CASTOR OPTIONS

CASTOR NAME

DESCRIPTION

ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR

STANDARD CASTOR

For chairs with a
traditional low-profile
5-star base

Made of high-durability nylon. Provides free-wheeling movement on most floor surfaces.

50mm diameter.

Carpet floors

STANDARD CASTOR

For chairs with a
high-profile 5-star base

Made of high-durability nylon. Provides free-wheeling movement on most floor surfaces.

60mm diameter.

Carpet floors

BRAKE CASTOR

Also known as
Friction Brake castor

Wheels freely when the user’s entire body weight is on the chair, locks when there is no weight on it.

Prevents the chair rolling away from the user as they sit down.

Disabled users

Laboratory situations

SOFT WHEEL CASTOR

Polyurethane rim protects floor surfaces such as timber or soft vinyl.

Also suitable on very hard smooth surfaces such as concrete, where standard castors roll too freely - the polyurethane rim provides greater friction.

Timber or soft vinyl floors

Factory or other hard floors

SOFT WHEEL
BRAKE CASTOR

Polyurethane rim protects floor surfaces such as timber or soft vinyl.

Wheels freely when user’s entire body weight is on the chair, locks when there is no weight on it.

Stops the chair rolling away from the user as they sit down.

Disabled users

Laboratory situations

Clinic situations

Factory situations

REVERSE BRAKE CASTOR

Wheels freely when there is no weight on the chair, locks when the user sits down.

The reverse brake function can be turned on or off by the lever at the back of the castor.

Surgical or clinic situations

MANUAL BRAKE CASTOR

Brake feature is activated manually by a little lever on the front of each castor.

Disabled users

Situations where movement is only sometimes required. 

LARGE CASTOR

Large 60mm diameter.

Allows the chair to wheel more freely than the smaller 50mm standard castor.

Large users
Disabled users

GLIDE

A flat-based foot that provides no movement.

Glide height 40mm.

A chair with glides will sit 20mm or 30mm lower than with standard castors.

Factory or machinery-use,
or any situation where no wheel movement is required