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Taiwan Factory Tour: Day 2

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Chairman of Axman Jackson Jiang CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Every single carbon frame that comes to Axman is inspected in this QC booth CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Horizontal fatigue testing machine CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Initial decal application on aluminum frames CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
One of the builders on the wheel building assembly line CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Robots are used to paint the frames. They produce more accurate and consistent results CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
The bikes are assembled upside down CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
These frames returned from paint and are awaiting assembly. Recognize the brand? CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
This machine simuates riding stresses on the frame CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Welcome to Hubsmith CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
2017 marks Hubsmiths entry into the road wheel market CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
OE accounts for 70 percent of Hubsmiths sales CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Rasta hubs CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Their new hubs incorporate both J-bend and direct-pull spokes CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
They literally have hundreds of hub models CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Fatbike hubs CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
CNC Machine CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Prototype 700c wheel CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
The first carbon folding bike wheel I
Lots of old machines are still in use CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Hubsmith also makes rifle scopes for guns CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
A massive pile of aluminum shavings CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Novatech CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
These hubs just came from the cold forging machine CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Freehub body in its fetal stange CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Grinding department CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Half way to becoming a straight-pull hub CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Pressing bearings into finished hub shells CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Finished freehub bodies CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Some of the factory floors were meticulously clean CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Novatecs premium rim brand is Factor CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Yet to be seam welded rims fresh out of the bending machine CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Factor offers a variety of new MTB wheelsets including plus-sized widths CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Lacing hubs into Factor carbon rims CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
This wheel building station looks a bit different then mine CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
raw tube stock CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Cnc
CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Hub shells are cold forged using this massive press CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Song Zun Company founder Jimmy Hsu CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
A selection of steel frames made in Song Zun CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Frame blueprint CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
Pre-mitred tubesets CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
They even do fillet brazing CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina
A batch of BMX front triangles CREDITS: TITLE: 2016 Taiiwan Factory Tour COPYRIGHT: Chad Grochowina

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