Casters
Here at Rapids Wholesale, you can choose from a wide selection of commercial casters designed to meet various needs in your kitchen. Our range includes options suitable for different types of equipment, ensuring durability and ease of mobility.
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KEGlide Appliance Roller Glides, up to 1.25" diameter (sold 1 each)Special Price $18.70 Regular Price $25.204X Holiday Bonus Points -
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5" Swivel Stem Casters for Eagle Shelf or WorktableSpecial Price $27.85 Regular Price $61.604X Holiday Bonus Points -
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Do you need commercial casters for your business? Looking for 5 inch casters? How about 2 swivel casters, 3 swivel casters, 4 swivel casters, or 5 swivel casters? Or perhaps you are looking for a set of 4 casters?
What Are Commercial Casters?
Commercial casters are undriven compound wheels that are designed to be mounted to the bottom of a variety of equipment or “vehicles.” Commercial casters can be used in a wide range of applications. They can be used on shopping carts, office chairs, material-handling equipment, and the like. Heavy-duty and high-capacity commercial casters are often used in various industrial applications, such as in platform trucks, assemblies, tow lines, and utility carts/bus carts.
Types of Commercial Casters
Typically, there are three types of commercial casters available in the market today: rigid casters, heavy duty swivel casters, and casters with brakes.
Rigid casters are some of the most basic commercial casters and consists of a wheel mounted to a stationary fork. These types of commercial casters are not as flexible as other casters and tend to restrict motion of the vehicle in a straight line.
Heavy duty swivel casters, on the other hand, have an additional swivel joint above the fork that allows the fork to freely rotate about 360 degrees, therefore enabling the wheel to roll in any direction. This makes it possible to easily move the vehicle in any direction without changing its orientation.
Casters with brakes prevent the wheel from turning. This is typically achieved using a lever that presses a brake cam against the wheel. The caster, though, is still able to move around slightly in a small circle, rotating around an offset distance between the vertical shaft and the center of the locked wheel.
Need Help in Looking for Commercial Casters?
Many of our expert Sales Representatives have years of experience in the food-service industries before coming to join us. If you can’t find what you’re looking for here in our website, at one of our convenient locations, or even in our frequently mailed catalogs, please feel free to contact us, and one of our knowledgeable Rapids Wholesale Sales Representatives will immediately assist you in locating the products that you need.
