Baoding Lizhong Wheel Manufacturing Co., Ltd

1、 Baoding Lizhong Wheel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Baoding Lizhong Wheel) is a private enterprise in Lianchi District, Baoding City. The company was founded in 1995 with a registered capital of 880 million yuan and currently employs 1680 people. It is a professional enterprise engaged in the design, manufacturing, and sales of aluminum alloy wheels for automobiles. Its main product is aluminum alloy automobile wheels, The company adheres to the business philosophy of "establishing wheels, pursuing perfection, serving users, and dedicating to society". Over the past 20 years, it has synchronously developed nearly 2000 wheel products. The company has passed the five major customer system audits for Ford Q1, Nissan ASES, Volkswagen Formel Q7, Volvo MSA, and Audi POT vehicles, and has become a global supporting supplier for the top ten automotive companies worldwide, including Mercedes Benz, Ford, General Motors, BMW, Fiat, and Volkswagen. Its marketing scope covers the Americas Europe, Asia, Australia, etc. Baoding Lizhong Wheel is the only enterprise in the industry that specializes in the research and development of aluminum alloy materials, mold research and manufacturing, tooling equipment research and manufacturing, wheel design, manufacturing process research and development, and digital information application. It has established a comprehensive and systematic product research and development system, mastered core technologies in the wheel industry, and ranks among the top three in the domestic wheel industry. The company has over 140 patents of various types, 44 leading scientific and technological achievements in China, and is responsible for drafting 10 national and industry standards, including "Aluminum Alloy Wheel Castings for Passenger Cars" and "Dual Axle Fatigue Test for Passenger Car Wheels". Its technical strength is strong. In order to promote the scientific and technological innovation and development of the enterprise, the company has established production, learning and research cooperation relationships with universities and scientific research institutions such as the University of Kentucky in the United States, Ritsumeikan University in Japan, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Hebei University of Technology, Hebei University of Science and Technology, and the Metal Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, established new product and new technology research and development teams, and committed to the research and development of high-tech aluminum alloy wheels and achievement transformation. As of now, the introduction of foreign experts and technical projects for Baoding Lizhong wheels is as follows: 1. Zheng Changqing, a Canadian expert born in 1962, graduated from the University of Quebec, Canada, and has been engaged in wheel metal material research for more than 30 years. He has successively served as a metallurgical engineer, a senior researcher in automation and process optimization control at the Technical University of Montreal, Canada, and a director of the Canadian Industrial Materials Research Institute Senior Researcher and other positions at the National Aluminum Technology Center of Canada, with rich experience in the field of aluminum alloy new materials. In 2016, he was introduced to Baoding Lizhong Wheel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. as a full-time employee. He is currently the Chief Engineer of the Technology Center and leads the research on the "Four New" project at the Technology Research Institute. In recent years, he has led the detection technology and fully automated analysis of abnormal substances in aluminum alloy, as well as the bottom cleaning of low-pressure casting machines and insulation furnaces The research and development of new rare earth aluminum alloys and other technologies have made outstanding contributions in the research and development of new materials for aluminum alloys, analysis of aluminum liquid composition, and refining fields. 2. The joint research and development project of high strength and toughness technology for automobile aluminum alloy wheels introduces the advanced technology of Professor Zhai Tongguang from the University of Kentucky in the field of lightweight quantitative assessment and calculation methods for aluminum alloy wheels. Through the advanced experimental technology of quantitative characterization of fatigue crack initiation source density and strength distribution, the project quantitatively calculates the fatigue crack initiation life at the pores, and accurately predicts the life and reliability of aluminum alloy wheels, Optimize the manufacturing process of aluminum alloy wheels, improve product performance, and cultivate a group of excellent technical personnel through activities such as technical personnel exchange, mutual visits, and training, forming an aluminum alloy wheel manufacturing technology with independent intellectual property rights for Baoding Lizhong wheels. This solves the bottleneck problem in the development of high strength and toughness manufacturing technology for automotive aluminum alloy wheels, and provides quality assurance for further lightweight automotive wheels. 3. The research and application project of aluminum alloy new material preparation technology introduces the scientific research methods and technical experience of Professor Yoshiyama Hui from Ritsumeikan University in Japan, to study the effect and mechanism of rare earth alloys on A356.2 aluminum alloy, verify the application of rare earth elements to A356.2 aluminum alloy wheels, and provide data support for the practical application of rare earth alloys due to the complex shape and different actual casting parameters. Develop aluminum alloy materials containing rare earth elements, optimize the manufacturing process of aluminum alloy wheels, further improve the mechanical performance and safety factor of car wheels, and cultivate a group of excellent technical personnel through activities such as technical personnel exchange, mutual visits, and training. 2、 The technical requirements for the proposed project, Baoding Lizhong Wheel, are as follows: 1. Research and development of noise reducing and silent aluminum alloy wheels. With the development of the economy and society, and the continuous improvement of production technology, people's requirements for driving comfort are also increasing. The noise generated during the driving process is one of the main factors affecting driver comfort, Therefore, Baoding Lizhong Wheel plans to conduct research on the damping and noise reduction technology of aluminum alloy wheels, analyze the acoustic natural frequency and noise reduction effect of specific noise reduction structures (Helmholtz resonator), research and develop noise reduction silent aluminum alloy wheel structures, explore and study the preparation process of noise reduction silent aluminum alloy wheels, reduce noise by about 4-10 decibels, improve the driving experience in the car, and meet the comfort requirements of drivers. 2. Improving the performance of low-pressure cast aluminum alloy wheel materials With the mainstream trend of automotive lightweight, it is required that automotive wheels meet the requirements of lightweight design for the entire vehicle. The lightweight of wheels puts forward higher requirements for the mechanical properties of wheel materials. On the one hand, it is necessary to optimize mold design, wheel casting, and heat treatment processes, and on the other hand, it is necessary to research new wheel materials, such as rare earth aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, and carbon fiber wheel technology.