Accuride introduces new lightweight aluminium wheels at HDAW’16

Accuride Corporation, a leading supplier of components to the global commercial vehicle industry - announced it has added two new lightweight aluminium wheels to its product offering today at Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week 2016 in Las Vegas. The wheels are part of Accuride’s effort to provide customers the lightest high-performance steel and aluminium wheels possible.

Re-engineered to reduce weight by 5-7 percent, the new aluminium wheels are both standard type 22.5 x 9.00 wheels produced at the company’s aluminium wheel production facility in Erie, Pa. The new wheels will be available effective April 1, 2016. Accuride continues to redesign and light-weight its popular aluminium wheel product portfolio to reduce weight and improve fuel savings for its fleet and aftermarket customers without sacrificing performance.

Specifications for the new wheels include:

• 41730 wheel – replaces previous part number 29730 and features a reduced weight of four pounds (total weight per wheel: 58 pounds).
• 41012 wheel – replaces previous part number 40012 and features a reduced weight of three pounds (total weight per wheel: 51 pounds).

“As our customers seek to optimize the total weight, fuel economy and emissions of their equipment, we continue to refine our designs and manufacturing processes to remove weight from our steel and aluminium wheel offerings,” said Accuride President and CEO Rick Dauch. “These two new aluminium wheel options are just the beginning of what customers can expect to see from Accuride as we continue our R&D in design engineering and metallurgy to provide the industry’s lightest, most reliable wheels.”