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Caster (other)
A caster is a type of wheel. Caster may also refer to: Industry *Caster angle, one of the angles important to automotive suspension *Caster, a machine used in metal casting Products *A small condiment bottle or cruet *A type of sugar *Caster (cigarette) Fishing *Caster (maggot), a fly pupa used as bait. People *Caster Semenya, South African runner * Andrew Caster, American ophthalmologist * George Caster (1907–1955), American baseball player * Jake Caster, American wake surfer * Kenneth Edward Caster (1908–1992), American geologist and paleontologist * Max Caster (born 1989), American wrestler and rapper * Nadine Caster (born 1965), French athlete from Martinique * Reylynn Caster (born 2003/2004), American actress * Rich Caster (1948–2024), American footballer * Samuel Caster, American businessman * Sylvie Caster (born 1952), French journalist and writer * Yurendell DeCaster, Dutch-Curaçaoan baseball player Fiction *Caster (Fate/stay night), Caster (''Fate/stay night''), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caster
A caster (or castor) is an undriven wheel that is designed to be attached to the bottom of a larger object (the "vehicle") to enable that object to be moved. Casters are used in numerous applications, including shopping carts, office chairs, toy wagons, hospital beds, and material handling equipment. High capacity, heavy duty casters are used in many industrial applications, such as platform trucks, carts, assemblies, and tow lines in plants. Types Casters may be fixed to roll along a straight line path, or mounted on a pivot or pintle such that the wheel will automatically align itself to the direction of travel. Rigid casters A basic, rigid caster consists of a wheel mounted to a stationary fork. The orientation of the fork, which is fixed relative to the vehicle, is determined when the caster is mounted to the vehicle. An example of this is the wheels found at the rear of a shopping cart in North America. Rigid casters tend to restrict vehicle motion so that the vehicle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
