Alcoa Reduces Product Weight With Unified Rim Flange on 22.5 Wheels

Aluminium wheel specialist Alcoa has announces that following new lightweight wheels with unified rim flange design will be available from September/October. The unified rim flange enables both adhesive and clip-on balancing weights. The latest details follow the news that Alcoa and SAF-Holland have developed flangeless trailer wheel.

Wheel size            offset           weight      (kg)                     max. load (kg)                disc thickness (mm) 

                                                 new vs old                          new  vs  old                    new  vs  old

22.5 x 11.75         0                  21.0      22.1                       4750     4500                  21.0  22.0                          

22.5 x 11.75         120              22.6      23.6                       same    4500                   24.7  26.0                          

22.5 x 11.75         135              23.4      26.4                       same    4500                   24.1  27.5                          

22.5 x 8.25           147              22.1      22.7                       same    3650                   20.5  22.0

22.5 x 9.00           155              22.7      23.2                       same    4125                   20.5  22.0                          

The new 8.25 and 9.00 wheels will also have a new straight valve: 54 MS 00, replacing 70 MS 07N2.

WorkHorse wheel

22.5 x 11.75            120           24.2      25.6                      same    5000                    25.3  26.0                          

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