BIL Castors And Wheels Putting The Roll Back In Rock N Roll

Online, December 29, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Any good roadie will tell you one of the most important requirements when transporting impact-sensitive music equipment between vehicle and venue is a smooth-running cushioned ride. To cater for this, the industry specified a particular type of rubber wheel which was tough enough to cope with the rigours of a world tour yet soft enough to consistently roll smoothly and easily whilst under load. Such castors were originally introduced by a French company and to differentiate them were given a distinctive blue colour - thus the 'blue' rubber' wheel became the music industry's preferred choice when specifying castors.

The problem faced by transit case manufacturers of late is the number of low quality, badly produced 'blue' 'rubber' castors flooding the market. High volumes of these castors are being produced at a low cost and even lower quality, with the only thing in common with the original product being that they both have blue tyres.

BIL Castors & Wheels have taken the lead by offering a selection of quality wheels especially suited for the music industry and in a full range of sizes. These blue-wheeled castors are BIL's 'Headline 'act' and, among other characteristics, have a high memory feature which avoids flat spots while the equipment is immobile for long periods of time.

This reduces 'start-up' so that the user is able to push easily from a standing start. The wheels are bonded chemically to a quality nylon centre and are vulcanised so that they offer low resistance. Regardless of whether the band are touring Dubai or Iceland these castors operate perfectly at extreme temperature conditions from -30C to +80C and also are able to cope rough terrain.

"Of course there is a huge range of potential applications, but we have a huge range to match just about all of them. Specialist applications require special castors and the music industry offers no exception." - Tim Walker, Products Director

BIL Castors and Wheels understand that certain situations demand a more economical solution which is why they also offer their 'support act - far from being a 'one' hit wonder" the quality is still extremely high. The only difference being that the tyres used are slightly harder and thus are more competitively priced.

Want to know more? Contact BIL Castors and Wheels for samples or to arrange a visit from one of our sales team Tel: +44 (0) 1249 822 222

BIL Castors and Wheels - Quality without compromise