Everyday technology is inventing new and advanced things to improve the processes of our lifestyle. Nowadays, it’s more of machines and less of physical labour. How many of us look at the small innovations that have made our life easier! May it be a refrigerator, or washing machine or laptop or even a PU caster wheel.
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| Pu Caster Wheel |
Surprised by the term, Pu caster wheel? It is most commonly used nowadays, once I point it, you will recognise and be able to give me all the details about the machinery used with it. Yes, it is the small sturdy wheels fixed at the bottom of the heavy industrial equipment, which is required to be removed. These caster wheels give less friction and making the mechanical advantageous.
Caster wheels can do 360 degrees rotation and actions making our job easy, without changing the position of the chassis of the heavy material.
By this time you have rightly identified, yes it is the wheels in the shopping cart, we use when we go to the supermarket or grocery shop. The cart moves, in whichever direction, we move it, but the frame need not be moved, which gives us the comfort of shopping without carrying heavy baggage. It gives minimum resistance to the floor of the grocery shop.
Caster wheels are available in varying sizes and shapes. Heavier the equipment like industrial, you may choose bigger caster wheels, and smaller may be fitted with the small one. The caster wheels may be of different materials like cast iron, rubber, elastic, polyurethane tires or aluminium rims. There are varieties of nylon caster wheel and resin wheels are mainly used for materials which endure high temperatures.
Now do you agree that small inventions are also great inventions?
