly affect the amount of force required. Some wheels have more friction with the ground than others. Nylon wheeled castors are the easiest to move as there is little resistance with the floor surface. Rubber wheeled castors however, have a resilient tread and their tractive resistance is generally up to three times greater than that of an equivalent sized hard tread wheel.
