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April 20, 2018 02:00 AM

STTC adding aluminum-wheel cleaning system business

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    BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Service Tire Truck Centers (STTC) Owner Walt Dealtry has established a separate business in Bethlehem to promote a process for cleaning aluminum wheels that is said to be both environmentally friendly and price competitive.

    According to STTC, the AluminShine process is eight times faster than other aluminum wheel-polishing methods, uses 62-percent less energy, requires 90-percent less service and repairs, and reduces labor by 80 percent while providing operators with safer working conditions.

    The AluminShine process can clean 19.5-, 22.5- and 24.5-inch wheels in about six to 10 minutes per wheel with no toxic materials and no aluminum degradation, the new company, AluminShine Inc., said. The recommended cost to the customer is around $35 per wheel.

    The process and cleaning fluids were by Jack and Rick Hoffman, Harrisburg, Pa.-based inventors. Their company, Hoffman & Hoffman Research & Development, has licensed the North American rights to their process to Mr. Dealtry, who in turn established AluminShine Inc to handle the business.

    The patent-pending AluminShine Aluminum Wheel Cleaning service is a three-step process.

    The first step combines heat, a food-grade biodegradable material and electrolysis in tank No. 1. This causes the pores of the aluminum wheel surface to open and chemically breaks the bond formed during aluminum oxidation, the company said.

    The second step combines ultrasonic sound waves and a natural citrus bath to rinse the aluminum oxide and contaminants away from the wheel surface.

    AluminShine Inc. photo

    Before and after photos of an aluminum truck wheel cleaned by the AluminShine system.

    The result is a wheel free of aluminum oxide and all contaminants that bond with the oxide (except concrete), STTC claims.

    The wheel is then lightly buffed in Step 3.

    This contrasts with competitive systems that use semi-automatic polishing and buffing equipment, AluminShine said, and can turn around about eight to 10 wheels per shift on average.

    STTC has installed the first functioning unit at its service outlet in Bethlehem, where interested parties can view the system in operation.

    A unit occupies a space about 12.5 feet by 5 feet by 6 feet and requires a 480V, 3-phase electrical service with a 100 amp breaker along with a water supply and wireless access or dedicated HDMI cable for remote diagnostics and troubleshooting.

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