See the Drive Caster™ in action at booth #5077 and attend the press conference at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5. Caster Concepts Inc. (CasterConcepts.com), the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty industrial casters and wheels, will showcase its latest innovation, the first motorized industrial caster, at MODEX 2016 April 4–7 in Atlanta. With the development of the Drive Caster™, Caster Concepts elevates the design and development of casters to better meet the needs of today’s workforce. The Drive Caster™ integrates an electric motor with an industrial caster to create a single unit that can easily be added to carts, racks or just about anything that rolls on casters. With a mere flip of a switch, operators can effortlessly move heavy loads without fear of injury. The Drive Caster™, along with the company’s full line of ergonomic and noise-reduction casters, will be on display at MODEX, booth #5077. The company will host a press conference at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5, to discuss how its innovations reduce workplace injuries. “This is a game changer because it is the first all-in-one, motorized industrial caster. Sure, there are motors that can be added to casters and carts, but we are the first to put them together into one unit for industrial applications,” said Caster Concepts CEO Bill Dobbins. Caster Concepts offers the Drive Caster™ with a quarter-horsepower or half-horsepower motor, powerful enough to move loads of up to 6,000 pounds at up to five miles per hour. Adding a second Drive Caster™ doubles the load capacity that can be moved and enables tank-style steering, where each caster pushes in opposite directions to turn. The Drive Caster™ (CasterConcepts.com/Drive-Caster) can be used in any application and in any industry, from automotive to aerospace, warehousing to distribution. And by making heavy loads easy to move […]