Aluminum wheels include a rim and a disc having a mounting portion. The mounting portion includes an inner mounting face and an outer mounting face. The mounting portion also includes a coarse grain region and a fine grain region. The coarse grain region can be adjacent, and at least partially form, one of the inner mounting face or the outer mounting face. The coarse grain region includes aluminum alloy grains of a first average grain length that is greater than 1 mm. The fine grain region extends between the coarse grain region and the other of the inner mounting face or the outer mounting face. The fine grain region includes aluminum alloy grains of a second average grain length that is less than 0.5 mm.
Aluminum wheels and methods of manufacture
2022-08-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B21K MAKING FORGED OR PRESSED METAL PRODUCTS, e.g. HORSE-SHOES, RIVETS, BOLTS OR WHEELS , Herstellen von Schmiede- oder Presserzeugnissen aus Metall, z.B. Hufeisen, Nieten, Bolzen oder Rädern / B21J FORGING , Schmieden / B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge / C22C Legierungen , ALLOYS / C22F CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS , Verändern der physikalischen Struktur von Nichteisenmetallen oder Nichteisenlegierungen |
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