What type of equipment is used to move a heavy load or industrial machinery?
How much pressure is exerted on the surface of the floor? All of our machine dollies / skates use the same size roller that is 3.25″ in width and 3.25″ in diameter. At any one time a load will “compress” the rollers to have a footprint of approximately 1 to 1.25 square inches per roller (As the weight on the machinery dolly / skate increases, the deformation or flattening increases). It is then a simple calculation to divide the total number of rollers into the total amount of weight on the equipment dolly / skate to figure out the pressure exerted on the floor by each roller. We have provided a convenient chart that shows the pressure exerted by each of our equipment dolly / skate models when loaded to the maximum weight limit. Pressure Calculations at Maximum Loads Can I use the machine dollies / skates on a rough or uneven surface? This is a hard question to give a “blanket” answer to but we will attempt to offer some guidance. The rollers are designed to not mar floors and as such
