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Alloy Wheels
Aluminium Alloy Wheels
WHEEL SIZE PART No OFFSET RANGE REAR SPACE MIN-- PCD RANGE --MAX WHEEL WEIGHT
85mm - 94mm 100mm 114.3mm 4.10 kg
12 x 5 WX1250 +10 to + 19
3.4" - 3.7" 4" 4 1\2" 9 lbs
WHEEL SIZE PART No OFFSET RANGE REAR SPACE MIN-- PCD RANGE --MAX WHEEL WEIGHT
93mm -101mm 95mm 114.3 4.3 kg
13 x 5.5 WX1355 +12 to + 20
3.4" - 4" 3 3/4" 4 1/2" 9.5 lbs
WHEEL SIZE PART No OFFSET RANGE REAR SPACE MIN-- PCD RANGE --MAX WHEEL WEIGHT
97mm-112mm 95mm 114.3mm 4.55 kg
13 x 6 WX1360 +10 to +25
3.8" - 4.4" 3 3/4" 4 1/2" 10 lbs
Production Flow
A mix of new alloy and
recycled wheel is introduced
to the Furnace, and the
Robot transfers charges to
each Press and unloads
each in turn to the Water
Bath. The wheels are
Press
1
inspected before Machining
and Painting.
Machining
Furnace Water X-ray
robot and store
station
bath painting
Press
2
Process Flow in More Detail
Store of
Store of Rejected Wheels
Raw
Materials
Press 1
No No
Machining Final
Prepare Water X-Ray
Furnace Robot OK?
and Checks Store
Materials Bath Yes Painting OK? Yes
Press 2
percentage 47 25 9 8 10
Cumulative
percentage 47 72 82 90 100
method machine
What to Investigate?
FACTORS POSSIBLE LEVELS
Press A Press A Press B Both
(1) (2)
mould C 620 640 660 680 700
temperature
injection pressure D 800 850 900 950 1000
Degassing Yes
With these conditions, the mean porosity index
(average of ten tyres) is 3.65
Porosity Index with standard settings
3.8
3.7809
3.7
C8
3.6538
3.6
3.5267
3.5
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Rows
Best Settings (after DoE)
Press Both
Degassing No
2.6 2.5987
C8
2.5
2.461
2.4
2.3233
2.3
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Rows