Pressing wheels into tires in Chinese factory - GIF

[Jon]

Pressing wheels into tires in Chinese factory.




Previously:

Quick Chinese metal bender - GIF
Chinese plank-and-rope building scaffold - GIF
Chinese fruit bagging factory - GIF
Mysterious Chinese brick stacking in enormous cylinder - GIF
Wheel rim cleaning machine - GIF
Portable ceiling drill press - GIF
Chinese employees working inside a hydraulic press - video

[thevillageinn]

Seeing all the tires behind him and having been to Harbor Freight...I wonder how strong the smell must be in there?!

[IAMSatisfied]

It looks like he's setting the rims on a tapered, funnel shaped device that causes the solid, "flat-free" rubber tires to uniformly stretch over the lower rim. Pretty slick operation.

[PJs]

It looks like he's setting the rims on a tapered, funnel shaped device that causes the solid, "flat-free" rubber tires to uniformly stretch over the lower rim. Pretty slick operation.

True and the nice thing is it moves downward to start the next tire and hence the larger tire at the bottom. Pretty slick and wonder if they prelube the tires using some soap based lubricant so it doesn't tear the bead?