caster wheel types

[jjdavis]

I don't know if this is too simple of a question. I'm new in manufacturing engineering and need to order some casters for some carts. They will be loaded to around 2000 pounds and the floor is painted concrete so I was looking for something with floor protection. We were also hoping to use these carts as storage. I was looking for information on the performance of different caster wheel types but have not found much detailed information. Does anyone know where I could find this kinf of information?

 

[unclesyd]

There are about as many caster styles, types, and capacities as ther are Eng-Tips members.

I would look at the Urethane Wheel types.
Never skip on the capacity of caster as operations will always overload it.

Here is one we used a lot of.

http://www.hamiltoncaster.com

Here is the Thomas Register page for casters.

http://www.thomasregisterdirectory.com/casters/index.html

 

[Barry1961]

mcmaster-carr has a comparison of wheel materials chart.

http://www.mcmaster.com/

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