A wheel automatic closed die forging production line includes a sawing machine, a first transfer track, a bar heating furnace, a first manipulator, an oscillating rolling machine, a second manipulator, a primary forging hydraulic machine, an intermediate heating furnace, a third manipulator, a finish forging hydraulic machine, a wheel transfer block, a fourth manipulator, a cutting, expanding and punching hydraulic machine, a second transfer track, a spinning machine, a fifth manipulator, a third transfer track, a heat treatment furnace, a fourth transfer track, a machining unit, a sixth manipulator and a fifth finished product track, and can improve mechanical and the physical properties of the wheel product, the wheel forging effect and the yield. Aluminum and magnesium alloy wheel compression molding is realized, reducing cost, time and labor for secondary machining and reshaping, and improving production safety and efficiency.

The present disclosure discloses a method for forming a rim of a cast-spun aluminum alloy hub, that is, a special spinning composite machining method for forming a structure that the spokes and the inner wheel flange of the hub are cast and the middle of the rim is spun. The method can prevent the performance, strength and as-cast structure of the inner wheel flange from being destroyed, effectively improve the impact resistance of the cast-spun hub at the inner wheel flange, prevent the inner wheel flange of the cast-spun hub from cracking during radial impact and improve the performance of the spun structure of the rim, is beneficial to thinning the rim and realizes light weight of the rim.

The present disclosure discloses a method for forming a rim of a cast-spun aluminum alloy hub, that is, a special spinning composite machining method for forming a structure that the spokes and the inner wheel flange of the hub are cast and the middle of the rim is spun. The method can prevent the performance, strength and as-cast structure of the inner wheel flange from being destroyed, effectively improve the impact resistance of the cast-spun hub at the inner wheel flange, prevent the inner wheel flange of the cast-spun hub from cracking during radial impact and improve the performance of the spun structure of the rim, is beneficial to thinning the rim and realizes light weight of the rim.

The present invention provides a novel method for manufacturing a vehicle wheel with a single work piece or band 101. The method comprising the steps of placing a metal band 101 in a mandrel 102 provided at a machining tool; forming the metal band/work piece 101 for making a desired length of rim 201 and a wheel disc 202; spinning a nave portion 401 of the work piece 101 for shaping the wheel disc 202; spinning the work piece 101 for making a disc flange 502 and a gutter portion 504 of the wheel; rolling one end of the rim portion to form the required gutter portion 504 of predetermined shape and thickness; spinning the rim portion further to form a tyre seat and well area 701; forming a flange flare 801 by bending another end of the rim portion; forming the flange portion 901 of the wheel rim by bending the flange flare 801; machining flange edge 1201, nave 1202 and bore; reaming of bolt holes and chamfering bores at the wheel disk portion.

The present invention provides a novel method for manufacturing a vehicle wheel with a single work piece or band 101. The method comprising the steps of placing a metal band 101 in a mandrel 102 provided at a machining tool; forming the metal band/work piece 101 for making a desired length of rim 201 and a wheel disc 202; spinning a nave portion 401 of the work piece 101 for shaping the wheel disc 202; spinning the work piece 101 for making a disc flange 502 and a gutter portion 504 of the wheel; rolling one end of the rim portion to form the required gutter portion 504 of predetermined shape and thickness; spinning the rim portion further to form a tyre seat and well area 701; forming a flange flare 801 by bending another end of the rim portion; forming the flange portion 901 of the wheel rim by bending the flange flare 801; machining flange edge 1201, nave 1202 and bore; reaming of bolt holes and chamfering bores at the wheel disk portion.

A fixing device for repairing an aluminum alloy wheel hub includes a base and universal wheels connected with the bottom of the base through support legs, wherein one side of the bottom plate is connected with air cylinders; the top of the bottom plate is connected with a fixing plate through a rotating shaft mounted rotationally; corresponding sides of vertical plates at the two sides of the fixing plate are each connected with a pressing plate through two sets of springs; adjusting bolts penetrate through the middles of the vertical plates; a first groove is formed in the middle of the fixing plate; two sets of guide rollers are rotationally mounted in the first groove; a top plate is fixedly mounted at the top of the bracket; a push plate is connected with the bottom of the top plate through a second hydraulic cylinder.

A fixture for machining wheel outer rim without trace includes a positioning and clamping portion and a flexible support portion. A base is fixed on a bottom plate, and a screw is configured to compress an expanding pressure plate during being tightened so that the outer circumference of an expanding sleeve expands a center hole of a wheel; and the positioning columns are inserted into bolt holes of the wheel. A lower pressure plate is fixed on the base, and limiting columns and an upper pressure plate are installed on the lower pressure plate, with steel balls and rubber strip being enclosed in a space formed by the lower pressure plate and the upper pressure plate. The fixture meets the requirement for machining the wheel outer rim without trace, has the characteristics of simple structure, convenient manufacture, stable performance and precision, and meets the requirements of automatic production.

A production method of a wheel rim includes: a step of forming a cylindrical rim material into a rim shape; and a step of increasing a sheet thickness of at least one opening end edge of the rim material at least one of before and after the step of forming of the cylindrical rim material. In addition, in the step of increasing of the sheet thickness, in a state in which the opening end edge is inserted into an annular groove of a die provided with the annular groove which is wider than the sheet thickness of the opening end edge, a thickened portion is formed by exerting a compressive load in an axial direction of the rim material on the opening end edge.

A production method of a wheel rim includes: a step of forming a cylindrical rim material into a rim shape; and a step of increasing a sheet thickness of at least one opening end edge of the rim material at least one of before and after the step of forming of the cylindrical rim material. In addition, in the step of increasing of the sheet thickness, in a state in which the opening end edge is inserted into an annular groove of a die provided with the annular groove which is wider than the sheet thickness of the opening end edge, a thickened portion is formed by exerting a compressive load in an axial direction of the rim material on the opening end edge.

A fixture for suppressing tool vibration on an outer rim, wherein a pressure claw base, an end face block and a base are installed on the chuck, and the pressure claw is installed on the chuck; a lower pressure plate is fixed on the base, limiting columns and an upper pressure plate are installed on the lower pressure plate, with steel balls and a rubber strip being enclosed in a space formed by the lower pressure plate and the upper pressure plate; and a rubber strip is enclosed in an annular groove formed by a jaw A and a jaw B, and can move radially in the groove. The fixture in the present invention is configured to counteract the vibration of the wheel rim during machining, and thus can effectively eliminate the problem of tool vibration on the outer rim.