Recently, A new customer placed an order Caster Wheel from us but he know little about caster wheel. Therefore we recommended him the right caster material according to his requirements and our professional experiences.

The most common caster wheel materials in the market are TPE, TPR, TPU. Here let’s talk about their advantages and disadvantages and you will have better understanding on how to choose TPE, TPR , TPU caster materials.

1. TPE material: TPE is environmentally and non-toxic material, with features of excellent wear resistance, elasticity, shock resistance and low noise performance. As it has good adhesion property with hard plastic. It can be coated and formed with hard plastic like PA,PP. TPE material is with great load capacity. Currently, TPE material is widely used for luggage caster,cart caster and industrial caster.

2. TPR: Technically, TPR is TPE because both of them belong to Polystyrene elastomer category. Its characteristics are similar to TPE, However, its elasticity is better than TPE as it is mainly made from SBS and its wear resistance is not as good as TPE. More important, TPR has better price than TPE, it also can be coated and formed with hard plastic like PA,PP. It can be used for heavy duty caster.

3. TPU: With the best wear resistance, good oil resistance, good elasticity and good load capacity, it has the longer service life, but it’s a bit noisy when working and without resistance to hydrolysis. It can be used for luggage caster and various types of industrial caster.

How to choose the above three caster materials?

Actually We are not able state which material is the best one since different caster materials have different advantages. The key to choose ideally caster materials depends on the usage and positioning of products. We seldom use TPE for caster even its price is moderate, mostly we use TPR and TPU. If you want the best wear resistance, then TPU is your best choice; If you want better price, then TPR is the most appropriate choice.

Ylcaster，as a professional Caster Wheel Supplier in China, has been in promoting and popularizing TPR material since 2010 and now TPR caster is widely accepted by our customers due to its good price and nice property.

If you want to know more about TPR material and our products. Please feel free to contact with us.

WBD Medium Nylon Caster

Characteristics of Nylon casters :

Bracket: double ball track and unique anti-steel wrist arc design, more resistant to weight, flexible rotation. It is more practicable. The bracket base plate adopts standard 3mm thick steel plate and the leg material with 2.3mm thick steel plate stamping.

Welding forming, surface galvanizing.

Wheel: It is made of high strength plastic core bag with high strength nylon.

Color : White.

Advantage : Equipped with an integrated precision ball bearing, with excellent chemical stability. High temperature resistance, impact resistance and no smell.

Application : it is widely used in logistics handling equipment.

Specifications: swivel , fixed, screw , double brake (lock the bracket and wheel).

The wheel diameter:￠60 mm (2.5 inches) ￠75 mm (3 inches),￠100 mm (4 inches), ￠125 mm (5 inches).

The similar medium industrial caster : PVC caster ; Rubber caster ; TPR caster.

WBD Medium PU Cast Iron Core Caster

Characteristics of PU casters :

Bracket: double ball track and unique anti-steel wrist arc design, more resistant to weight, flexible rotation. It is more practicable. The bracket base plate adopts standard 3mm thick steel plate and the leg material with 2.3mm thick steel plate stamping.

Welding forming, surface galvanizing.

Wheel: The high technology polyurethane adhesive is injected into polyolefin wheel with mechanical lock type .

Advantage : With highly elastic ,high wear resistance, oil resistance, resistance to temperature between - 43 ℃ to 85 ℃, equipped with a precision ball bearings. The noise is very small and suitable for long or frequent mobile devices.

Specifications: swivel , fixed, screw , double brake (lock the bracket and wheel).

The wheel diameter:￠60 mm (2.5 inches) ￠75 mm (3 inches),

￠100 mm (4 inches), ￠125 mm (5 inches).

The similar medium industrial caster : PVC caster ; Rubber caster ; TPR caster.

WBD Medium TPR Caster

Characteristics of TPR casters :

Bracket: double ball track and unique anti-steel wrist arc design, more resistant to weight, flexible rotation. It is more practicable. The bracket base plate adopts standard 3mm thick steel plate and the leg material with 2.3mm thick steel plate stamping. Welding forming, surface galvanizing.

