High-strength steel skate wheels provide better impact and abrasion resistance than lightweight aluminum skate wheels, making them suitable for conveying metal totes and other hard or abrasive products that might damage aluminum skate wheels. They also have a higher weight capacity than aluminum skate wheels, so they can convey heavier loads. These skate wheels mount into unpowered (gravity-flow) skate wheel conveyor sections, flow racks, and flow rails to allow loads with firm, flat bottoms to roll along them, reducing the effort it takes to move the loads. They can also be mounted on the sides of conveyors to guide items along the conveying line.

Lightweight, corrosion-resistant aluminum skate wheels weigh less than high-strength steel skate wheels, making them ideal for job sites where conveying equipment will be disassembled, moved, or reconfigured frequently. They also provide more resistance to corrosion than steel skate wheels. Mount these skate wheels into unpowered (gravity-flow) skate wheel conveyor sections, flow racks, and flow rails. The wheels allow loads with firm, flat bottoms to roll along the conveyor, rack, or rail and reduce the effort it takes to move the loads. The wheels can also be mounted on the sides of conveyors to guide items along the conveying line.