Method for Manufacturing a One-Piece Vehicle Wheel

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a one-piece vehicle wheel, wherein the vehicle wheel includes a disc segment and a rim segment, and wherein the method includes: providing a one-piece preform made of metallic material (e.g., a disc blank made of metallic material or a bandage made of metallic material), wherein the metallic material is specified by a material quality and/or a material thickness; forming a pot from the provided one-piece preform, wherein the pot includes the disc segment and the rim segment; and profiling the disc segment and/or the rim segment of the one-piece vehicle wheel with regard to a respective material thickness in different areas of the respective segments on the basis of a cold forming process (e.g., a flow forming process).

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