Article | REF: AG7120 V1

Manual forklifts

Author: Georges SCHEMM

Publication date: April 10, 2002

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1. Wheels and castors

Wheels (figures 1 and 2 ) are obviously one of the most important components of a cart, as without them the load-carrying element would be no more than a stretcher or a sledge.

First of all, you need to know that a roulette wheel is not a small wheel, but a wheel mounted inside a clevis.

The wheel, invented 3,000 years BC by the Sumerians, is arguably the greatest invention of all time, and it's not without reason that there's a popular saying that "everything runs like clockwork" when things are going well.

1.1 Wheel types

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