Pivoting Castors consist of a pair of wheels rotating about a central axis.
A pair of wheels on a castor enable a lower overall height to be achieved compared to a single wheel castor of identical load capacity. The pivoting design ensures that the load is equally distributed over both wheels should the running surface be slightly uneven. This prevents overload on the wheels, a common problem with conventional twin wheel castor assemblies.
For high loads, the overall height can be further reduced by a multi - pivoting arrangement.
These castors are designed to suit individual applications and can be supplied with stress analysis graphs using finite element analysis for the castor frame.
HMC Wheels & Castors have many years experience in the design and manufacture of such assemblies with load ratings up to and exceeding 200 tonne.