Omnitrack Ltd are a family owned & run UK manufacturer of Ball Transfer Units and Movement Solutions. Since our inception as a manufacturer of lathes, heavy duty castors & cabinet drawer slides in 1909, we have amassed over 100 years of experience in innovation.
100 Years of Movement Solutions Innovation
Key dates include:
- 1909 – Inception as manufacturer of Lathes, Heavy Duty Castors & Cabinet Drawer Slides.
- 1918 – ‘Autoglider’ scooter range produced & exported
- 1923 – TST ‘Townsend, Skinner & Tingle’ car produced
- 1928 – Gravity Conveyor rollers, Skatewheels & live racking systems launched
- 1930 – Belt ‘Linisher’ designed & launched
- 1952 – Patented Omnitrack High Capacity Ball Transfer Unit Range – Production launched
- 1958 – ‘Comet’ landing gear – Design & manufacture
- 1970 – Blue steel nuclear warhead handling equipment – Design & Production
- 1988 – Euro Fighter production – Project Supplier
- 2009 – CERN ‘Hadron’ collider particle research – Project Supplier
- 2011 – Bloodhound SSC 1000mph Land Speed Record – Product Sponsor
We have also created a new range of Movement Solutions for the 21st Century: Omniball, Omniwheel & Omnifloat – All of which offer alternative solutions.
Omnitrack Ltd movement solutions are used in an ever increasing range of industries and applications, including:
- Aeronautics
- Air Cargo Handling
- Conveying Systems
- Offshore Applications
- Subsea Applications
- Manufacturing Processes
- Drilling Industry
- Tool Handling
- High Temperature Applications
- Nuclear Environments (Power Stations)
- Domestic Applications
- Sheet Material Handling
- Glass Handling Industry
- Automotive – Formula 1 Racing & Bloodhound SSC 1000 mph Land Speed Record
- Science – Hadron Collider at CERN
Omnitrack Ltd is represented in 52 countries by a network of 55 agents and distributors worldwide supplying our customers with multi lingual services. We are also able to offer Free Technical Advice in a variety of different formats:
- Livechat at www.omnitrack.co.uk for instant messaging and advice
- Technical Forum – Find FAQs or submit your own technical question
- Skype – Either phone or instant message us for immediate assistance
- E-mail – Send your enquiry to info@omnitrack.co.uk for our Technical Sales team
- Phone – Give us or one of our local distributors a ring
- Fax – Send sketches / diagrams / photos via fax to help us fully understand your requirements
At Omnitrack Ltd, we are proud to implement no minimum order charges and an immediate despatch for most units in our range of Ball Transfer Units and Movement Solutions. As a UK manufacturer, we are also able to offer our customers unique, bespoke ‘specials’ that differ from our standard range in order to suit their specific requirements. We can also provide our customers with material upgrades and service kits for our High Capacity Series and Omnifloat, extending their durability and performance whilst providing a cost-effective solution to our customers for maintaining their units. We are ISO:9001 certified and our European catalogue is recyclable in order to limit our impact on the environment.
Omnitrack Ltd have a presence on several Social Media sites, increasing the number of ways our customers can contact us, including:
- Facebook – Become a fan and join in discussions www.facebook.com/omnitrack
- Twitter – Follow the very latest news and events www.twitter.com/omnitrack
- Youtube – Watch ‘How to…’ instructional videos on our Channel www.youtube.com/OmnitrackLtd
- Linked In – Network with our Technical Sales and Design Engineering Teams www.linkedin.com
- Blogs – Sign up for the latest news / ideas / advice from Omnitrack www.omnitrack.wordpress.com
- Technical Forums – Find answers to FAQs or submit your own www.omnitrack.co.uk
We also have a free Part Number converter for our customers to use if they have an old or alternative part number no longer used in our New Catalogue. Our customers can request a hard copy of our new catalogue via our website link, or alternatively download a PDF file from the website itself. We are also able to supply the PDF catalogue as a WWF file for customers who wish to save paper – this file format cannot be printed making it environmentally friendly.
