February 6, 2015
If you are choosing a caster you will quickly come to realize that they are broadly divided into three categories; light duty, medium duty and heavy duty. For the toughest jobs you want the toughest casters, so if you are looking for casters that will stand up to extremely heavy loads in rough conditions you…
August 22, 2014
At Douglas Equipment, we are distributors of casters and material handling equipment. The products we sell go to customers who work in an extremely broad range of industries. Many of our casters perform in the harshest environment imaginable. They must reliably roll across floors strewn with sharp, abrasive metal shavings, or covered in oil. Some…
May 6, 2014
Pneumatic wheels are great for many material handling needs. They help move large loads and are shock resistant. When faced with a less than completely flat flooring surface, they help compensate for the less than ideal terrain. They are also exceedingly quiet and can be useful in a variety of environments where this is a…
January 15, 2014
Endless Possibilities Certain products and items are universal in their usage abilities and can be very useful in different places and circumstances. Casters are small, often overlooked items, that are used all over the world. Any place in which things need to be made mobile, casters can be used. This alone opens up the door…
September 20, 2013
The Concept of Pneumatic To best understand semi-pneumatic, it is first necessary to have a full understanding of what pneumatic means. The term pneumatic means that there is an item that is filled with a form of compressed inert gas. This term can often refer to a specific design of caster wheel. In this way…
