THE KRAKEN - PRO - Wheel Destressing Machine

With rims getting wider and wider, a destressing machine is a must-have legal machine* for professional wheelbuilders that want to achieve the highest quality wheels and help eliminate aftersales aftersales service work such as tension loss or re-alignment of wheels due to inadequate manual destressing procedures. Another big advantage is that machine helps eliminate the high fysical demands of manual destressing. 

The new kraken PRO is our flagship machine for the professional wheelbuilder! Our newest pro version is the outcome of a decade of daily use and of joint development by professional wheelbuilders around the world. The Kraken PRO is handbuilt with the highest quality components availabe** and compatible with wheels in all common sizes and all disciplines from lightweight (racing) to heavy (E-bike and enduro).

Optional: If the option for an integrated timer is chosen, the user can activate a second functionality to follow textile spoke destressing protocols (for example 1 or 2 minutes of automatic destressing

Specifications:

• Frame: Aluminium modulary and anodised precision profiles. 
• Wheel support: Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) CNC machined plate or solid dished block, take-up 20" to 700c.
• System pressure: between 5 and 6 bars.
• Supply requirements: At least 6 bars and a compressor with 50L tank or more. 
• CE certified and in complience with OSHA safety standards, and other equivelants.
• Extremely durable and modulary design. No electronics used. 
• Basic dimensions:  700x750x700mm. 
• Gross weight, around 30 kg's.
• ** Built with top quality components only, such as ELESA+GANTER® machine components, RITTAL® junctionbox, ROSE+KRIEGER® aluminium modulary profiles, FESTO®, SMC® or AIRTEC® pneumatics,  WIKA® gauges and ERIKS® high-tech plastics. 
• Shipping costs are on request.
   

Options:

• Integrated textile spoke timed duration procedure functionality
• Flat plate for 26, 27,5 and 700c or CNC machined dished solid block 
• Cilinder type: Regular or heavy 

BASE PRICE: € 2950 ex. VAT. You pay the €500 down payment first.

PRICING EXTRA OPTIONS (EX. VAT):

* Important remarks: 

Machines clearly distiquish from static tools. A machine must always comply to CE, OSHA  (or local equivilant) safety regulations and certifications. This also applies for self-made or self-imported machines for in-company use, though it is a persistant myth amongst wheelbuilders that this would not the case. 
Contact your local safety and health authority to check which standard conformity is mandatory for your situation and location.