Castors & Wheels

Castors & Wheels for Industrial Equipment

Mobile equipment is only as good as the wheels it rides on. AIMS Industrial stocks the EasyRoll castor and wheel range — Australia's leading industrial castor brand — covering swivel, fixed and braked castors plus standalone wheels for trolleys, conveyors, racks and custom equipment builds across workshop, warehouse and manufacturing applications.

Browse castors and wheels by type:

• All castors — complete assemblies, ready to bolt or insert
• Plate (top plate) castors — bolted mounting, the standard industrial fitting
• Stem castors — threaded or grip-neck stem, for tube-frame trolleys
• Bolt-hole castors — through-bolt fixing for shop fittings and racking
• Standard wheels — replacement wheels and custom-build wheels
• Pneumatic / flat-free wheels — outdoor and rough-terrain mobility
• Conveyor skate wheels — for gravity rollers and skate conveyors

Castors vs Wheels — quick clarification

The terms are often confused but the distinction matters when ordering:

• Castor — a complete assembly: a wheel mounted in a swivel or rigid fork or yoke, with a top plate, bolt hole or stem ready to attach to your frame. Swivel castors rotate freely; rigid castors stay fixed in one direction; braked castors lock the wheel, swivel or both.
• Wheel — the wheel alone, designed to be mounted in a custom fork or used as a roller. Used in conveyor systems, custom-built trolleys and where a non-standard fork is required.

Wheel materials & load ratings

Wheel material is the single biggest factor in castor selection. AIMS stocks the EasyRoll range in:

• Polyurethane (PU) — quiet, non-marking, high load capacity, kind to floor finishes. The go-to for workshop and warehouse trolleys on concrete or sealed floors.
• Rubber / TPR — shock-absorbing, quiet, suitable for delicate loads and uneven surfaces. Lower load capacity than PU.
• Nylon — high load capacity, hard, low-friction. Suitable for smooth floors and high-load racking. Marks soft floors.
• Cast iron — extreme load capacity, heat-resistant, used in foundry and hot-process environments. Hard on floors.
• Pneumatic — air-filled rubber tyre for outdoor use over gravel, cobblestone and uneven terrain.

Load ratings on the EasyRoll range span from light-duty (~50 kg per castor) through to super-heavy-duty (1,000 kg+ per castor). The general rule: select a castor with a per-castor capacity equal to or greater than the total equipment weight divided by three — assume only three of the four castors carry the load at any moment on uneven floors. Castors and wheels manufactured to AS 2693 carry verified load ratings under standard test conditions.

Mounting types

Mounting matters as much as the wheel. AIMS stocks the three standard industrial fittings: top-plate (bolted plate with four mounting holes — the most common workshop fitting), bolt-hole (single through-bolt — used for racking and lighter equipment), and stem (threaded or grip-neck — used for tube-frame trolleys, scaffold towers, hospital beds and chairs). Adaptor brackets are available to convert between mounting types where a frame can't be modified.

Common applications

EasyRoll castors are specified across workshop trolleys, parts dollies, fridge and machinery trolleys, panel and sheet stock trolleys, scaffolding bases, mobile workbenches, conveyor systems, shop fittings and racking, hospital and aged-care equipment, and outdoor garden and construction trolleys with pneumatic wheels. For an application not listed, contact us — castor selection is one of the easier specification calls but the wrong wheel material costs you a floor.

Browse the wider mobility range

Castors and wheels sit within our broader material handling and storage range. For complete mobile units, see trolleys and trolleys, dollies and jacks. The full EasyRoll brand range is catalogued separately.

Need help speccing a castor or wheel for a specific load, floor type or environment? Call (02) 9773 0122 or contact our team — we'll match load rating, wheel material, and mounting style to the job.