Chair Casters
Did you know that employers in the United States spend more
than seven billion dollars to compensate for work-related injuries,
including cumulative trauma disorders arising from struggling
with immobile workplace furniture? If you are such a business
owner, then do not be alarmed – the simplest solutions often
work. Adding chair casters to your office chairs may be all you
need to do to lessen your employees' stress and improve their
productivity.
Smooth-wheeling chair casters can allow your employees to multitask
without strain – they can go from working on the computer to
answering the phone to sliding to their files with just a slight
push, without ever getting up. Best of all, chair casters make
it easier to pull in and out of a chair – your employees never
have to lift the chair and risk pulling a muscle.
There are many kinds of casters, but the two most important
distinctions are carpet casters and hard-flooring casters. Your
choice should obviously depend on what type of flooring you have
in your office.
Carpet casters are designed to roll on softer surfaces and do
not wear out the carpeting as easily as casters designed for
hard flooring do. Experts recommend that you use tread caster
wheels with polyurethane crown for this purpose. The crowns on
these types of casters allow optimum rolling on carpeted surfaces.
These casters are also very good for swiveling, because they
rotate much more easily than flat-tread wheels. If you are looking
for casters made for hard flooring, on the other hand, one of
your best bets would be caster wheels made with phenolic resin.
These casters glide perfectly on flat concrete and even on hardwood
flooring.
There are many chair caster vendors over the Internet who are
willing to give you substantial discounts if you buy in bulk.
Some office supply manufacturers also sell chair casters. You
can likewise have casters built into your office chairs even
before you buy them. Make sure that the casters are securely
placed but are at the same time easy to remove for easier replacement.
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