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Casters
We offer a wide selection of high quality casters for every application need. For a complete listing of casters for a full catalog.
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Light Duty Casters

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Ideal for furniture dollies, bakery racks, laundry carts - These casters are well suited for various light duty applications and are as dependable as they are economical.

Capacities from 90 to 300 pounds.
Additional Information
Top Plate & Yoke: Heavily embossed, formed steel for strength and durability
Swivel Section: Single ball bearing raceway for free swiveling under load
Axle: All wheels run directly on axle
Finish: All parts except wheel are zinc plated to resist rust and corrosion.
Bearings: All wheels are furnished with economical plain bore.
Brake: Available on swivel caster
Wheels: Soft rubber, polyolefin or hard rubber
Medium Duty Casters

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Ideal for service dollies, warehouse trucks and shop carts - These casters are cold forged steel and are recommended for medium to medium heavy-duty applications.

Capacities from 140 to 1250 pounds.
Additional Information
Top Plate & Yoke: Cold forged from 1/4" steel plate. Yoke base is notched for factory or field-installable 4-position swivel lock
Swivel Section: Smooth formed, hardened double ball bearing raceways minimize ball indentation and wear
Legs: 1/4" steel, formed to increase strength and welded to yoke base
King Bolt: 5/8" diameter orbitally spun steel rivet
Axle: 1/2" diameter hollow axle complete with lock nut with straight roller and ball bearings. Axle is solid with Delrin and Oilex bearings
Wheel Seals: Nylon seal retaining/thrust washers
Lubrication: Zerk fitting in swivel section and in recessed head of hollow axle on straight roller and ball bearing wheels
Finish: All parts except wheel are zinc plated. Metal wheel parts have aluminum enamel paint
Heavy Duty Casters

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Ideal for movable racks, conveyor or dragline operations, utility trucks, corrugated box trucks, caster mounted production jigs and fixtures. Manufactured from cold-forged steel, this series comes highly recommended for use on heavy-duty applications.

Capacities from 325 to 1,400 pounds.
Additional Information
Top Plate: Cold forged from 1/4" steel plate to provide the strongest possible section for swivel bearing
Swivel Section: 3-1/4" diameter load race. Raceways are coined smooth then heat treated to minimize ball indentation and wear
Legs: 1/4" steel formed to increase strength and welded to the yoke base
King bolt: 3/4" diameter orbitally spun steel rivet
Axle: 1/2" diameter hollow axle with recessed zerk fitting and lock nut on straight roller and ball bearing. Solid axle on Delrin and Oilex bearings
Lubrication: Zerk fitting in swivel section and in recessed head of hollow axle with straight roller bearing wheels
Finish: All parts except wheel are zinc plated to resist corrosion and rust. Metal wheels have air dried enamel paint
Kingpinless Casters

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Ideal for dough troughs, platform trucks, tow line, utility carts, tooling fixtures, scrap metal carriers. Well-suited to any type of power-towed applications where impact and shock loading cause failure in conventional king bolt and nut swivel casters

Capacities from 350 to 2,000 pounds
Additional Information
Top Plate: 1/4" AISI 1045 steel one-piece forging precision machined for long life
Yoke Base: AISI 1023 tubing hardend to 50 Rockwell
Swivel Section: 3/8" ball bearings mounted in a precision machined raceway
Legs: 1/4" steel welded to yoke base using 100,000 psi weld filler
Axle: 1/2" diameter hollow axle with lock nut on straight roller bearing, abd solid axle on Delrin and Oilex bearings
Rig Finish: All parts are zinc plated for maximum corrosion resistance
Spring-loaded Casters

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Ideal for portable medical equipment, computer equipment, shock sensitive loads. Designed with the load in mind, this caster protects from damaging shocks or unwanted vibration and movement. Noise levels are reduced through the dampening effect of these casters

Capacities from 400 to 500 pounds
Additional Information
Load Springs: Rated capacity loads will deflect regularly furnished springs approximately 50%. Different load springs for each series permits wide variation in ride softness. They can be preloaded to obtain various degrees of deflection
Top Plate & Yoke Base: Made from 1/4" steel plate and unnotched
Swivel Section: Smooth formed, hardened double ball bearing raceways minimize ball indentation and wear
Legs: 1/4" steel formed to increase strength and welded to the yoke base
King Bolt: 5/8" diameter orbitally spun steel rivet
Axle: 1/2" diameter hollow axle complete with lock nut for straight roller and ball bearing. Axle is solid with Delrin and Oilex bearings
Wheel Seals: Nylon seal retaining/thrust washers
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