January 28, 2016
Hospital conditions offer additional challenges for casters located on all types of equipment including carts, trolleys or hospital beds because these pieces of equipment need levels of cleanliness not often required of a caster. Not only do the casters themselves need to provide sanitary conditions so that they do not make the environment dirty, they…
January 21, 2016
Casters are not always the first thing on everyone’s mind, but they can be the most important part of a chair or cart. Without casters you will not be able to move an item easily around, and with the wrong casters you can experience poor performance and even premature catastrophic failure of the casters. Casters…
When you need to find the right caster to meet a specific need, you can easily become overwhelmed with the variety of options. However, not every caster will meet the needs of every activity, which is why Douglas Equipment has forged partnerships with over a dozen different caster manufacturers so that we can always find…
January 14, 2016
Casters do an important job of helping you move loads around, and it is important that they work well based your unique needs. If your casters are not functioning at their highest performance levels,more effort will be required for you and your employees, and this can lead to aches, pains and even strain related injuries.…
December 31, 2015
If you need casters you can always go down to the local hardware store or renovation retailer and find what you need, right? This would be true if all casters were equal and could do any job, but this is simply not the case. Casters come with hard or soft wheels, brakes or no brakes,…
December 17, 2015
When it comes to choosing casters, one of the most popular choices are casters from Colson Caster Corporation. Colson has been in business supplying state-of-the-art casters since 1885, and has over 200,000 different models in their catalogue. With this much experience, Colson has manufactured some very specific casters for specialty uses and some of these…
November 5, 2015
Pool areas offer unique conditions for carts and trolleys that have casters. These surfaces are often smooth concrete, which needs to be taken into consideration. Yet the surface can easily be wet which could cause problems with some wheel materials. To ensure that you have a safe environment around your pool, you want your…
November 3, 2015
Douglas Equipment works with over a dozen different caster suppliers to make sure that we have access to the best casters for each of the unique needs that our customers bring to us on a daily basis. In this way we can always find the right caster for the task at hand when our customers…
September 5, 2013
Understanding the Term Pneumatic The term pneumatic is often used in regards to describing a certain technology that is used in industrial, mechanical and construction environments. Simply, pneumatic technology refers to a system in which inert compressed gases is used in some manner so as to allow the user to do more with less manual…
August 24, 2013
What is Pneumatic? Pneumatic is a term that is used in reference to certain tools and equipment, but is seldom explained. The use of pneumatic technology offers the user of it, to do more with less manual power and usually in a smaller amount of space. An item that utilizes pneumatic technology is an item…
