caster
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thumb|A swivel caster A caster (or castor) is an undriven wheel that is designed to be attached to the bottom of a larger object (the "vehicle") to enable that object to be moved.
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Types
- Rigid casters
- Swivel casters
- Industrial casters
- Braking and locking casters
- Kingpinless casters
- Caster flutter
- Ergonomic designs
- Wheel diameter, wheel width, and tandem wheels
- Other related wheels
- See also
- References
thumb|A swivel caster A caster (or castor) is an undriven wheel that is designed to be attached to the bottom of a larger object (the "vehicle") to enable that object to be moved.
Casters are used in numerous applications, including shopping carts, office chairs, toy wagons, hospital beds, and material handling equipment. High capacity, heavy duty casters are used in many industrial applications, such as platform trucks, carts, assemblies, and tow lines in plants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “caster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.