Caster University: Caster Selection, Load Calculations & Application Guides

A practical guide to inspecting, maintaining, and preventing caster failures before they become safety incidents or downtime.

A practical guide explaining why casters damage floors and how to prevent scratches, dents, and wear on epoxy, concrete, tile, VCT, and wood surfaces.

A safety-focused guide explaining why most industrial casters are designed for walking speed and how to properly select casters for towing or powered equipment.

Learn how to reduce caster noise, vibration, and flutter (shimmy). Covers wheel materials, tread damping, bearings, swivel design, mounting, and fast fixes for loud carts.

A diagnostic guide to why casters fail early—covering flat spots, seized bearings, bent forks, floor damage, environment issues, and how to prevent repeat failures.

Learn how caster selection affects push and pull force—and how wheel diameter, material, bearings, and configuration can reduce operator fatigue and improve safety.

A complete guide to choosing casters for washdown, wet, chemical, outdoor, high-heat, debris-heavy, and noise-sensitive environments—so wheels, bearings, and hardware last longer and fail less.

A complete guide to caster mounting styles—top plate, threaded stem, grip ring, and expanding stems—plus the exact measurements (bolt spacing, stem size, overall height) to prevent ordering mistakes and mounting failures.

A complete guide to caster bearing types—plain, roller (including caged), ball (including common precision sizes), and sealed—plus how to choose the right bearing for load, movement frequency, speed, towing, and washdown environments.

A complete guide to swivel vs rigid casters, explaining configuration, stability, speed limits, towing safety, and why most industrial casters are designed for walking-speed use.

A complete comparison of industrial caster wheel materials including polyurethane (by core), rubber vs TPR, nylon, phenolic, and steel wheels—explaining load capacity, floor protection, ergonomics, and real-world use cases.

Learn what caster load ratings actually mean, how to calculate true load per caster, and how to apply safety factors correctly to prevent wheel failure, bent forks, and premature wear.