March 15, 2017
You may already be well aware of the old saying ‘the right tool for the right job’. When it comes to warehouses and bulk material-handling equipment, it’s appropriate to extend this saying a bit. Kind of like this: The right tools for the right job maximizes efficiency. There are many different types of material-handling equipment,…
March 12, 2017
We wish there was a ‘one size fits all’ solution for casters. Life would be so much simpler if this were the case. Unfortunately, not all floors are uniform. Some floors consist of rubber matting and are frequently covered in debris. Others are covered in lush carpeting that’s kept scrupulously clean. You could use the…
March 8, 2017
If you were asked what a pneumatic caster was, you could probably hazard a guess. It’s likely that you know what a pneumatic wheel is, so surely a pneumatic caster operates upon a similar principle. Well – you would not be wrong if that were your assumption! But, what’s a semi-pneumatic caster? And what’s the…
March 5, 2017
Here at Douglas Equipment, we pride ourselves in being able to supply our valued customers with some of the best items of material handling equipment available anywhere, and from all the world’s leading manufacturers. We stock all types of items designed to increase the versatility of your production floor or warehouse facility. We can supply…
March 1, 2017
You may think of your loading dock as the catcher in a game of baseball – it has control of the ball for almost every defensive play but seldom gets the glory for ‘just catching’. Virtually every manufacturing facility or warehouse has a shipping facility. Most items of the warehouse such as inventory, finished items,…
February 23, 2017
Within a production environment’s storage facility, most of the stocked items are often stored on pallets. Whether large or small, items are stacked, transported and moved around on large, square wooden trays that have become the industry standard. Most pallets are moved around using pallet jacks. These familiar items typically have two prongs on casters…
February 19, 2017
If you’ve invested in hardwood floors, then you’ll likely understand that it’s a very significant investment. Nothing takes your breath away more than when you walk onto a with high-quality, pristine hardwood floors. It’s just that shine, and that look of pure, natural beauty. You may want to retain your floor’s natural good looks for…
February 16, 2017
When it comes to choosing casters for your office chairs and other pieces of portable equipment, you might think the speed is not that important. After all, the last thing you want your employees to be doing is riding up and down the lanes of your office in their caster-mounted office chairs. While speed is…
February 12, 2017
Whether you are selecting casters for a new piece of equipment designing, or searching for replacement casters for equipment you already have, the issue of weight limits for caster wheels is important, and should be considered in every phase of your selection process. One of the first steps to take is to calculate the load…
February 9, 2017
Many of our customers have learned the hard way – it’s not easy to convert from manual to tow-line operations. It seems like it should be simple: link together several standard material-handling carts, hook up a tow vehicle, and tow the carts under power to their destination. What could go wrong? As it turns…
