Finding a wheel design that worked for both luxury big body sedans as well as SUV’s like the Mercedes G-Class proved itself to be a challenge, until now. The ADV08 blurs the lines between it being a split 8 spoke and a traditional mesh wheel. It’s large surface area is by far the best of the Flow Spec line to show off our 2 standard finishes of Satin Black and Platinum with no wait times. If you’re looking for something outside of the box, ADV.1 offers a Bespoke Program that allows you to customize the color, width and even the offset of your 22” ADV08 so you can finely tune the wheels to fit your vehicle and style.
FLOW FORMING TECHNOLOGY // THE PROCESS AND ADVANTAGES
ADV.1 FLOW FORMING PROCESS HOW FLOW FORMED WHEELS ARE MADE AND WHAT MAKES THEM A STRONG ALTERNATIVE TO FORGED WHEELS AT A MORE AFFORDABLE PRICE POINT.
FLOW FORMING IS AN INCREMENTAL METAL-FORMING TECHNIQUE USED TO MAKE WHEELS. WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY, A DISK IS FORMED OVER A MANDREL BY ONE OR MORE ROLLERS USING TREMENDOUS PRESSURE AND HEAT. THE ROLLER DEFORMS THE WORKPIECE, FORCING IT AGAINST THE MANDREL. IN TURN, THE METAL IS BOTH AXIALLY LENGTHENED AND RADIALLY THINNED AT THE SAME TIME. WITH THIS TECHNIQUE, THE PRESSURE EXERTED BY THE ROLLER IS HIGHLY LOCALIZED AND THE MATERIAL IS INCREMENTALLY FORMED. FLOW FORMING SUBJECTS THE METAL MATERIAL, WHERE, THANKS TO HEAT & PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE WHEEL, THE MOLECULES OF THE ALUMINUM ARE IMPROVED, CREATING A STRONG & LIGHTWEIGHT WHEEL WITH CHARACTERISTICS SIMILAR TO THAT OF A FORGED WHEEL, BUT WITH A MUCH LOWER PRICE POINT. IN TURN, THIS MAKES FLOW FORMED WHEELS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN THEIR FORGED COUNTERPARTS AND STRONGER THAN CAST WHEELS.
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