Silent Castors Make Light Work of Heavy Loads
The catering manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom has grown over the last twenty years. As more consumers rely on ready made meals and products, there is a wealth of food manufacturers springing up in the UK. The Food and Drink Federation represents food and drink manufacturers and reports that their industry accounts for over fifteen percent of the United Kingdoms total manufacturing base. This enormous industry also buys two thirds of what the UK farmers produce having a major impact on our farming industry and environment. The Food and Drink Federation tackles issues on behalf of its members such as health and safety, food safety, equipment on castors and even food science, sustainability and competitiveness.
Following a recent Health and Safety Executive (HSE) report, which indicated some of the main causes of injury and occupational ill health risks, are manual handling and noise levels in many of our food and drink manufacturing environments. Many workers can be injured by the constant noise, weight and awkwardness of their trolleys on castors as they roll them into and out of ovens and roll in freezers. Serious injuries include musculoskeletal strains and noise induced hearing loss. The castors manufacturing industry is working closely with the Health and Safety Executive and the Food and Drink Federation to ensure practical and achievable solutions to such issues.
Once such solution has been to develop silent castors to be attached to trolleys. Noise reducing silent castors are not only super quiet but also make racks and trolleys easy to push. This ensures the staff can move the trolleys in and out of ovens or freezers with minimal effort and noise and less risk to their health. Silent castors are stainless steel frames housing a soft rubber tyred wheel. These castors can be fitted with sealed bearings, which make the trolleys and racks smoother and easier to maneuver. Steering heavy loads of up to three hundred kilograms becomes significantly easier with these castors. Not only do silent castors have a ball bearing in the wheel axel but also bearings in the double race head making them easy to move.
Noise reducing rubber castors are suitable in food and drink manufacturing environments, and also are being utilised by many delivery and supermarket organisations. This noise reduction and anti vibration castors are meeting the tighter noise restrictions that many town planners and Health and Safety organisations advocate. Silent rubber castors are easy to fit to the catering trolleys and racks, but also as they are stainless steel, resistant to corrosion, making them hygienic and durable to cleaning chemicals. These noise reducing castors are suitable not only for ovens up to two hundred and fifty degrees centigrade, but can also withstand freezing temperatures of up to minus forty degrees centigrade. This makes these castors extremely durable and flexible solutions in most food and drink manufacturing environments. Recent advocates of these silent noise reducing castors have been Bakeries all over the United Kingdom. Not only do these castors withstand the oven temperatures, but they are also extremely quiet on the baking racks and make the trolleys and racks very east to maneuver.