Aerospace, automotive, and other advanced manufacturing industries face critical challenges that compromise productivity and worker safety, ranging from harmful noise levels and shock load damage to overexertion injuries caused by high push force.
Ergo Tread CasterShox® solves these problems with a unique tread design and advanced internal dampening system. The result is a caster that reduces noise by up to 90%, absorbs up to 80% of shock loads, and lowers rolling resistance to dramatically reduce push force, helping your team work safer and smarter.
Ergo Tread CasterShox® uses a combination of spring technology and polymer dampening to deliver unparalleled noise reduction and shock absorption, making it the ideal choice for industries where OSHA-mandated noise levels, material handling safety, and secure transportation of sensitive equipment are paramount. This internal dampening system is integrated into a caster featuring an ergonomic polyurethane formulation that reduces the energy exerted to move. This formulation helps reduce the risk of injuries due to overexertion and accumulated strain due to repetitive activities. It also provides a high resistance to debris, reduces noise, and won’t damage most flooring. (Shore 85A Hardness)
Engineered for demanding environments like aerospace and automotive assembly, Ergo Tread CasterShox® delivers best-in-class performance in:
1. Noise Reduction: Loud production environments impact focus, increase hearing risk, and reduce employee productivity. Ergo Tread CasterShox® achieves up to a 90% decrease in sound, reducing noise by up to 15 decibels.*
2. Shock Absorption: Damage to high-value equipment or components during internal transport adds cost and delays production. Ergo Tread CasterShox® dampens shock loads by up to 80%, protecting cargo, casters, and carts while reducing maintenance and downtime.
3. Ergonomic Safety: Employees risk injury from vibration, overexertion, and carts that are difficult to move. The ergonomic tread returns energy and reduces push force, helping prevent hand-arm vibration injuries and strain-related incidents, ensuring a safer work environment.
4. Floor & Load Protection: High-resistance polyurethane tread won’t damage most floors and resists debris accumulation
Available in multiple tread profiles—including regular thin tread or thick tread (standard duty), Balloon 8” (Higher debris resistance and lower friction for smoother movement), and Twergo Lite™, (all the benefits of Balloon tread with greater weight capacity and enhanced durability).
1. Moving fragile parts or precision instruments within assembly areas or cleanrooms.
Transporting jigs, tools, or subassemblies between workstations without damaging floors or disturbing sensitive work environments.
1. Material handling carts used for delivering parts like engines, battery modules, or body panels.
2. Manual push carts that require lower push force and vibration reduction to reduce worker fatigue.
1. Electronics manufacturing or medical device transport where shock and vibration can damage sensitive components.
2. Environments where excessive noise or floor damage from conventional casters is unacceptable.
Based on third-party testing in a client’s production facility.
Based on in-house testing vs. conventional casters.
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Caster Concepts has a wide variety of caster options. Many of these not only improve function – but also provide safety and add longevity to the product. When considering safety options, the most common consideration would be caster locks, caster brakes, toe guards, and reinforced legs. Options that extend the life of a caster are primarily options that seal the bearing of the caster to prevent contamination of the precision parts.
Other options include threaded zerks for when an application is difficult and high level of maintenance is required and rack brush wipers that keep debris from stopping movement or damaging a wheel. These options can be added at the time of manufacturing or after the caster is fully assembled.
