Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an alloy wheel for automobiles, the alloy wheel including a rim part having a portion running in and out from a rim flange to a drop center, and a disc part fitted in the rim part is disclosed. The method comprising forging of an alloy billet to obtain a cup-shaped preform, flowforming of the preform to obtain a seamless tube, cutting of the seamless tube into unit tubes, primary roll forming of the unit tube to obtain a preliminarily shaped unit tube, secondary roll forming of the preliminarily shaped unit to obtain a final shaped rim part, and attaching a disc part to the rim part.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a wheel rim for a motor vehicle comprises the steps of a strip of aluminum alloy sheet material having a predetermined cross-section suitable for forming into a wheel rim by extrusion molding, pressing the strip step-by-step lengthwise by an upper mold and a lower mold having complimentary profiles for causing the strip to have predetermined profiles as a hoop with a formed gap between the both ends, welding the gap to form an unfinished wheel rim, and annealing, shaping, heat treating, and polishing the unfinished wheel rim to form a finished wheel rim.
Abstract:
A spun light alloy rim that substantially duplicates the strength and light weight of a cold forged alloy rim and incorporates through its method of manufacture appearance features and the relatively low cost of a cast alloy wheel.
Abstract:
A spun light alloy rim that substantially duplicates the strength and light weight of a cold forged alloy rim and incorporates through its method of manufacture appearance features and the relatively low cost of a cast alloy wheel.
Abstract:
An improved method for fabricating a vehicle wheel from a one-piece sheet metal blank involves a nine station transfer die. In a first station, a sheet metal blank is drawn into a dish-shaped wall, a cylindrical outside wall, a first contour, and a first side wall. In the second station, the dish-shaped wall is reverse drawn to form a hub and an inside wall, and a valve hole is punched into the first contour. In the third station, the hub is flattened to be substantially perpendicular to an axial centerline of the partially fabricated wheel, and an outer peripheral edge of the first side wall is trimmed. In the fourth station, the inside wall is laterally formed so as to be in contact with the outside wall, and an outer peripheral edge of the first side wall is wiped over to form a flange. In the fifth station, a second contour is laterally formed. In the sixth station, a first offset and inner and outer hub-stiffening embosses are drawn into the hub. In the seventh station, a second offset is drawn in the hub, and a second side wall is laterally formed to complete a tire engaging rim. In the eighth station a center aperture and a plurality of wheel mounting holes are punched in the hub. Finally, in the ninth station, the center aperture and the wheel mounting holes are extruded, and a plurality of rim-stiffening embosses are laterally formed in the rim.
Abstract:
A wheel made by extruding a wheel rim form from a light metal alloy, the rim having a first tire-retaining flange; cutting the rim form to a length longer than the desired wheel circumference; joining the ends of the rim form to make a rim hoop; circumpressing the rim hoop to the desired circumference; providing a center from a light metal; and, joining the rim hoop and the wheel center along the second side of the rim to form the wheel. A second tire-retaining flange is also provided, and may be fabricated either as an integral portion of the center that is joined to the rim hoop, or as an integral portion of the rim hoop for joining to the center.
Abstract:
A process for forming a single piece rim for vehicle tires comprising the steps of axially deforming a toroid of aluminum alloy material so as to form a hollow tubular element of predetermined length and thickness having an annular inwardly directed radial flange intermediary of the ends thereof and spaced predetermined distances from the element ends and spin forming the ends of the element outwardly and axially to shape the inner and outer rim and define an inner rim flange and an outer rim flange.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for forming wheel rims using a wheel rim blank having a well center region with a diameter equal to the diameter of the well center of the finished wheel rim. Two female die halves form a cavity to confine the wheel rim blank and two male dies cooperate with the female die halves to flare the bead seat regions of the wheel rim blank. The bead seat regions of the wheel rim blank are subsequently contoured to final dimensions between two additional female die halves by two additional male dies.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a solid wheel rim having a wheel rim flange at one end of a wheel rim base and a spring-ring groove at an opposite end of the base, from a rolled and longitudinally welded sheet-metal ring of a predetermined inner diameter having a reduced wall thickness over at least a part of its length, includes the expansion of a portion of the ring to produce an annular groove zone having an inner diameter equal to the predetermined inner diameter, an enlarged zone having an inner diameter greater than such predetermined diameter, and a tapered zone located between the annular groove and enlarged zones, the wall thickness of the ring being reduced during a pressing operation, and the spring-ring groove as well as the wheel rim flange being formed during a rolling operation.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a solid wheel rim having a wheel-rim flange at one end of a wheel rim base and a spring-ring groove at an opposite end of the base, from a rolled and a longitudinally welded sheet-metal ring of a predetermined inner diameter having a reduced wall thickness over at least a part of its length, includes the contraction of a portion of the ring to produce an annular groove zone having an inner diameter of a first predetermined size, an enlarged zone having an inner diameter greater than the inner diameter of such predetermined size, and a tapered zone located between the annular groove and enlarged zones, the wall thickness of the ring being reduced during a pressing operation, and the spring-ring groove as well as the wheel-rim flange being formed during a rolling operation.