Hamilton Caster & Mfg . Co ., ( Hamilton Caster ), was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Hamilton , Ohio , in the northern suburbs of Cincinnati – where it built its first building , back in 1920 . It is a family-owned company and always has been .
“ The company was founded by my great-grandfather . My grandfather , the founder ’ s son-in-law , bought the business and got us into a good financial situation after the mess of the Great Depression . Three of his four sons – my dad and two uncles – joined the company in their early 20s . Two of my brothers , a cousin and I make up the fourth generation of the family working here and members of the fifth are now coming on board ,” explains Dave Lippert , President .
As its name suggests , Hamilton Caster ’ s business is primarily the design and manufacture of industrial casters . It boasts a pretty impressive standard range , with capacity ratings all the way from a few hundred to 40,000 lbs . and with diameters from less than three inches up to 25 inches . They are produced for heavy-duty , industrial , shock-absorbing , and stainless-steel applications .
“ We also make a lot of specials or custom models . We have built casters that are rated to 100,000 pounds – that ’ s 50 tons . Those particular examples themselves weighed 8000 pounds – four tons – and stood about 54 inches tall . They really were the granddaddies of
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them all ; they are the biggest we have built – so far ,” says Dave . “ A lot of our custom products are made of stainless steel or other metals , and are in nonstandard sizes . We have made casters with special bearings and profiles or specifically designed them for unique purposes .” The standard offering range has conventional wheels – which Hamilton also makes – or they can be flanged , shock-absorbing , pneumatic , tuned for speed or anything else the customer may require . manufacturing-today . com 113