Currently, the industrial wheel carries an evolutionary process of great importance, which has allowed it to diversify into a myriad of types and applications. Modern society and its strong demand in the mobilization of all types of loads determine part of the success of industrial wheels. Wheels for hospitals, scaffolding and garbage containers are just some of the alternatives available in the market.
Tellure Rota is one of the world's most prestigious distributors of industrial wheels and their supports that are an active part of the current history of this revolutionary invention that has caused a great impact over the years. On their website they include interesting information about the history of the wheel that we summarize below.
Appearance of the wheel for the first time
Paradoxically, despite being one of the most essential inventions for the development of society, there is no record of the person who devised the wheel.
According to some findings, the wheel was used for the first time in Mesopotamia in 3,500 BC Other archaeologists point out that the first wheel was used in the ancient Sumerian civilization, around 5,500 BC as a result of the use of the roller and the sled. .
One of the first examples of a wheel found by archaeologists was the axle wheel discovered in 2003 in Slovenia, dating from 3,100 BC, made of ash wood with a diameter of 72 cm.
The first uses of the wheel are attributed to pottery, to facilitate the work of the craftsman, who, until now, used hands and feet to move the wheel. Later, with the insertion of the wheel in the center of an axle, it was possible to improve the transmission of movement. This laid the foundation for the new transport vehicles.
These first carts had wheels made of wood, one of these being agricultural vehicles drawn by oxen. Later the hunting and war chariots would appear.
Evolution of the industrial wheel and advantages for human development
The talk of the industrial wheel did not begin until long after the appearance of the first. The complement that facilitated the evolution of the wheel was the industrial support, dating from the beginning of the first industrial revolution (1760 - 1780), used mainly in the textile-metallurgical sector, with the creation of the steam engine and the shuttle steering wheel.
The metal wheel placed under specific structures greatly facilitated the handling of the increasing volume of production of the time. Later, the ball and roller bearing was created. Later, the second industrial revolution brought with it the invention of vulcanized rubber that was used in industrial wheels.
The evolution of the wheel brought as its main advantage a greater facility for the performance of certain activities that were important for each era of humanity; as were pottery, the transport of animals and heavy objects, and the development of machinery during the two industrial revolutions.
Today, industrial wheels can be made of metal, thermoplastic, metal-core tire, and rubber-lined plastic. The supports can be made of aluminum, stainless steel, zamak or plastic. These materials allow the wheel to be able to withstand any type of load in any type of industry.
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