All you need to know about the contact wheels!

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First, you need to know for which operations and with which materials (wood, steel, brass, titanium, aluminum) these wheels will be used.

Here is a small summary of what to know and what you will find in this article:

    • The dimensions: outer diameter, thickness and bore;

    • - the composition: rubber or vulkollan;

    • - finish: smooth or grooved;

    • - Hardness: hardness is expressed in shores. The higher the shores will be higher your wheel will hard (40 Shore, 60 Shore, 80 Shore ...). Hardness will influence your way of working and the heating of treated materials. That's why to start, we recommend a 60-shore wheel (average hardness).

    • - The fixation: conventional bore, with hub, with bearing, threaded axis ... The fixing allows to mount and adapt your wheel to your backstand.

I- The dimensions

The dimensions of your contact wheel must be adapted to your backstand. Always have the outside diameter as well as the thickness of the latter. The dimension of the bore is also very important. The bore corresponds to the diameter of the small inside hole that there is in the middle of your wheel. It is thanks to the latter, that you can mount your wheel on your machine.

II- The composition

  • - 2 types of materials

The wheels can be composed of different materials: rubber or vulkollan. Their use will not be the same according to the chosen material.

- The rubber is the most used. The average hardness of the wheel is 60 shores.

- The vulkollan is composed of foam. The wheels will be more flexible and flexible (average hardness of 20-25 shores). Very used in the medical sector, they allow to work with rooms with difficult forms thanks to their flexibility.

  • - Smooth or grooved

Wheels can also be smooth or grooved. Grooves avoid the heating of the gang While the smooth coating is more comfortable at work and generates less vibration.

III - FIXING AND BORDING

The bore and fastening chosen for your wheel allow you to adapt and mount it on your tree / backstand. There are several: conventional bore, bore with hub, bore with hub + bearings, bore with threaded axis.

  • - Classic bore to mount on a tree or with a socket.

  • - The bore with a must be reinforced by a shoulder stabilizes the maintenance of the wheels. You can insert your own bearing beads, the latter are universal and can be purchased alone.

  • - The bore with hub and bearings ensures bolted retention and created a training movement. This is the easiest and comfortable assembly for use.

  • - The threaded axis allows the creation of a new workstation on your backstand. With their threaded rolling axis, these wheels are ideal for the work of parts with small rays.

IV - Customized

We have a stock of contact wheels of common dimensions.

Do you have special requirements? We offer, thanks to our partner, a long-standing manufacturer, to make your tailor-made wheels, according to your needs.

To summarize (now that you have become familiar with all these terms), here's all you will need to communicate to us for this achievement:

    • - The dimensions (diameter, thickness) and hardness.
    • - The material: rubber or vulkollan.
    • - Smooth or grooved coating.
    • - The type of bore (classic, with hub, with hub and bearings, with threaded axis) and its dimensions.

V - REGARNING

Your contact wheel is too damaged and worn by time?

You do not want to invest in a new room? Always with our partner manufacturer, we propose to rejuvenate / restore your wheel to give it a second youth.

Do not hesitate to contact us at the store 04.73.80.67.45 or by email to info@soucille.eu for any particular request.

See also our category of contact wheels on our site.

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