Wheel: made of ultra-high strength plastic core package with high strength super synthetic rubber (TPR), highly elastic, which equipped with an integrated precision ball bearing, beautiful and nearly without noise . Besides , it can be very good protection for the floor, suitable for hospital, hotel, car factory assembly workshop (epoxy resin) and other places.

Advantages : Noiseless ; Durable ; Without smell ; With competitive price .

Application : Hospital ; Hotel ; Office and other environment .

Specifications: swivel , fixed, threaded stem  , double brake (lock the bracket and wheel).

The wheel diameter: ￠75 mm (3 inch), ￠100 mm (4 inch), ￠125 mm (5 inch).

Our industrial casters are very competitive , have different size : 3 inch casters , 4 inch casters and 5 inch casters

1. Application of shock absorbing caster:

The shock absorbing caster is mainly used in the automotive industry, because of its characteristic of shock absorption performance, it can play a good shock absorption effect. For the shock absorbing wheels, it generally require the caster has good rotation performance and stress performance.

2. Features of Shock Absorbing Casters:

a. Spring:
The anti-vibration springs of some models of shock absorbing wheels are completely sealed and with dust-proof and anti-wrap properties. In order to suit different options and requirements. We should choose an excellent shock-resistant and shock-resistant spring to prevent the wheel from being damaged due to vibration when working on uneven ground.

b. Shock performance:
The spring loaded caster is made of high-quality shock-resistant shock springs. By using large-diameter bead disk, and with the top plate and the upper and lower bead plate being heat-treated, it can greatly improve the rigidity and toughness of the bead plate, making the bead plate rotation more flexible and easy, and greatly increasing the force Performance, avoiding the wheel damaged by vibration on the bumpy ground.

c. Resistant to high speed:
Double-tapered roller bearings are used for the spring casters wheels, which can better prevent wheel wobble during high-speed traction and greatly reduce noise, providing a quiet production environment for the production workshop.

d. Selection of Material:
High-quality thermoplastic rubber material wheel, it has good toughness and wear resistance.

High-tech polyurethane-coated iron core wheel its characteristics are antifouling, oil resistance, abrasion resistance and high load bearing.

For more choices, please check below direct links or send us inquiry.

http://www.ylcaster.com/red-pu-spring-loaded-casters_p202.html

http://www.ylcaster.com/polyurethane-heavy-duty-shock-absorbing-casters_p199.html

http://www.ylcaster.com/125-mm-polyurethane-spring-loaded-caster-wheels_p196.html

YL caster team - Heart to heart

Yl caster team ，who provide the Caster Wheelsfor the people that is the traders,the dealers and the agents for castors and wheels.and also the factory which required the heavy duty casters , industry casters, furniture casters and the hospital medical casters ,is a best team.

We work hard together to become a professional casters expert,to provide customers with the most suitable products ,to be a master of caster .

The morning meeting encourage everyone to welcome the brand new day !

We would share the worth things and analysis of cases which anyone of us can not make a deal by himself .

The heart of our company cultural is FAMILIES CULTURAL .

We build the cultural wall together .

Every Wednesday is the day of team building .we have may activities .

Such as Reading together

Study together

Running together

Singing Together

An so on ...

Motivation is not motivate individuals, motivation is to motivate a team. As long as we can dream, we can do it. Heart to heart, we are Guangzhou YL Caster Industry Co., Ltd.

Cast iron casters in today

There are many types of cast iron casters, which are mainly divided by load capactiy level. They can be divided into light duty cast iron casters, medium duty cast iron casters and heavy duty cast iron casters. The applicable range is also very wide. Like heavy duty cast iron casters, due to their strong, wear-resistant, high load-bearing characteristics, they are usually used for handling tools such as industrial trolleys. With the advent of the retro trend, they are now more used on the table, with different surface treatments and colors, used as the legs of the coffee table, coffee table, etc., and even the bed. From industrial casters to furniture casters, the style of painting is completely different.

We YLcaster is a powerful manufacturer specializing in the design, production and sales of various caster wheels. We can provide you with different kinds of cast iron core polyurethane swivel caster. In addition, it also supports various customization of casters. Friends who are interested and in need are welcome to consult and understand.

