In anticipation of the off-shift wheels we went to the host plant, which produces steel wheels for the aftermarket. Passed through the pipeline, talked with experts...
The Swiss brand KFZ Stahlrad is now completely refocused on the "second." On the pipelines, local wheels do not supply, but thanks to a large volume of production (2.5 million pieces per year) meet the needs of car dealers and spare parts shops in Europe and outside the EEC. There is no problem with the geographical location of the producer: the prices of the products are competitive. And the quality is Swiss! He was responsible for the representatives of the Austrian firm KROMAG Metallinfinie GmbH, the sales director of Michael Lenicus and the executive director of the plant Manfred Vidhalma. It was Vidhalma, the technical specialist, and most of the questions had to be asked. He assured that the problem of quality was not in principle, as the plant controlled the materials themselves, each of the operations, there was control "at the exit". In addition, the external control exercised by, for example, the TUV's Technical Inspection Service should be taken into account. The inspectors can visit any KFZ wheel seller, select the disc and submit the tests. If any of the parameters are rejected by the manufacturer (i.e. A giant fine could be imposed. Marriage (it is extremely rare, but it does happen) outside the factory does not go-the defective wheel is only in the utility. Creating a new wheel drive (specialists say simply "wheels") starts from work at the computer in KB As this is not an easy task, you know, when you walk along the conveyor. Production is heavy. There was a circle of clang and clang, and the ears had to be preserved. The smell is not gonna be easy, but there are no respirators. Not one woman. The work is physically exhausting, the bils or the ready-made wheels have to be manually repainted, somewhere above the head. Really, after a day of work, a couple of days off ... I was interested in the production of the welding, and I was patched on the shoulder of the machine. You're going blind! He thanked him with a nod, and went on, and the group went forward through the conveyor seemingly endless. Here only the disks are made, but their quantity and the item-400 SKkulov-amaze. The Afro-Swiss (or AfroItalian) appeared to me like a DJ from a trendy club, you know, how many of the major operations in this production? Not a small 40! It starts with giant metal bands. They are swinging and rejoinding on the forelands from which the rivet is trforming. Then they weld on a special method, stitches ... The geometry, strength and tightness of the disc depend on the quality of welding. Meanwhile, other lathes under the control of other workers make the central parts. There's some kind of a steel plate on one of them, and the other multiton press makes vent holes. The press falls on the plate, cutting out metal mugs, rising up and falling back on the plate ... Bah-it's the neighboring press working out the central hole. There's already a welding machine. And so on, up to the colouration and the last control point. And the box in the cardboard boxes was a machine gun. Not the most responsible operation. The Chinese worker, according to the plant's director Manfred Vidhalma, has been working for many years. And how! I was barely able to put the focus away-so quickly, I was able to get the last show to the lab. In addition to "local" products, it is also a guest of Asian steel wheel wheels. Chinese forgeries, easy to say. Some people are practically the same as KFZ, but their quality does not meet the minimum requirements adopted here at the plant, and in Europe at all. Because of obvious or implicit defects, they can be fatal. The accident causes an imbalance or the destruction of the wheel, which is not necessarily scary-there are certain statistics. Alas, "Asian automakers" do not care, as do unscrupuly sellers. According to Vidhalma and Lenicus, the European market from the Chinese threat is protected-thanks to the same TUV, but in Russia there are other rules. Then every customer decides whether or not to overpay for the same wheels, but with the TUV's attached certificate, we don't seem to be able to. We already know the answer. This saloon master reminded Carlo's father. Only in his hands instead of wood steel and work of more serious-final quality control, the type of our OTC Swiss Accuracy, the Italian beauty of the Swiss factory Ambrosetti Rader AG is located in the industrial center Manno, near Lugano, which is considered the third-largest financial center of the country. Despite political affiliation with Switzerland, the canton of Ticino is mostly Italian. He went to the Swiss Union back in 1512, white crosses on the red field, but still speak Italian, prefer Italian cuisine. The combination of cultures provides a unique atmosphere: it is as though you are simultaneously in two different countries. Writer Hermann Hesse and his musician George Harrison were among the winners of the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Full compliance of KFZ disks are labeled OE (Original Equipment). That is, they meet the requirements of automakers, which concern many parameters, up to the thickness of the layer of varnish-coatings, as measured in microns. In the production range of about 400 SKs (variants) of disks for most car brands-from Audi to Volvo. Lada, including Lada. In the office part of the plant, the production and samples of the finished products Ambrobrosetti Rader AG (the estimated cost of KFZ disks) are about 1200 rubles. For the 13-inch Lada car products. The 14-inch diameter drives are 1400 to 1,700 rubles. He received around 1,000 rubles ($15,000). Sum of 15 inches (15 inches) is estimated to be between 3,000 and 4,500 rubles. The minimum cost of the 16-inch KFZ (for the S-class car) is 2600 rubles. Five arguments for a set of wheels for the winter and one against the saving of time If you have a second set of wheels "overdrive", the machine can be comfortable without wasting time in the queues for the binoculus. There's nothing to say about the spending of nerve cells. The purchase of the second set of discs and the installation of tyres on them will require significant one-time costs, but they will save the need for additional costs in each spring and autumn. The rough calculation shows that spending is recovered in about three years of ownership of the car. The disk and tyre integrity of the wheel/wheel assembly is physically affected on the sidewall of the tyres and partly on wheeled discs. From here you can have both hidden and explicit defects. Experts believe that the tyre becomes unserviceable after four shifts (visits to the installation table). You can only store the diskless and dataless Tyres in a vertical position to avoid deformation of the sidewalls. Tyres on discs are permitted to be stacked and only about 1 square meter are required for storage in the "stack". The choice of Automobile dimensions allows several variants of wheel dimensions for each car. Due to traffic conditions in Russia in winter, it is better to select the disks with minimum landing diameters and tires with maximum profile height. The argument against the need to learn how to handle a jack and a balloon key. Stop! There must be a "no" argument here. And "for" embroidylo. The most important advantage of light-alloy wheels before steel is known as the smaller mass. Due to the use of special alloys, KFZ disks, if they exceed the weight of light-alloy, are small. And only good. The Chinese "casting" is both crooked and heavy. The steel discs are partially smooth, allowing for minor damage. It is not possible to roll light-alloy discs because of the inevitability of micro-fractures, contrary to the prevalence of the service. The steel disks are easy to paint or cover with caps. This also resolves the problem of "design boring" of stamping. However, KFZ offers different design options. In addition, Swiss discs have a three-layer coating of anti-corrosive substances. The creation of a new wheel drive (specialists say simply "wheels") starts from work behind a computer in the office of the office part of the plant, and the samples of the finished products of Ambrosetti Rider AG are at the entrance to the shop are fitted with earpluds. It is not recommended to ignore at the plant's warehouse hundreds of metal-rolled drums, which are moved by loaders and a kramoniodOne of the most responsible production operations-the welding of the rim and the central part of the wheelwery. This black Swiss (or African-Italian) showed me the same kind of daddie of a trendy tuber of such steel ribbons (raised by a crane), and then they will make the Chinese worker, according to Manfred Vidhalm's plant director, has been working for many years. And how! I could barely move the focus-so fast, the Autodye-coloured camera was locked by outsiders. But only for the Swiss. We have no obstacles ... And the saloon skulls the saloon master Carl reminded me. It is only in his hands that he steals the wood steel and works more seriously-the final quality control, the type of our TDTC table in the testing laboratory set of Chinese forks "caught" in European countries. Defective places noted. It's all on the wheels.