Caster Wheels Supplies in the Philippines
Keep Rolling with the Right Caster Wheels
Caster wheels, often shortened to casters or castors, are detached wheels designed to serve as a structural part of a vehicular body so it can be moved. Essentially, it’s a wheel and a bracket or mount attachment ready for assembly. Global Nexus Corporation, a leading supplier and distributor of iron and steel in the Philippines, also provides heavy-duty castors and wheels for a variety of applications.
The Many Uses of Castors and Wheels
The caster wheels we offer for sale can be used in the following:
- Platform trucks
- Carts
- Assembly lines
- Tow lines
- Shopping cars
- Office chairs
- Hospital beds
- Material handling equipment
Given their wide range of uses, it’s not surprising that there is a market for high-quality caster wheels in the Philippines. Contact us for all your project’s demands.
The Different Types of Castors and Wheels
Caster wheels are usually categorized according to the direction that the fork or yoke enables. In general, you can buy two main types of castors and wheels:
Heavy-Duty Caster Wheels
Also referred to as industrial casters, these are castors and wheels built to withstand and carry heavier loads of up to 30,000 lbs and can be available in either of the two main types of casters, rigid or swivel. Heavy-duty casters will often feature harder wheel materials, larger wheel diameters, and a bolted flat plate on top to provide sturdier locking and security to handle the weight on the vehicle. Among other examples, material handling equipment, dolly carts, assembly turntables, and heavy-duty storage racks are a few applications wherein you’ll see industrial caster wheels.
Swivel Caster Wheels
Like the rigid caster wheel, a swivel caster is a fork with a mounted wheel, but it comes with an extra swivel joint attached to the fork, effectively allowing 360-degree rotation. This means that the vehicular body that the swivel caster wheels are mounted to can turn and change direction without having to change orientation. The front wheels of a shopping cart usually have swivel caster wheels, which often have a turning radius commonly fit for the grocery aisles. There are other types of casters that you can buy, which are often a variation of either the rigid caster or swivel caster wheel.
Rigid Caster Wheels
The basic type of caster wheel, a rigid or fixed caster is a wheel attached to a stationary fork, which offers a fixed orientation as it is attached to the vehicular body. An example of this is the back wheels of grocery shopping carts, enabling parallel movement in a straight direction.
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