Thursday 5 November 2020

Caster wheels have a long way to Go

While in school, we have learnt about mechanical advantage, how small levers, turn our work easier, by using the simple machines. Wheel is also a simple machine which makes our everyday life easier.
 
 
Caster Wheel for Trolley

The wheel barrow system as used in the ancient times, so is now the small wheels called  caster wheel  for trolley are used in shopping malls. Big caster wheels are used for carrying heavy loads in industrial purposes. When we use that in particular specifications, we get the actual advantage then, so, the mechanics experts say. They suggest us to consider the factors like weight, floor conditions, ease in rolling and obviously the weather conditions. For heavier weight, the quality of the caster should be A1.

Polyurethane casters are used as trolley caster wheels, which make them move over floors at home with carpets or tiles, but in industries the materials are different because, the caster wheels have to clear their way through cracks and blockages. At climates, where the moisture is high, the caster is easily rusted and so when the temperatures are extreme hot or cold the casters are not easily movable.

Casters are used in moving materials which are frequently moved and we need to have full control of the machine, so that minimum effort is given to get more mechanical advantage in a safe mode. Casters can be fixed and can be only moved in fixed direction and of rational nature as in shopping marts, airport, furniture shops etc.

Casters are of immense help, when heavy things are to be moved and they are at times to be lubricated, and if damaged, one replacement of wheel may make it work again as before. Being a low maintenance machine and of high efficiency, caster will go a long away in helping us even in the days to come.