To obtain the best product, you always have to start with the best raw material.
For the manufacture of LLAGOS FORGED wheels we use the best lightest forged aluminium of the highest quality and resistance.
The forged aluminum used for the manufacture is of aerospace-grade 6061 with T6 quality tempering treatment, to give more hardness to the surface of the material.
The material is forged at more than 500 degrees of temperature with hydraulic presses at a pressure of 12.000 tons.
To manufacture the best wheels, the best raw material is needed.
The highest quality forged aluminium and Heat-treated for additional integrity offers a much higher resistance than other materials and manufacturing processes, which makes it possible to manufacture a much lighter and more resistant rim and thus reduce the weight of the unsprung masses to a minimum, substantially improving the dynamic behavior of the car with greater safety and with a much higher resistance to effort and fatigue.
By making the wheel a forged one piece we have eliminated any possibility of porosity.
The result is a superior foundation guaranteed to last, and a trustworthy, high-performing product which meets the highest standards, and a high strength, lightweight wheel with no porosity.
They are not only designed to be beautiful and enhance the design and exclusivity of your car, we always apply the concept of “form follows function”.
Each design and each detail of the rim is studied to reduce the weight of the rotational masses as much as possible and thus improve the dynamic behavior of your car, increase its performance, reduce braking distance and energy consumption.
Thanks to our extensive experience in the manufacture of rims for F1, high compettion, for the most prestigious One Off and for the best high performance supercars and hypercars, we apply the optimal engineering parameters in each area of the rim depending on the application it will have (compettion, fast road/track, track use, Off Road) to obtain maximum resistance in key points and at the same time achieve maximum lightness by eliminating superfluous material where it’s not necessary.
The lightening pockets are milled into the back of the wheels reducing unsprung mass/weight on the wheel hub.
They are not only designed to be beautiful and enhance the design and exclusivity of your car, we always apply the concept of “form follows function”.
Each design and each detail of the rim is studied to reduce the weight of the rotational masses as much as possible and thus improve the dynamic behavior of your car, increase its performance, reduce braking distance and energy consumption.
Thanks to our extensive experience in the manufacture of rims for F1, high compettion, for the most prestigious One Off and for the best high performance supercars and hypercars, we apply the optimal engineering parameters in each area of the rim depending on the application it will have (compettion, fast road/track, track use, Off Road) to obtain maximum resistance in key points and at the same time achieve maximum lightness by eliminating superfluous material where it’s not necessary.
The lightening pockets are milled into the back of the wheels reducing unsprung mass/weight on the wheel hub.
The LLAGOS FORGED WHEELS are designed, engineered and manufactured in EUROPE with the highest quality and safety standards to achieve a TOP product with maximum lightness, resistance and quality and with a perfect finish.
The design is developed to be as lightweight as possible but with maximum resistance and FEA-tested to the load rating required for safe operation of the specific vehicle for which the wheel is being built.
The structural calculations are carried out with one of the best and most prestigious brands (NASTRAM), which are the most reliable.
The entire engineering and manufacturing process is carried out with the official parameters for the ISO 9001: 2015 quality management system and KBA (Federal Motor Transport Authority), certified by TÜV Thuringen and TÜV Rheinland that allow to comply all the necessary parameters and quality standards to be able to pass all the demanding European homologations.
The machining process of a set of LLAGOS FORGED wheels can take several days from the moment the solid aluminium block begins to be machined until the surface finish is perfect.
In the machining process over 70% of the original material is removed.
They are machined on high-precision numerical control machines with a 3 and 5-axis articulated head machine developed for F1, providing the highest quality and technology, with a machining tolerance of 0.3 milimeters.
Our precision limit is 0.25 millimeters in concentricity and 0.25 millimeters in hole position.
For all the hole position to be below 0.25 millimeters, the overall concentricity of the holes must be a maximum of 0.14 millimeters.
When the machining process is finished and before the painting process begins, the wheels are subjected to the shot blasting process, without which it would not be possible to achieve a perfect final finish.
This process is divided into 6 steps that combine manual goldsmith work with the highest technology:
1. Trimming and chamferign
2. Deburring
3. Sanding
4. Blasting
5. Degrease carried out in many steps including ultrasound cleaning
6. Antioxidant pre-treatment of the material
Once the entire process is complete, each wheel is rigorously inspected to verify that it meets all of the above quality and precision parameters.
While most manufacturers perform quality control manually and using calipers and micrometers, we do it with a three dimensional measuring machine with an error tolerance of 0.004 milimeters.
They are designed, engineered and manufactured with the highest quality and safety standards to achieve a TOP product with maximum lightness, resistance and quality and with a perfect finish.
Finishing is the part of the process where your wishes are materialized.
Depending on the livery chosen by the client, in this step the painting process is carried out applying our exclusive colors carefully chosen using the highest quality paints or special processes are carried out for our LINEA SPECIALE Exclusive Finishes.
Our special Diamond Cut finish combined with the painted finish, highlights the silhouetie and enhances the design of the rim, which is studied so that its diameter visually sames 1″ larger.
All our forged wheels are designed with a specific surface for Diamond Cut.
Atier all processes groove color fill logos can be hand painted in contrast colors.
Logos can be engraved atierwards to contrast with the finish and to expose the aluminium.
Each wheel is offered with a Gloss or Satin finish of your choice.
As in the entire manufacturing process, the painting process is carried out in such a way that we can
guarantee the highest quality of finish.
Our degreasing, surface antioxidant pre-treatment and painting process is homologated with the parameters
of the ECE R124 standard, today the most restrictive and demanding homologation standard in Europe.
The painting process is carried out in 4 phases afterultrasonic cleaning:
1. Molten powder primer at 230 degrees celsius
2. High-quality liquid or molten powder paint in the chosen color reference
3. Varnishing with liquid varnish with drying at 160 degrees celsius
4. High quality transparent powder coat for satin finishes later liquid varnish
If the exclusive handcrafted Brushed or Polished special process have been chosen, the aluminum is exposed with transparent or colored powder coats to reveal the details and beauty in the design.
Our special process of mirror polished finish are created through the combination of high gloss ceramic polished aluminum followed by layers of high quality transparent powder coat combinations.
Our handcrafted Brushed finishes are created through the brushing of directional grit grain followed by layers of high quality transparent powder coat combinations.
