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Three good reasons for working with us Our range of machines – an overview 6 Our range for aluminium wheels 12 Our range for steel wheel discs 16 Our range for weight-optimised steel rim rings We are the innovation leader in metal spinning and flow forming. We are the only company in our industry with a far-ranging R&D Center, including its own range of machines for trials and tests. And our customers can always depend on that most important asset: the treasure of experience and extraordinary expertise provided by our long-serving employees. Our ranges for special-vehicle rim rings Our machines...

Our range of machines - an overview Wheel discs Special rims Vehicle types Vehicle types Starting product Cast, forged or rotationally forged preform Disc Welded bandage Welded bandage Starting product Flow forming Flow forming Flow forming Greater stability Reduced rim weight Economy on materials and machining (up to 20%) Universally used process in modern production of steel wheels Economy on materials and machining (up to 20%) Greater productivity (1 item every 18 seconds) Reduction in rim-ring weight (up to 25%) Greater strength combined simultaneously with reduced weight Cost savings on...

© andrey snegirev, Fotolia Our VFM series of machines has been specially designed for the production of one-piece aluminium wheels. Two forming rollers programmable independently of each other and a loading concept that permits simultaneous charging and discharge of the machine assures extremely short production cycles. Our range for aluminium wheels Our rim-ring machines - the benefits for you: • trength: Greater rim strength and robustness, increases in tensile strength by S up to 15%, increases in elongation at fracture by up to 200% • eight: Reduction of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions,...

g VFM 600-1-2 W Vertical rim-ring machine (VFM) ^2 for hot forming of cast aluminium car wheels up to 24" VFM 600-2-4 W Vertical rim-ring machine (VFM) for hot forming of cast aluminium car wheels up to 24" for series production with short cycle times Workpiece diameter Workpiece diameter Workpiece length Tool mounting Number of forming rollers Drive rating, main spindle Main-spindle speed Slide stroke Slide stroke Slide force Slide force Tailstock thrust force Workpiece diameter Workpiece diameter Workpiece length Tool mounting Number of forming rollers Drive rating, main spindle Main-spindle...

g VFM 800-2-4 W Vertical rim-ring machine (VFM) ^2 for hot forming of cast aluminium truck wheels up to 32" VFM 800-2-4 K Vertical rim-ring machine (VFM) for cold forming of forged aluminium wheels up to 32" 4-times-guided main spindle stripper Workpiece diameter Workpiece diameter Workpiece length Tool mounting Number of forming rollers Drive rating, main spindle Main-spindle speed Slide stroke Workpiece diameter Workpiece diameter Workpiece length Tool mounting Number of forming rollers Drive rating, main spindle Main-spindle speed Slide stroke Slide stroke Slide stroke Slide force Slide force...

Our range for steel wheel discs The HRM and VRM series have been specially developed for the production of high-strength steel wheel discs with improved running characteristics for trucks and buses, vans, utility vehicles and tractors. Flow-formed wheel discs offer high-strength with a low wall thickness. Our machines' high productivity is achieved by means of short acceleration and retardation times for the main spindle, short travel paths and high speeds. Our wheel-disc machines - the benefits for you: • uality, thanks to unique WF-3x2 axes interpolation: Independent Q interpolation of each...

Our range for steel wheel discs HRM 800-3 Horizontal wheel-disc machine (HRM) for flow forming of steel wheel discs for trucks and buses Vertical wheel-disc machine (VRM) for flow forming of steel wheel discs for vans and transporters Workpiece diameter Workpiece diameter Workpiece diameter Workpiece diameter Workpiece height Workpiece height Workpiece thickness Workpiece thickness Tool mounting Simple positioning of stapled blanks Number of forming rollers Number of forming rollers Drive rating, main spindle Drive rating, main spindle Main-spindle speed Main-spindle speed Slide stroke Slide...

Our range for weight-optimised steel rim rings View into the machine chamber of a ring Flow forming Center (RDZ). At left: an HABS 550-4 for trimming and deburring of the rim rings. At right: an HSTA 550-4 for flow forming of the rim rings. A central robot relays the workpieces from one machine to the next. Exterior view of a ring Flow forming Center (RDZ) WF Maschinenbau - Wheels

Our range for weight-optimised steel rim rings To produce even lighter steel wheels, machines have been developed which partially thin-out, and thus also widen, the blank (bandage) upstream of the rim roller. This permits production of steel wheels lighter by up to 25%. The aim here has been to keep up with the trend toward the ever lighter lightalloy wheels. 207 We supply for this a modular machine concept. You can select between vertical and horizontal flow forming machines (HSTA and VSTA), or integrate a complete ring Flow forming Center (RDZ) jointly using the corresponding trimming machine...

^ HSTA 550-4 Horizontal automatic flow forming machine (HSTA) ^2 for flow forming of biconical steel rim rings Machine is part of the horizontal ring Flow forming Center (RDZ). This system consists of: • Separating of rim rings • Flow forming machine HSTA550-4 • Transfer from HSTA to HABS • Trimming machine HABS 550-4 • Part-tilting station downstream HABS • Full enclosed system Machine is part of the horizontal ring Flow forming Center (RDZ). This system consists of: • Separating of the rim rings • Flow forming machine HSTA 550-4 • Transfer from HSTA to HABS • Trimming machine HABS 550-4 • Part-tilting...

g VSTA 520-4 Vertical automatic flow forming machine (VSTA) ^2 for flow forming of cylindrical steel rim rings Machine is part of the vertical ring Flow forming Center (RDZ). This system consists of: • Separating of the rim rings • Flow forming machine VSTA 520-4 • Transfer from VSTA to VABS • Trimming machine VABS 520-4 • Part discharge downstream VABS • Full enclosed system Machine is part of the vertical ring Flow forming Center (RDZ). This system consists of: • Separating of the rim rings • Flow forming machine VSTA520-4 • Transfer from VSTA to VABS • Trimming machine VABS 520-4 • Part discharge...