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Product catalog summary
Company Overview
Manner, established in 1890, is a prominent manufacturer of castors, recognized for its expertise in metal and plastic work, customer-focused product development, and high-quality standards. The company offers a wide range of castors used across various sectors including industry, hospitals, and retail distribution.
Product Features and Benefits
  • Low Rolling Resistance: Facilitates easy movement of heavy loads.
  • Durable Bearings: Customizable for longevity and reliability.
  • Protected Mechanisms: Brake systems are safeguarded against overloading.
  • Precision Sealing: Swivel head ball races are sealed to prevent dirt and moisture damage.
  • Design: Known for bold and elegant design.
Product Lines
  • Tango Castors: Designed for hospital and industrial use, featuring silent operation and a unique brake system.
  • Wheel 2000: Offers quiet, shock-free operation, reduced noise, and maintenance-free benefits.
Choosing the Right Castor
Considerations include usage frequency, bearing quality, maximum load, shock loading, surface conditions, tread material, temperature, and fixing method. Manner provides various options to ensure optimal performance and longevity.
Technical Specifications
Guidance on tread material hardness, chemical resistance, temperature tolerance, and fixing methods to help customers select the appropriate castor.
Customer Support
Manner emphasizes customer satisfaction by offering advice and support through distributors and direct factory contact.
Combinations of Castors
Different combinations of swivel and fixed castors can be tailored for various conditions. Recommendations include configurations for heavy and light loads in tight and open spaces.
Castors' Worst Enemies
Unsuitable surfaces, overloading, wrong conditions or fittings, lack of lubrication, incorrect mounting, and exposure to acids and solvents can damage castors.
Brake Adjustment and Usage
The LK/LKE-BRAKE can be adjusted using a 4 mm Allen key. Proper usage involves engaging and disengaging the brake with the pedal.
Manner's Panther Castors
Features quiet, smooth-rolling wheels with sound-absorbing construction, ball bearings, and a maintenance-free design. Offers a choice of treads with varying properties.
NEK Wheels
Made of elastic solid rubber, providing smooth, silent operation and high load ratings. Suitable for rough surfaces and environments like theatres and hospitals.
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Catalog excerpts

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5 1 . Manner castors have a low rolling resistance. That is why even heavy loads move lightly on Manner castors. The bold and elegant design of Manner castors has been highly acclaimed by our customers. 3 2 Manner castors always have bearings which are most suitable for each individual use. Therefore the castors do not breakdown but stay like new from one year to another. Any normal bearing type; plain, roller or ball bearing, can be chosen with Manner castors. 6 Manner works closely with customers to meet all their castor needs. The locking and release pedal mechanisms of the brakes are protected...

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Vertic Vertical suspension of the castors keeps wheels on floor with the trolley empty, and with a load of 70 kg per wheel.Օ Wheel 2000 double wheels are uniquely placed overlapping so that one of the wheels is always in contact with the floor when moving, for example over clinker tile seams. Sealed ball bearings. Polyurethane treads. Benefit 1: It is easier to control the equipment to be moved and goods stay in place because the wheels are in contact with the floor all the time. for example with a pressure washer. Benefit 2: Wheels run smoothly. Benefit 3: Wheels cause less noise. The starting...

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The correct loading on the castor can be found by divid-ing the total loaded weight of a four-wheeled wagon by three. This is because the equipment often moves only on three wheels.All the loading values in this catalogue are valid for a maximum speed of 4 km/hr (highest rated speed is 3 kilometres per hour for furniture, light equipment, Wheel 2000, Tango and equipment castors), on a suitable sur- face and to a temperature of +20 C.If the conditions are exceptionally demanding ask for advise from our retailer or direct from our factory. The more uneven the surface, the larger the wheel and softer...

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Choose the most suitable fixing method for the furniture or equipment. Manner castors can be fixed e.g. as follows: > Quick to fit with one bolt. > Round or square. (Light equipment, equipment castors, Wheel 2000 and Tango) When ordering, advise the inside dimensions of the tube! > We reserve the right for changes.

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11. Withorwithoutbrakes?With or without brakes? 12. DirectionallockingDirectional locking > In Manner castors, the brake is generally fitted on the swivel fork trailing the direction of movement.The single action brake locks the wheel from revolving.The total-stop brake stops both the wheel and the fork from turning. Even one castor with directional locking improves the control of the equipment when travelling straight, for ex- ample in long corridors. When the locking is released all the castors can be turned and the equipment is easy to manoeuvre even in narrow places. A directional lock improves...

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The characteristics of the equipment can be tailored to suit different conditions and uses by selecting different combina-tions of swivel and fixed castors on a suitable layout. Unsuitable surface OverloadingWrong conditions or wrong fittingsLack of lubrication Incorrect mountingAcids and solventsPicture 4 Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 5 Light load, tight places > With four swivel castors light loads are easy to manoeu- vre even in tight places (picture 1)Two + one swivel castors is more economic but not as stable a solution (picture 2). Heavy load, open spaces > Two swivel and two fixed...

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YouՒll get the best result from the brake when you use it correctly The enclosed pictures inform you how to adjust and service the brake 4 7 6 > Adjustment of the LK/LKE-BRAKE: - put the brake on by pressing the brake pedal (1) - loosen the blue shield plug (4) from the hole (5) - tighten the brake by turning the brakescrew (6) in the hole (5) with a 4 mm allen key (7) clock-wise so that the brake is tight and durable - put the shield plug back - release the brake from the release pedal (2) 5 2 1 > Using the LK/LKE-BRAKE: - put the brake on by pressing the pedal (1) lease the brake by pressing...

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Manners Panther is quiet and smooth-rolling wheel belonging to MannerҒs industrial castors series. > Panther is soundproofed from the fork with a bushing surrounded by soft plastic insulation that prevents the sound of the wheel from reaching the body. The absorber reduces noise as well as disturbances to the surroundings. See Pages 43 and 45. sound-absorbing constructionՕ a simple and economical solution ball bearing Օ maintenance-free free choice of treads > We reserve the right for changes.

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Surface:steel-grid plateconcrete floorTrolley load 200 kg, run on concrete/steel-grid plate floor.Speed > ≈ 4km/h.4 km/h. Surface: smooth steel plate/steel-grid + 2 tresholds, h=5 mm.Measured on a testing machine with 140 kg/wheel. Speed > Measured with 5 turns on the carousel at 4 km/h. > We reserve the right for changes. size="-1">

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