Traction Provides a 19.50-25/2.5 5PC Rim Solution for CAT 16G Heavy-Duty Motor Graders — Meeting the High-Intensity Operational Requirements of the CAT 16G
The CAT 16G, a classic large grader from Caterpillar, has long been used in open-pit mines, quarries, large-scale earthmoving projects, and highway construction projects. Its main tasks include mine transport road repair, roadbed leveling, slope construction, and large-scale site grading operations.
In practical work, CAT 16G often faces the following challenges:
- Long-term continuous operation results in high equipment utilization
- Mine roads are rugged and uneven, subjecting wheel rims to strong continuous impact loads
- Angle turns and frequent maneuvers generate significant lateral stress
- High temperature, dusty, and humid environments place higher demands on the durability of wheel rims
- Stability requirements for the wheel system are extremely high under heavy-load construction conditions
To meet these demanding operating conditions, Traction has specially designed 19.50-25/2.5 5PC high-strength engineering machinery rims for the CAT 16G, ensuring efficient equipment operation with superior structural strength and reliability.
Traction's 19.50-25/2.5 5PC rim is specially designed for the CAT 16G large grader, engineered for mine road maintenance, roadbed leveling, and large-scale grading under high-impact, high-load working conditions.
Contact UsBased on the harsh working conditions of the CAT 16G, Traction's R&D team provides 19.50-25/2.5 rims with a mature five-piece structure design, which takes into account load-bearing capacity, maintenance convenience, and long-term reliability.
CAT 16G wheels frequently need to traverse potholes, gravel, and uneven road surfaces during mine road maintenance. Traction rims are made from high-strength rim-specific steel produced in-house, effectively absorbing impact loads and reducing the risk of rim deformation.
When a grader is working, the blade continuously generates lateral resistance, placing extremely high demands on the wheel rim's resistance to lateral deformation. Traction optimizes the wheel rim structure design, ensuring the wheel system remains stable under heavy-load steering and complex working conditions.
High-precision machining and automated welding production ensure a perfect match between the tire and the rim, effectively reducing abnormal tire wear, improving tire utilization, and lowering customer operating costs.
The five-piece structure design allows for easy tire removal, installation, and maintenance, making it particularly suitable for working environments with limited equipment maintenance conditions, such as mines.
Traction is one of the few companies in the world with the capability to manufacture the entire wheel rim industry chain, enabling it to achieve independent control over the entire process from raw materials to finished products.
Unlike most companies in the industry that rely on purchasing steel from external suppliers, Traction has the capability to produce its own steel profiles. This advantage means that it can determine the safety limits, consistency, and long-term reliabilityof wheel rims from the source. The safety and lifespan of Otr Rims are determined from the source of materials, ensuring that the product surpasses ordinary standard rims inconcentricity, fatigue resistance, weld strength, and service life. High-strength, high-quality steel guarantees excellent fatigue and impact resistance.
For heavy-duty equipment like the CAT 16G, the quality of materials directly determines the service life and safety performance of the wheel rim.
The Traction factory is also equipped with a complete industrial chain production from steel to finished wheel rims. From steel rolling, mold design, high-precision forming, automated welding to surface treatment and finished product inspection, this "one-stop" production model ensures that every process undergoes strict quality control, guaranteeing all products meet the same high standards and truly realizing the full-chain manufacturing and quality control of wheel rims.
1.Billet
2.Hot Rolling
3. Accessories Production
4. Finished Product Assembly
5. Painting
6. Finished Product
Each wheel rim undergoes dimensional inspection, weld inspection, concentricity inspection, dynamic balance inspection, and coating quality inspection before leaving the factory to ensure that the product can meet the needs of extreme working conditions such as mining and engineering construction.
Bead seat circumference inspection
Bolt hole inner diameter inspection
Color PT inspection of straight welds
Dial indicator to detect product runout
External micrometer to detect internal micrometer to detect the inner diameter of the center hole
Non-destructive testing of product weld quality
Outside diametermicromete to detect position
Radial assembly height inspection
Radial thickness inspection
Colorimeter to detect paint color difference
External micrometer to detect internal micrometer to detect the inner diameter of the center hole
Outside diametermicromete to detect position
Paint Adhesion - Cross-cut Test
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Paint film thickness meter to detect paint thickness
Paint hardness-test
Screw hole inner diameter inspection
Spoke distance
Since its establishment, Traction has relied on its outstanding R&D and manufacturing capabilities for more than 30 years, and its products have been widely used in the fields of wheel loaders, graders, mining trucks, underground mining equipment, articulated dump trucks, port machinery, and agricultural machinery.
For CAT 16G users, the Traction 19.50-25/2.5 5PC rim is not only a high-quality product, but also a comprehensive solution that can improve equipment reliability, reduce operating costs, and increase construction efficiency.