PHOENIX — A futuristic-sounding super tire, set to be available for commercial release next March, is quite literally a wheel of steel, according to the engineering company behind its development, ...

There are many people in this world that claim that the biggest and most important invention of the human race is the wheel. Presumably developed over several hundreds of years, then spreading like ...

They may look like easy-to-drive toy trucks when at the bottom of the mine, but the reality is quite the opposite. Mining trucks’ wheels are twice the height of their driver and the trucks themselves ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Wabtec (NYSE: WAB) celebrated the 5,000 th mining drive system wheel built at its plant in Fort Worth, TX. The milestone highlights the commercial success of the mining wheel for ...

Mining operations run continuously and any time for maintenance needs to be minimized. One of the major procedures is the overhaul of mine haul truck wheel sets, and for customers that operate the ...

It's nearly impossible to imagine society running without wheels. But that doesn't mean there's no room for improvement on inflatable rubber tires. That's what Chandler resident, engineer and ...

A new type of wheel could make changing tyres on off-highway mining equipment a thing of the past. The Air Suspension Wheel (ASW), developed by Global Air Cylinder Wheels, features a steel ...

The wheel has been moved from Littleton Leisure Park in Huntington, near Cannock, and into position off the A34 to form the centrepiece of a memorial garden honouring local war heroes and former pit ...