4" Top Plate Swivel Caster with Cast Iron Wheel and Swivel Lock (L) - 170CA04201SL

About This Caster - 170CA04201SL

Set this 4-inch Empire 170 cast iron swivel with a swivel lock on a foundry or oven tow-line that needs to switch between maneuvering and straight-line travel.

A swivel lock holds the swivel from rotating so the caster tracks dead straight when engaged, then releases to swivel again. It stops the swivel from turning, not the wheel from rolling, which keeps a towed cart from wandering down a line. The cast iron wheel holds from -100 to 800°F where rubber and poly cannot go, with the trade that it is hard, noisy, and damages a soft floor, so it belongs on bare concrete or steel. It is built kingpinless with no central kingpin to fail, runs on a roller bearing, bolts on a 4 by 4-1/2-inch top plate, and holds from -100 to 800°F.

Ideal applications

• 4-inch cast iron swivel-lock caster for foundry tow-line straight travel
• Swivel lock holding an iron wheel straight at extreme temperature
• Kingpinless metal swivel that switches to directional on bare concrete

For a wheel brake and swivel lock together, the 170CA04201SFBBL is the total-lock version.

Pairs with: plain Empire 170 cast iron swivels on the free corners and these swivel-lock casters on the corners you want to hold a line.

Wrong fit? Need a wheel brake or a total lock? See the total-lock 170CA04201SFBBL and the 5-inch cast iron swivel-lock 170CA05201SL.

Also in this family: the 4-inch maroon PU swivel-lock 170AX04228SL, or the full Albion collection.