5" Top Plate Swivel Caster with Glass-Filled Polypropylene Wheel - 170RT05201S

About This Caster - 170RT05201S

Reach for this 5-inch Empire 170 swivel when a cart needs to steer through a wet or hot area and carry more than the 4-inch wheel.

At 5 inches this swivel handles up to 1,000 pounds and turns more easily under load than a smaller wheel. The wheel is glass-filled polypropylene, a stiff reinforced plastic rated -20 to 250°F that resists washdown chemicals and rust where steel and rubber struggle. It is hard with no cushioning, rolls cleanly on smooth floors, passes shock through, and can mark, and it runs on a roller bearing meant for manual pushing. The swivel pivots on a kingpinless welded raceway with no central pin to loosen, bolts on a 4 by 4-1/2-inch top plate at a 6-1/2-inch mount height, and is zinc plated for damp-area service.

Ideal applications

• 5-inch glass-filled poly swivel up to 1,000 lb on steering corners
• Maneuverable 5-inch corrosion-proof wheel for wet or caustic carts
• Hot-line carts up to 250°F that need to turn on a plastic wheel

For a fixed wheel that tracks straight, the 170RT05201R is the rigid version.

Pairs with: two RT rigids on the fixed end and two of these swivels on the steering end of a 5-inch cart.

Wrong fit? Need a brake or a smaller wheel? See the 5-inch RT FBB-brake 170RT05201SFBB and the 4-inch RT swivel 170RT04201S.

Also in this family: the 6-inch RT swivel 170RT06201S, or the full Albion collection.