How to install casters with stem

First of all, we need to understand what is a stem caster wheel. The stem is one of the more common ways to install casters. Usually the installed object and the caster are fixedly connected by this rod. Compared with threaded stem and grip ring stem, the installation methods and the structure is simpler. Compared with plate caster wheel, the load-bearing structure is slightly weaker, so it is generally reflected in light duty caster wheel and medium duty caster wheel, which are mainly used in scenes where load-bearing requirements such as furnitures and ordinary platform trolleys are not too large. Of course, for medium duty and heavy duty scenes, the ratio is relatively small.

There are two main types of stem casters. One is a thin T-shaped stem, and some are matched with a threaded sleeve; the other is a cylindrical or square column or other polygonal column. The rod usually has a through hole.

So how to install them? The T-shaped stem is the easiest to install, just plug it directly into the set hole of the object to be installed.  It's the opposite when removing it, just pull it out. For threaded bushings, plug the bushing into the mounting hole first, and then insert the stem into place. The sleeve and the plunger act like expansion screws at this time to prevent the casters from falling off.

The principle of the inserted stem with holes is similar, except that the upper and lower diameters of the stem are the same size. After inserting in place, you need to insert a pin or other accessories into the through hole for fixing to prevent the caster from falling off when the installed object is off the ground.

T-shaped stem casters are generally smaller than columnar ones. They are usually embodied as furniture casters such as chair caster wheels and table caster wheels. Even with brakes, most of them only stop the wheel from rotating and cannot fix the direction of the caster wheel. Column-shaped stem casters are relatively larger, and are generally embodied in small and medium-sized equipment such as trolley caster wheels, shopping cart caster wheels, and even industrial caster wheels such as scaffold caster wheels, or medical caster wheels. Due to the existence of through-holes and bolts and other accessories, this type of stem casters can usually achieve the function of double brakes, while fixing the direction of the wheel and the caster.

If you have any questions about this or are interested in casters, please feel free to consult. We are specialized in the design, production and sales of caster wheels and hand trolleys-YLcaster.

Threaded stem casters, as the name implies, are casters with threaded stem. The installation method is to connect the screw to the required object by rotating the screw to fix it to the object. Due to the limitation of force, threaded stem are usually used in light duty casters, medium duty casters and other furniture, non-heavy duty industrial appliances, medical equipments, etc.

Generally speaking, the larger the wheel size, the larger the threaded stem diameter, because the load-bearing capacity becomes larger. The length of the threaded stem is determined for the specific use situation. Threaded stem casters are usually also swivel/universal casters, and the wheels themselves can rotate 360degrees under unlimited conditions. Therefore, you cannot hold the caster to install it firmly.

To solve this problem, people invented a threaded stem with a nut. Therefore, you will find that there is usually a nut at the bottom of the threaded stem, which is completely integrated with the threaded stem, unless the threaded stem breaks, avoiding the embarrassment of slipping.

When installing threaded stem casters, we usually use a thin wrench to turn the nut counterclockwise until it can no longer be turned. The threaded stem is tightly combined with the installed object. Of course, some designs themselves are bolt-hole casters, and screw a screw directly from under the hole, which also needs to be tightened by a wrench. There are also designs where the bolt-hole has a locking position, and the screw does not have a nut, but it has a clip. By combining with the hole locking position, it can be fixed by rotating the entire caster.

Compared with top plate casters, threaded stem casters are more convenient to install, only need to screw a nut. However, there are disadvantages, the installation firmness will be smaller than the top plate casters, and the force capacity is also slightly weaker.

Threaded stem casters are mostly reflected in such application scenarios as furniture casters, medical casters, platform trolleys, and shopping carts.

If you have any questions about this or are interested in casters, please feel free to consult. We are specialized in the design, production and sales of caster wheels and hand trolleys-YLcaster.

Impression of the 126th canton fair-WBD(YLcaster)

      It is the fourth day of the 126th canton fair. During these days, we met a lot of friends who interested in caster and trolley from different countries. We shared informations with each other and builted business relationship. It is a great beginning!