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TCS SPOKE

New for carbon wheel production

TCS spoke

Holland Mechanics designed and patented the TCS spoke. It carries a correctly oriented square section that our machine can grip, which is now correctly oriented. The TCS carbon spoke are made by Sapim and Alpina under licence, so you can specify it for your wheels today.

TCS gripper that grips the square of the carbon spoke, preventing torsion and spoke damage

WHAT THE TCS SQUARE DESIGN CHANGES

1

A surface built to be gripped

The TCS gripper closes on the square and on nothing else, so no torsion ever reaches the carbon spoke.
 
2

The nipple turns, the spoke does not

Tension goes in with zero wind-up, on round and bladed carbon spokes alike. No damage, no breakage.
 
3

Held means controlled

With the spoke fixed, the machine can tension, center, stabilize and correctly measure the wheel as one sequence.
 
4

Aligned square, accurate measurement

The square has to face the gripper in the right orientation, that is where the machine engages from, this goes hand in hand with bladed spokes.

The square has to be oriented correctly for the machines to grip and measure it.

AVAILABLE FROM SPOKE MANUFACTURERS

What your line gets

No handling breakage

The build stops putting stress into the spoke that the rider pays for later.

  

Round and bladed

One gripper handles both carbon spoke types, straight-pull included.
 

Tension you can repeat

Tensioned the way the machine intended, not the way the spoke twisted.

  

Automatic carbon Line

Carbon spokes stops being the job only your best operators can take on.

Available on our carbon machines

Robot-OT truing machine
Tensions, centers and stabilizes with the spoke held still.

InLine Lacer, carbon option
Laces carbon spoked wheels without stress on the spoke.

Holland Mechanics Recently Acquired The Rim Drilling Machine From TSG Group. This High-End Rim Drilling Station Is Designed To Accurately Drill Spoke And Valve Holes Into Carbon Rims And Other High-End Rims. The High-End Rim Drilling Station Is Capable Of Drilling The Spoke Holes Into The Rim From Both The Inside And Outside And Can Even Drill The Valve Holes From The Outside.

Drill from all possible angles

The rim drilling machine is capable of drilling nipple holes and the valve hole from the outside and nipple holes from the inside. The outer holes can be drilled in an Axial offset and the inner holesin both axial and radial offset. Having the flexibility to drill all holes perpendicular to the spoke angle has a positive effect on the nipple seating and screwdriver engagement, thus the final wheel quality

In-Build vacuum cleaner

To make the machine as safe as possible, the drilling process takes place in a closed compartment. In addition, there is a in-build vacuum cleaner positioned at the drilling process to to drain all carbon dust/fibers. This has a beneficial effect on cleaning and ensures that the rims will be clean after drilling the holes.