29 March 2016

The Advantages Of Using Stainless Steel Industrial Casters And Wheels

By Elizabeth King


Stainless steel as a metallic product has a variety of uses. This metal can be used in the mechanical industry to produce stainless steel industrial casters and wheels. This is a compound wheel that has been designed to move a load. This product is usually mounted on the bottom of an object that is supposed to be moved.

One common use of this device is that it can be installed on shopping carts and office chairs. It is similarly used in the engineering field to facilitate car assembly operations as well as movement of big trucks. It however operates only on smooth and flat surfaces. This is because rough surfaces trigger frictional force that hinders movement. Friction also causes wear and tear on metallic surfaces. In addition, one requires more energy to move loads on a rough surface.

This equipment is further classified into several classes depending on its capability to handle different weights of loads. There are those devices that can carry out heavy duty operations while others have the capability of handling light weight loads. Pivots are also embedded on such machines to establish a balance on force applied to a load.

The first type is known as a rigid caster. This type comprises of a steering metal that is positioned on an immobile fork. The immobile fork is oriented relatively to a vehicle. An example is a shopping cart that has a stationary fork to facilitate movement along a straight line. This fork also restricts a person from turning the cart three hundred and sixty degrees to a desired direction.

Swivel casters are different from the rigid devices discussed above. They usually consist of swivel joints and forks that collaborate with each other when a vehicle is in motion. A swivel joint can be found on top of a fork. This utility enables a vehicle in making three sixty degree turns. This is the opposite of rigid steering devices that hinder a vehicle from making such turns.

Industrial casters also facilitate load transport. This type is precisely used in heavy duty operations like car assembly. Furthermore, such machines have stronger steering metals because they mainly handle bulky loads. There is a precise weight threshold that should always be maintained when utilizing this machine to lift loads. This weight threshold is a measure taken to mitigate inefficiencies in a machine that may arise due to overloading.

This equipment is however susceptible to flutter and this is its main weakness. Flutter is a condition that causes a vehicle to swing from side to side countless times. This hinders movement of a vehicle. For example, when a shopping cart develops flutter, it becomes impossible to move it in a straight direction constantly. This condition occurs when it carries a heavier load than its capabilities.

Flutter can be abolished through the use of dampers. Another technique is to increase the frictional force of swivel joints by adding washers. This technique is useful in diverting flutter to other parts of a vehicle. Washers hold the swivel joints firmly hence mitigating any possibilities of a breakdown in a vehicle.




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