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Total Lock Caster Brake Total Lock Caster Brake By Ferris Ayar, Caster Concepts - Imagine that your responsible for getting parts to a work station in a plant, the parts have to be delivered to the work station every 15 minutes.
Caster Concepts: 200,000lb Custom Caster with Drive Axle
Caster Concepts: 200,000lb Custom Caster with Drive Axle
Caster Concepts engineers developed a custom caster designed to carry a 200,000lb load with an integrate sprocket on the axle to transfer very large rolls of steel.
The result was a dual wheel, drive axle caster with a sprocket for a chain. The wheels were a total of 28 inches in diameter, with 3 inch polyurethane, that was custom formulated to achieve a 70D durometer, and withstand some of the…
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Caster Concepts: Carts replace Forklifts
Caster Concepts: Carts replace Forklifts
Caster Concepts: Goodbye Forklift, Hello Dolly
The elimination of forklifts has been an increasing trend in manufacturing plants. While it may seem hard to imagine a plant operating without forklifts, many plants have implemented this policy and are very pleased with the outcome.
One of the leading drivers for this trend is safety, every year approximately 100 workers are killed and about…
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Caster Concepts: Customization has become a mainstream way of doing business
Caster Concepts: Customization has become a mainstream way of doing business
Writing for Caster Concepts, Ferris Ayar looks at customization becoming the norm.
Years ago Burger King, a large fast food chain used the slogan “Have it your way” to differentiate their offerings by allowing customers to modify the standard toppings on their burgers. Around the same time, Dell Computer grew to be a leader in the PC industry by offering Built to Order computers that allowed…
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Caster Concepts: Six Basic Caster Configurations
Caster Concepts: Six Basic Caster Configurations
The configuration of casters can have a huge impact on the amount of force exerted to move a cart, as well as the load capacity of the cart. There are 6 common configurations for traditional rectangular carts, each has its own benefits. Variations in the number of swivel or rigid casters, and layout of casters, can make a huge difference.
As part of their technical support documents, Caster…
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Caster Concepts pursues ‘Beyond Standard’ acquisitions
Caster Concepts pursues ‘Beyond Standard’ acquisitions
Over the last few years Caster Concepts has acquired three companies including niche product lines that are aligned with the core business of heavy-duty casters and wheels. In the case of LarCaster and Modern Suspension Casters, Caster Concepts principally acquired the product line and intellectual properties.
The third acquisition – Albion Machine and Tool – was a local facility and included a…
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CasterConcepts: Ergonomics, Much More than Health and Safety!
CasterConcepts: Ergonomics, Much More than Health and Safety!
Ergonomics, Much More than Health and Safety!
The term Ergonomics was first used over 150 years ago, it is composed of two Greek words, Ergon meaning “work”, and Nomos meaning “law or custom”, essentially it is the “Custom of Work”.
In the early 1900s, the dawn of the industrial age, ergonomic concepts were developing, aiming to improve worker productivity by achieving efficiencies through…
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