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Gallagher CorporationGurnee, IL 800-373-8793 For 47 years, the Gallagher Corporation has been serving virtually every industry. They are dedicated to helping customers improve. The talented staff is able to help establish and prioritize your performance needs, recommend the proper material, provide prompt quotations and produce the quality part you need. For your next order of urethane wheels, call Gallagher.
American Urethane, Inc.Odenton, MD 800-394-7883 For FDA-approved materials for use in clean-room environments, contact American Urethane. Their urethane wheels have many benefits including extensive wear, abrasion resistance, elasticity, solvent resistance, color acceptability, low tooling costs and can withstand extensive temperature changes, amongst others. For your next order, be sure to call for a quote.
Unicast Inc.Easton, PA 800-275-0818 At Unicast Inc. they believe the customer should be able to buy the product they want, such as urethane wheels, directly form the manufacturer. So this is the service they provide. They make the products and deliver them straight to you. The company is able to offer an extensive line of products and if they don't have exactly what you are looking for, they can custom produce the part as well.
FallLine CorporationReno, NV 800-325-5463 At FallLine Corporation, they believe that clear, effective dialog can save hours of time and minimize the possibility of errors. It is for this reason they invite customers to communicate directly with their engineering staff so that all difficulties can be solved quickly and efficiently. For all your product needs, including urethane wheels, be sure to contact FallLine.
Weaver Industries, Inc.Denver, PA 717-336-7507 The talented and experienced sales staff at Weaver Industries is fully capable of providing technical support along with the ability to answer all graphite and machining questions. When it comes to urethane wheels, they have the perfect solution to fit all your requirements. The customer service staff is prepared to provide timely quotations and help you find a cost effective product.
Western Roller CorporationBend, OR 800-541-2317 At Western Roller Corporation it is their mission to never compromise on quality. Their sales, engineering and production staff is constantly striving to improve quality and production methods to provide their valued customers with the highest quality and most cost effective products. For your next order of urethane wheels, make sure to call Western Roller.
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As compared to metal wheels, urethane wheels have better noise reduction and resilience, greater abrasion, corrosion and impact resistance, more flexibility and are less costly to fabricate. Urethane wheels function better than regular plastic wheels in many applications because they have higher impact resistance, low temperature, cold flow, radiation and abrasion resistance, better elastic memory and noise reduction capabilities, greater resilience and provide lower cost tooling.. Other unique properties to molded urethane include elastic memory, noise reduction, heat and chemical resistance, and durability. Urethane wheels can be fabricated to be sponge-soft or iron-hard in a wide range of sizes, shapes and colors. Applications for urethane wheels include forklift drive and load wheels, rollercoaster wheels, skateboard wheels, conveyor bearings, grocery carts and carrying case wheels. These polyurethane wheel applications and more benefit industries such as material handling, industrial manufacturing, retail, transportation, athletic equipment and medical.
Urethane wheels are made through two main processes: liquid casting, meaning that urethane is melted down to a liquid form and then poured into a wheel-shaped mold to be cooled into a solid form; and injected molding, meaning that urethane is melted down to a liquid from and injected into a wheel-shaped mold through fill holes using a low-pressure pneumatic injection gun. Secondary machining processes can also be used to form urethane wheels from molded urethane. Urethane wheels can consist of solid urethane or of urethane bonded to metals such as steel, aluminum and cast iron for heavy duty applications. When bonded to metals, urethane serves as the tread of the wheel and the metal serves as the core. Different types of urethane wheels include: crowned wheels, generally used for turns in conveyor systems; engraved wheel, typically engraved with identifying marks such as parts numbers or brand names; deskew wheels, primarily used in document processing equipment; drive wheels, which offer excellent abrasion resistance for industrial machines; and compliant wheels, which are used for document processing when the documents are of varying thicknesses. In addition, the cost of fabricating urethane wheels is economically-advantageous, and molded urethane is an FDA-approved material for clean room environments, which gives urethane wheel manufacturers a competitive edge in the medical industry as well.
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