5″ Soft Gray Rubber Wheel – Stainless Steel Plain Swivel 3A

Description

5″ Gray Soft Rubber Wheel. Shown in photo with 5″ wheels. This 3A stem caster is our stainless steel total locking institutional caster which uses the same Model 3 1-¼” wide wheels. A total lock brake locks the swivel and the wheel. It latches them simultaneously by one step on the brake pedal. The plate caster swivel model 3A has a metal total lock pedal.  It is simple to turn on but not as simple to let go as the nylon brake pedal featured on K3. The metal lock can only be reached if the release deise with the type of your shoe which may not allow enough burden to be utilized to unlock the brake.  This is not an issue with the nylon brake pedal on model k3. The metal total lock brake pedal is an alternative on 3a swivels. The metal pedal is shown slightly under the mounting plate of the swivel caster and slightly over the wheel.  The metal pedal extends behind the wheel so the toe of your foot can simply reach the activation pedal. The metal pedal burrows into polyurethane and rubber tires more than the nylon pedal. The amount of the metal pedal total lock brake is more than the cost of a total lock brake with a nylon pedal. Neither type of total lock brake are possible on a caster rigid.

This swivel caster has a soft gray rubber wheel that is non-marking in nature and is bonded to a plastic center. This institutional caster wheel was designed to use a ⅜” axle and the tread width of the tire is 1-¼”.This soft gray rubber caster wheel comes with a durometer of 90-95A, making it excellent for indoor usage on smooth surfaces to reduice noise and vibration. This caster wheel has a sealed precision ball bearing protected with plastic spanner bushings that reduce the inner diameter of the axle, act as thread guards, and guard the bearing from indirect and direct moisture exposure. Injection molded wheels such as this soft rubber wheel are not the best choice for standing loads that are moved infrequently.