Industrial Casters Built for Every Load, Environment, and Application
CASTERS BUILT FOR EVERY LOAD, ENVIRONMENT, AND APPLICATION
From light-duty carts to heavy industrial equipment, Jealco offers one of the most complete caster selections available. Choose from a wide range of caster types, materials, sizes, and load ratings engineered to perform in demanding environments and matched to how your equipment actually moves — whether that means reducing floor damage, increasing maneuverability, or supporting extreme loads.
Need just the wheel rather than a complete mounted assembly? See our Wheels page.
Request a quote or tell us your load, mounting, and environment requirements and we'll help you find the right caster.
Light Duty Casters
Light-duty casters are designed for moving lighter loads in residential, office, retail, and light commercial settings — a simple, practical choice for furniture, display units, small carts, and equipment that needs smooth, easy mobility. Common types include swivel, rigid, and brake casters, available in rubber, thermoplastic, polyurethane, nylon, and polyolefin, generally 2 to 5 inches, with features like non-marking wheels, quiet rolling, and corrosion-resistant finishes.
They're widely used in offices, retail, schools, healthcare, hospitality, and residential settings, offering easy mobility, convenience, and floor-friendly performance for everyday lighter-duty applications.
Medium Duty Casters
Medium-duty casters are designed for moving moderate loads in commercial, institutional, and light industrial settings — a practical choice for carts, racks, and equipment that need reliable mobility without heavy-duty capacity. Common types include swivel, rigid, and brake casters, available in polyurethane, rubber, thermoplastic, nylon, and phenolic, generally 3 to 8 inches, with features like swivel locks, non-marking wheels, and corrosion-resistant finishes.
They're widely used in warehousing, retail, healthcare, hospitality, food service, and schools, offering a balance of strength, mobility, and versatility for everyday commercial and light industrial use.
Heavy Duty Casters
Heavy-duty casters are built for moving large, heavy loads in demanding industrial and commercial settings — a reliable choice for carts, racks, platforms, and material handling applications. Common types include swivel, rigid, brake, and kingpinless casters for high-impact use, available in polyurethane, cast iron, forged steel, nylon, phenolic, and rubber, generally 4 to 10+ inches, with features like shock-absorbing designs, swivel locks, and thread guards.
They're widely used in manufacturing, warehousing, automotive, aerospace, and material handling, helping move heavy loads more safely and efficiently across a wide range of industrial applications.
Specialty Casters
Specialty casters are designed for environments and application-specific needs that standard casters can't handle — floor protection, noise reduction, sanitation, extreme temperature, static control, or ergonomics. Options include high-temperature, stainless steel, pneumatic, ESD, and spring-loaded casters, available in polyurethane, rubber, phenolic, nylon, stainless steel, and high-temperature compounds, generally 3 to 8+ inches.
They're widely used in food processing, healthcare, laboratories, electronics, aerospace, and manufacturing, providing the right solution for environments with specific performance, safety, or compliance requirements.
Caster Brands We Source
For complete caster assemblies, we source from Colson, Albion, Darcor, Hamilton Caster, Blickle, Triopines, and Tente — and as an independent distributor, we aren't limited to any single manufacturer's catalog. Tell us your load, mounting, and environment requirements and we'll match you to the right brand and configuration.
Caster FAQ
How do I know if I need light-duty, medium-duty, or heavy-duty casters?
The decision comes down to load per caster and how demanding the environment is. Light-duty casters suit low-capacity applications like furniture, displays, and small carts, typically in office, retail, or residential settings.
Medium-duty casters handle everyday commercial and light industrial loads — utility carts, stock carts, mobile equipment — without the capacity of heavier options.
Heavy-duty casters are built for large, heavy loads in manufacturing, warehousing, and material handling, often with reinforced construction like kingpinless designs for high-impact use. As a rule of thumb, size up if you're near the top of a duty class's capacity range rather than sizing to the exact load.
What's the difference between swivel, rigid, and total-lock casters?
Swivel casters pivot 360 degrees, giving equipment maneuverability and typically used on at least two of four positions on a cart.
Rigid casters only roll in a straight line and don't pivot, useful for trailing casters on equipment that needs to track straight rather than wander.
Total-lock (swivel-lock/brake) casters add a locking mechanism that stops both rotation and swivel, important for stationary equipment, workstations, or any application where unintended movement is a safety concern.
When should I choose a specialty caster over a standard light-, medium-, or heavy-duty option?
Specialty casters solve problems standard duty-class casters aren't built for: stainless steel casters handle washdown and corrosive environments, ESD casters control static buildup around sensitive electronics, pneumatic casters absorb shock on rough or uneven floors, high-temperature casters tolerate heat that would degrade standard wheel materials, and spring-loaded casters reduce vibration transmitted to sensitive equipment or products.
If your environment involves moisture, chemicals, extreme temperature, static sensitivity, or rough floors, a specialty caster is usually worth the upgrade over a standard option.
What caster features help protect my floors and reduce noise?
Non-marking wheel materials (certain polyurethane and rubber compounds) prevent the black streaks associated with rubber-and-carbon-black wheels, which matters most on finished or light-colored flooring.
Soft-tread and shock-absorbing designs reduce noise and vibration compared to hard wheel materials like cast iron or phenolic. If floor protection and quiet operation are priorities, polyurethane or rubber-tread casters with a non-marking rating are typically the better choice over steel or hard nylon wheels.
Can Jealco source custom caster configurations?
Yes. As an independent distributor, Jealco can source casters in custom mounting configurations, non-standard sizes, and specialty materials beyond what's shown on this page — contact us with your load, environment, and mounting requirements and we'll match you to the right solution.
We got it.
Thank you for contacting us.
We’ll get back to you as soon as possible.