North America’s largest terminal tractor fleet owner and operator provides equipment and services in the port, terminal, distribution, logistics, and intermodal space. Like many busy manufacturers, material handling carts keep assembly lines moving.
The company reached out to Caster Concepts after it got tired of the expense and labor required to replace the casters on its spray booths every couple of months. The casters on the spray booth carts would gum up because the blast media would get into the bearings. The only alternative was loading and unloading the blast booth via forklift, which was time-consuming.
The company turned to Caster Concepts’ for maintenance-free casters with sealed bearings that remove dust and other debris.
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Replacing their old casters with the new maintenance-free casters allowed the terminal tractor fleet company to make the cart system work, ultimately reducing the loading and unloading time by approx. 80%. According to Michael R., Manufacturing Engineer, “The Casters are still in use 1.5 years after they were installed and still show very little wear.”