About casters choosing, we talked a lot in previous chapters. In fact,besides those factors,there are still some other important things need to consider,such as bearing's choosing.
Customers should know about caster bearing before buying. Caster bearings have many kinds and caster will have no value without bearing. So we suggest ideal casters should be suitable for the environment applied with safety margin.Wheel bearing decides the caster's mobility,even caster's quality,other than wheel tread,wheel diameter and swivel bearing.
Application environment is vital to caster bearing choosing. Different usage environments have distinctive requirements.Bearing types as follows:
1.Conical bearing:is one special kind of roller bearing. Compared with plain bearing,their strength is broadening application areas.
2.Roller bearing:This tough and impact resistant bearing mainly used on transport equipment. Compared with other bearings, it's well known by its low mounting height,low rolling resistance and large load capacity. Wheel with roller bearings can move by speed of 4 km/h,approximately people's walking speed.
3.Precise ball bearing:special design precise single radial arranged ball bearing is the best quality type in all bearings ,conforming to Germany industrial standard DIN.
4.Plain bearing:The simplest wheel bearing. It worked by bearing sliding or friction.Impact-resistance,maintenance free are their features.Based on properties of materials,they also may have anti-corrosion merit.If your equipment just need to work on short distance with low speed, install plain bearing is okay.And this is the highest cost-efficiency option.
Our VERRO brand casters contain all kinds of bearing caster types. You can easily choose your ideal casters from here. Hope you find your needed casters asap.