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MANUFACTURING

Everything done under one roof start to finish!

FORGING PROCESS

RAW MATERIALS

Extruded 6061 Aluminum Barstock

Extruded 6061 Aluminum Barstock
Aluminum barstock being processed
Aluminum barstock being cut
Aluminum barstock being cut detail
Stacks of aluminum barstock cut to smaller sizes
Worker handling smaller aluminum barstock

FORGING PRESS

10,000 tons of pressure

Forging area
Forging press area
Forging press robotic arm
Forging press heating aluminum barstock
Forging press heating aluminum barstock detail
Forging press heating and pressing aluminum barstock detail
Forging press process detail
Forging press process complete
Robotic arm removes aluminum from forging press
Detail of forged aluminum in robotic arm

FORGINGS

Raw Forgings Awaiting Machining

Detail of 2 forged aluminum barrels on palette
Bins full of forged aluminum
More bins full of forged aluminum
Detail of forged aluminum in bins
Detail of forged aluminum in more bins
Closeup detail of forged aluminum

FLOW FORGING & HEAT TREATING

FLOW FORGING

Monoblock Wheel Skirt & Modular Barrels

Flow forging area
Flow forging oven
End of the oven
Robotic arm grabbing forging from the oven
Machinists operating the lathe
Robotic arm grabbing the forging in the lathe
Robotic arm removing the forging from the lathe
Robotic arm moving the forging to the next area

HEAT TREATING

T6 – Quenching & Ageing

T6 – Quenching & Ageing area
Opening to the quenching & ageing machine
Stack of forgings ready for quenching & ageing
Stack of forgings in the quenching & ageing machine
Quenching & ageing results of 2 forgings
Multiple palettes of completed forgings
Detail of multiple completed forgings

MACHINING

CNC LATHING

Rough & final path staggering cnc mill work.

CNC Lathing area
Worker stacks forgings ready to be lathe
More CNC Lathe machines
Workers operating lathe machines
Detail of worker operating lathe machine
Platte of forgings ready to be lathed
Worker operates lathe with forging in the machine
Detail of lathing result
Rack of completed lathe projects
Set of lathed barrels
Set of lathed barrels detail
Solid aluminum faces ready for lathe
Pile of lathed lips detail

CNC MILLING

Four & Five Axis Milling Stations

CNC Milling area
CNC Milling area angle two
Row of CNC Milling machines
Row of CNC Milling machines alternate angle
Row of CNC Milling machines ready to work
Row of CNC Milling machines ground floor
Row of CNC Milling machines with operators preparing
Wheel face on CNC mill
Wheel face on CNC mill detail
Wheel face on CNC mill with water jets
Wheel face on CNC mill with water jets detail
Detail of completed and blank wheel faces
Detail of completed wheel faces
Detail of completed wheel face close up
Detail of completed stack of wheel faces
Set of assembled wheels and faces
One blank and one milled wheel face

QC & FINISHING

QUALITY CONTROL

Monoblock Wheel Skirt & Modular Barrels

Completed sets of wheels waiting for inspection
Completed sets of wheels waiting for inspection alternate angle
Completed sets of wheels
Completed set of wheels
Completed set of wheels alternate angle
Completed sets of wheel faces
Completed sets of wheel faces detail
Worker inspecting completed set of wheel faces
Detail of inspected wheel face

FINISHING

Prep & Powdercoating

Workers prepping wheel face for finishing
Worker blasting of debris with air
Worker laying base coat on wheel face
Worker priming wheel face
Detail of test fitment face mock ups
Ovens for baking finishes

TESTING EQUIPMENT & STOCK

FORGING STOCK

Monoblock & Modular Center Forgings

Warehouse full of forging stock
Warehouse full of forging stock alternate angle
Warehouse full of forging stock detail
Bins of forging stock
Detail of bins of forging stock
Detail forging stock

TESTING

Impact, Cornering, & Radial Fatigue

Impact testing machine
Dynamic cornering fatigue testing machine
Dynamic radial fatigue testing machine
Dynamic radial fatigue testing machine alternate angle
Dynamic radial fatigue testing machine operation console
Dynamic cornering fatigue console detail
Inside the dynamic radial fatigue testing machine
Water fatigue testing machine