| From the freezing temperatures of -40 degrees to the | | | | wheels, which tended to be costly, complex and brittle. |
| burning oven temperatures of over +200 degrees, our | | | | High temperature castors with phenolic resin wheels, |
| bread manufacturers require the most advanced | | | | provide an inexpensive, durable alternative. They are |
| temperature resistant castors within the industry! | | | | available in a range of castors sizes suitable for even |
| To deliver bread onto our tables requires sophisticated | | | | the most challenging of manufacturing sites. |
| handling machinery, relying upon trolleys running on | | | | A more traditional alternative is the high temperature |
| castors that don't ice up or melt in the ovens. Imagine | | | | rubber wheel. These castors, you would think, would |
| moving from the North Pole to the Tropics within the | | | | melt within the fiery ovens. However this specially |
| space of a few hours and back again. No mean feat | | | | formulated heat resistant rubber can withstand |
| for bread trolleys running on castors. | | | | temperatures of 280 degrees. Bakers often prefer the |
| At any moment in the bread baking cycle the castor | | | | rubber wheel to the phenolic, as it enables the trolleys |
| could freeze and become impossible to move, or | | | | on the castors to move more smoothly around their |
| alternatively melt and halt the production process. | | | | manufacturing plant. |
| In these extreme heat environments Bakers in Britain | | | | We wouldn't want our bread to arrive battered around |
| rely upon heat resistant castors and high temperature | | | | the edges would we? |
| castors on all of their trolleys as they manoeuvre | | | | These hardy castors are used in a variety of |
| around the factory. It is often the smallest cog in a | | | | industries, from energy companies, processing plants, |
| machine that keeps it going, and for our Bakers it's the | | | | cold rooms, manufacturing to glazing companies. |
| heat resistant castors. Not a component we pay much | | | | Without these castors, supporting the movement of |
| attention to as we eat our toast around the breakfast | | | | trollies, many industrial processes would be more |
| table in the morning. Or pay any consideration to as | | | | lengthy and complicated. |
| we drive past Bakeries in the morning, and catch a | | | | The science has moved on tremendously from the |
| whiff of the intoxicating bread smell. Or even have a | | | | original developer of Bakelite, Belgian scientist Leo |
| glance at as we do our weekly shopping in the | | | | Baekeland. He first formulated his substance in 1907 |
| supermarket. These castors enjoy a pivotal role, and | | | | and since then heat resistant materials have spanned |
| are mainly unsung heroes in our daily lives. | | | | the globe. |
| According to manufacturers, these high temperature | | | | So next time you are enjoying your buttery toast |
| castors come in two types, either with a phenolic resin | | | | around the breakfast table, spare a little thought for the |
| wheel within the castors or a high temperature rubber | | | | processes, technology and science that enabled it to |
| wheel in the castor housing. Phenolic resin wheels are | | | | get onto your plate. Without the advanced |
| hard, durable and resistant to temperature extremes. | | | | development of heat resistant castors that withstand |
| These castors overtook the old fashioned bakelite | | | | high oven temperatures, where would our bakers be? |