Patent ID: 11911818
Assignee: AUDI AG
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for producing an automobile rim from aluminum or an aluminum alloy for a wheel of a motor vehicle, wherein the automobile rim has a rim well delimited on opposite sides by an outer flange and an inner flange, a hub having a center recess and a bolt hole circle, and a rim center connecting the rim well and the hub to one another, the method comprising:
supplying a casting material to a casting mold via a central runner channel;
flowing the casting material from the central runner channel to the hub;
flowing the casting material from the hub via the rim center in a direction of the rim well;
flowing the casting material from the outer flange through the rim well to the inner flange; and
compacting the casting material when a proportion of the casting material which has a first temperature which is less than a solidus temperature of the casting material is less than a proportion of the casting material which has a second temperature which at least corresponds to the solidus temperature.