16/11/2020 – Wire processing / Rolling
Rolling of variable-diameter wire rod
The booming electric bike market requires new manufacturing processes for bicycle spokes. Aachener Maschinenbau GmbH (AMBA) developed the new spoke-blank reducing machine “DD-350”. Rolling provides high degree of flexibility in the manufacture of spoke blanks.
AMBA’s all-in-one machine only requires one process step to form finished pinned joints directly from the cut wire rod. © Aachener Maschinenbau
The new machine produces double thick end spokes with a diameter of only about 1.5mm in the middle. © Aachener Maschinenbau
Double thick end spokes, which are thinner in the middle than at the ends, are mainly used for high-end bikes. © Aachener Maschinenbau
Double thick end spokes, which are thinner in the middle than at the ends, are mainly used for high-end bikes. © Aachener Maschinenbau
AMBA’s all-in-one machine only requires one process step to form finished pinned joints directly from the cut wire rod. © Aachener Maschinenbau
AMBA’s all-in-one machine only requires one process step to form finished pinned joints directly from the cut wire rod. © Aachener Maschinenbau