Bearings Explained

How do bearings work?

This is a commonly asked question by a lot of our customers, so we thought we’d explain the differences and the benefits of each.

Plain bore is still the most common wheel centre found, due to the cost. It’s simple and often used in wet environments or environments where there is likely to be residue gathering in the wheel centre. Other it offers little benefit, to the user, when manoeuvring a trolley. As it’s so simply it still has its placed and there is very little to go wrong or wear out.

The purpose of a bearing is to reduce friction between the wheel and the axle, the reason that roller bearing and ball bearings do this is because there is less friction due to the reduced contact of surface areas.