Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This is powder coating, a process where colored powder is applied electrostatically onto alloyed wheels. It's far more resistant to weather damage and ...

The powder is a blend of polymers, pigments, and other ingredients which are mixed in a hopper. The hopper has a fluidizing plate at the bottom which flows air up through the powder, keeping it in a ...

Accuride Corporation introduced Tuesday a new three-phase steel wheel coating process called Steel Armor for its commercial vehicle wheels. The new Steel Armor powder coating technology employs a ...

This story appears in the Nov. 2 print edition of Transport Topics. A tiny rock, de-icing material or salt and sand can start the process of turning a perfectly good wheel into a rust-covered ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: These wheels have been customized with an intricate design through a process called hydro-dipping. At Liquid Concepts, camo, lightning patterns, and ...

[Pete] had a friend who would powder coat metal parts for him, but when he needed 16 metal parts coated, he decided he needed to develop a way to do it himself. Some research turned up the fluid bed ...

Juan Klinehoffer, the “wheel man” at Bob Sumerel Tire in Zanesville, Ohio, air-sprays positively charged powder at the negatively charged wheel. There it clings until curing. Years of living in salt ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Accuride announced today the development of a new coating technology for steel wheels, which it says will extend service life by two years. The new Steel Armor coating will better ...

Accuride has introduced Steel Armor, calling it a “ground-breaking advance” in coating technology for commercial vehicle steel wheels. This proprietary new three-phase coating process employs enhanced ...