Track casters keep equipment on a defined path — flanged, V-grooved, and U-grooved wheels that ride steel rail so carts route themselves with zero drift and zero operator steering. The range spans 380 lb light guided carts to 16,000 lb heavy transfer-line equipment.
Flanged wheels have a lip on one or both sides that hangs over the rail edge — like a train wheel. V-grooved wheels ride an angle-iron rail in a machined V channel. U-grooved wheels ride round pipe or bar. All three deliver the same outcome — hands-free fixed-path travel — and the right one depends entirely on what rail is in your facility or what you can install.
Assembly-line indexing where carts must hit exact positions, tow-line trains that follow a loop, transfer between fixed stations, and any operation where letting a cart drift off-path costs time or causes collisions. The rail does the work the operator otherwise has to — repeatable, every cycle.
Flanged hangs over the rail edge; V-groove rides angle iron; U-groove rides round pipe. Pick by your existing or planned rail.
From 380 lb light guided carts up to 16,000 lb per wheel on heavy V-groove or flanged builds.
Yes — track casters require a matching rail. The rail is what provides the guidance.
Our US-based caster engineers will match the right build to your load, floor, and application.
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