Pressed steel swivel castor, medium duty design, with top plate fitting, with dead man’s brake and swivel head brake, heavy duty wheel, with elastic solid rubber tyre, with cast iron wheel centre, non-marking, grey
Swivel castors with a dead man’s brake and swivel head brake:
- Swivel castors with a dead man’s brake and swivel head brake are similar to drum-braked castors, but use an integrated spring for braking when the brake is not activated.
- Positive locking is used to stop the swivel head rotating.
- The brake is activated by a hexagonal rod connected to the cam housing.
- The closed bracket design makes the brake shoes largely resistant to corrosion and dirt. This ensures that braking perfomance remains consistent regardless of moisture and dirt in the area.
Wheel: GEV series
- tyre: high-quality elastic solid rubber in smooth rolling quality, hardness 65 Shore A, colour grey
- wheel centre: rugged grey cast iron, lacquered, colour silver
- chemical resistance to many aggressive substances, except oils
- operating temperature: -20 °C to +80 °C, temporarily up to +100 °C, reduced load capacity over +60 °C
- wheel centre is approximately 4 mm wider than the specified wheel width
- operating angle: max. 38°
- torque required to release the brake: < 10 Nm
- braking force: > 400 N
- Braking can place swivel castors under a significant amount of additional stress, depending on the mass which needs to be braked. We recommend using an additional safety factor of 2.0–3.0 when designing the vehicle / chassis.





