Truck operators and manufacturers are acutely concerned about corrosion of vehicle parts. “It’s huge,” said Todd Cotier, maintenance manager at Hartt Transportation in Bangor, Maine, during a ...

LAS VEGAS. Two new heavy-duty aluminum wheels that are 5% to 7% lighter were introduced by Accuride Corp. during the 2016 Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week conference. The company also announced the first ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Wheel manufacturer Alcoa unveiled a highly corrosion-resistant lightweight aluminum wheel, the Dura-Bright EVO, March 26 at the Mid-America Trucking Show here. The company said that ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Accuride has announced a new steel wheel coating it says will, for many fleets, eliminate the need to refurbish wheels. The new Eversteel coating, available beginning in February, is ...

ATLANTA — Arconic Wheel & Transportation Products has redesigned its Alcoa Ultra One heavy-duty truck wheel to make it lighter and reduce the hub-to-wheel contact, changes that should help increase ...

Alcoa introduced the Dura-Bright EVO, an improved version of its primary commercial vehicle wheel, Thursday at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky. The wheel is 10 times more resistant ...

Semco LLC showcased its Unitary Wheel Cassette (UWC) Series, a sensible and latent energy recovery aluminum desiccant wheel. The UWC Series is designed and packaged as a drop-in replacement for ...

Aluminum wheels are not particularly ecological. To improve the CO₂ footprint of the wheels, researchers are working on new ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A research team has published some intriguing work in the journal Nature Geoscience regarding ...