How to choose truck wheels?

Many trucks are equipped with steel wheels when they leave the factory. However, for safety reasons, many truck drivers choose to replace their wheels. As an important load-bearing component of a car, the quality of the wheel is directly related to the safety and performance of the car. Faced with a wide variety of wheels on the market, choosing the most suitable product has become the focus of truck drivers.

Today, we will help truck drivers choose suitable wheels more accurately from the two dimensions of material and craftsmanship.

In terms of material, steel wheels are a common choice for trucks. The manufacturing process is simple, and the production cost is low, so it has high cost-effectiveness and is suitable for large-scale production.

However, the thermal conductivity of steel wheels is poor, and due to the limitation of strength requirements, the hollow area is relatively small, which affects the braking performance and heat dissipation to a certain extent.

In contrast, aluminum alloy wheels have a place in the market due to their lightness, high strength, good stability, and excellent heat dissipation.

Although its production cost is relatively high, its excellent performance makes it worth the money and has been favored by many manufacturers and consumers.

Gravity casting is a traditional casting method. Although it is simple and low-cost, it is easy to produce bubbles inside the finished product, resulting in uneven density and low strength.

Low-pressure casting is a method of making liquid metal rise under pressure and fill the mold cavity, and then solidify into a casting. This method reduces the generation of impurities and bubbles, but has low production efficiency and slow solidification.

Spin casting is a process that forms the hub through rotation and extrusion at a specific pressure and temperature. This process makes the molecules inside the metal more closely arranged, improves strength, and reduces material thickness.

In addition, forging technology also plays an important role in wheel manufacturing. Take JASTOO wheels as an example. They are forged through multiple fine processes and have excellent metal density and strength, which can provide higher safety at the same thickness.