360 Castors & Wheels keep one of the largest stocks of pneumatic wheels and castors in the UK, waiting for all our customers on a next day delivery. Firstly, a brief history of the pneumatic wheel which was first practically used in the late 1800`s on a young boys bike. Through the latter stages of […]

The earliest tyres were bands of leather placed on wooden wheels, used on carts and wagons. The tyre would be heated in a forge, placed over the wheel and cooled with water, causing the metal to contract and fit tightly on the wheel. A skilled worker, known as a wheelwright, carried out this work. The […]

360 castors and wheels keep a large stock of polyurethane wheels in various guises such as injection moulded and cast polyurethane. Before we go on we would like to show a brief history of how polyurethane came to the fore in the wheel and castors market In 1937, a German chemist called Friedrich Bayer studied […]

360 castors and wheels are fully aware of problems in bakeries with racks that are noisy and the need of wheels to produce excellent running with very little noise but at the same time able to handle the harshest of extreme temperature ranges. A leading Italian manufacturer developed a special material and process originally developed […]