Technology used for making caster wheels

Warehouse floors all over are currently facing a massive caster wheels clean up. New technology has been developed, which is not only environmentally friendly and non-hazardous but also delivers spectacular results with apparent minimum effort in cleaning stubborn marks from warehouse floors. Rubber deposits can leave stubborn unsightly marks on any warehouse floor. Marks from fork lift trucks, pallet rollers on casters, and marks from heavy machinery can make the warehouse floor hazardous and unsightly. Cleaning products recently developed can lift these stubborn marks and remove rubber deposits without damaging the floors. By spraying solvents and running over the floor with scrubbers on casters, the marks are removed.

To ensure casters and wheels, which are used in vast numbers in warehouses on material handling equipment, do not mark the floors, new developments have been made in rubber technology. Non marking rubber casters and wheels ensure no unsightly marks are on the floors after they have been cleaned. Even the cleaning equipment has non marking rubber casters attached. The non marking rubber casters can be either in the form of grey rubber casters or the newly developed non marking elastic blue rubber wheeled casters. Once the warehouse floors have been sprayed and scrubbed, they can be vacuumed to remove any residue. This leaves a clean, mark free floor surface.

This technology has also been further developed by airports runway maintenance companies. The first high pressure water cleaning system, attached to the front of a runway truck was developed in 1997. The pressured cleaning module, running on heavy duty polyurethane casters, cleans any marks, oil or fuel spillage on the runway, taxiways and aprons, that may be hazardous to aircraft take off and landings. Runway safety can be ensured if these mobile cleaning modules on casters attached to airport trucks, which can quickly and easily clean the surfaces and can access the runway areas at speed if required. Casters attached to these modules need to withstand the harsh environmental conditions and be strong enough to help support the weight of the cleaning unit. Polyurethane casters with a cast iron centre and heavy duty frame seem to fit the bill.

This high pressure cleaning system on casters can also be utilized in highway maintenance. These flexible cleaning units on casters can be attached to the front of maintenance vehicles for ease of use and movement. The practical modular design on casters not only allows for manoeuvrability but also flexibility at castors2go.com.au.

Paul Edword is a marketing manager for castors2go.com.au and he is working since couple of years.