OTR COMPONENT · 02 / 06

RIM BASE

FOR THE QUARRY

The structural foundation that carries the tire load into the wheel hub. Forged from seamless ring-rolled blanks at full security-verified height — never substituted with welded steel plate. Drilled and reamed to OEM bolt patterns to ±0.02 mm against the master CAD; serialized per heat lot.

RIM BASE
02 / 06
3 · PRODUCT ADVANTAGE

FIVE THINGS WE WON'T COMPROMISE ON

The five process disciplines that separate a Kelios rim from a commodity wheel.

4.1

SEAMLESS RING-ROLLED FORGING

Every rim base is forged from a single seamless ring-rolled blank at full security-verified forging height. No welded seams in the load path, no plate-rolled substitutes, no compromise on forging height to chase margin.

4.2

HSLA STEEL + NORMALIZE & STRESS RELIEF

Forged from high-strength low-alloy steel certified to BS / ISO 4250-3, AS 4457.1, and GB/T 2883. Every base is normalized then run through an in-house electric-furnace stress relief — no exceptions.

4.3

CNC-MACHINED BOLT PATTERN

Bolt-circle pattern is drilled and reamed to ±0.02 mm against OEM CAD master — not measured, but verified at finish. Misalignment at the hub is the silent killer of haul-truck wheel ends; we engineer it out.

4.4

TYPE-II HARDCOAT ANODIZING

Hardcoat anodized at 50 µm minimum then sealed for 2 000 h salt-spray resistance. Surface stays passive even after 5 years of acidic pit chemistry contact.

4.5

100% ULTRASONIC INSPECTION

Every rim base is ultrasonic flaw-detected before machining. Heat lot, scan trace, and operator signature ship as a PDF cert with the unit.

PROCESS

HOW IT'S MADE

01

RING-ROLL FORGE

Seamless ring-rolled forging at full security-verified height — no welds at the load-bearing radii.

02

NORMALIZE + STRESS RELIEF

Full normalizing in-house followed by electric-furnace stress relief on every unit.

03

BOLT-PATTERN MACHINING

Drilled and reamed to ±0.02 mm against the OEM CAD master.

04

ANODIZE + UT

Type-II hardcoat anodizing then 100% ultrasonic inspection. Heat-lot certified.

Kelios — OTR Wheels Engineered to Endure