Watch This Before You Buy Carbon Wheels in 2024! - Lún Performance Factory Tour

The video is a factory tour documentary showing the manufacturing process of carbon wheels at the Lún Performance factory in Xiamen, China. It reveals that Farsports (operating as Windspace for frames/handlebars and Lún Performance for wheels) produces carbon rims and spokes in-house with significant automation and quality control. The video emphasizes that many major Western brands outsource manufacturing to Chinese factories like this one, and showcases Farsports' technical capabilities and rigorous testing procedures.

Key Facts

• Factory location: Xiamen, China
• Production capacity: 600,000 rims per year (over 2,000 rims per day)
• Materials used: T700, T800, T1000, T1100 carbon fiber, mixed with high modulus fibers like M30 or M40
• Manufacturing process: Produces pre-preg carbon in-house, uses automated filament winding technology, automated painting lines
• Quality control: Every wheel is laser-measured for tolerance and roundness with data saved to a barcode, QC stations after every production step
• Testing standards: Wheels are tested for life cycle (10,000-100,000 stress cycles), road simulation (1,000km with bumps), destructive testing (up to 8,000 Newtons force), salt water corrosion testing
• Customer base: Supplies rims to 40-50 different brands including major Western brands
• Working conditions: Air-conditioned work areas around ovens, employee gym facility

Interview Summary

Interviews were conducted with Peter (wheel engineer) and Stephen (likely management) who explained manufacturing processes, material choices, and testing protocols. Key insights include: they design and build their own machinery, use different resin formulas for brake track durability, maintain trade secrets in filament winding and spoke production, and perform extensive R&D testing before mass production.

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