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Swivel casters, due to their ability to smoothly rotate or pivot in many directions, are very useful for items that are frequently moved, such as office desk chairs. Swivel casters are most often used for furniture, various equipment, medical treatment trolleys and medical beds. Swivel casters make it easy to move objects around corners or objects or navigate in other manners, as in a straight line. Swivel casters offer flexibility of movement.

Just as important as the caster wheels are to the movement of objects is the swivel rig structure material and other considerations such as swivel offset, mounting plate size, bearings, load capacity, swivel restriction, and steering tubes. The swivel offset or swivel lead is the distance between the centerline of the kingpin and the centerline of the axle of a swivel caster. The larger the offset the easier swiveling, but the smaller offset offers greater strength. A variety of brakes is also possible for swivel casters, including vertically mounted, passive, notched for degree locking, and more.

Swivel caster wheels are made from a variety of materials, such as phenolic, polyolefin, polypropylene, polyurethane, rubber (hard, moldon, or soft), and metal. Consulting swivel caster manufacturers, or their expert distributors, will produce the correct swivel caster for an application.