1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class V.: William Owen
1285. OWEN, WILLIAM, Phoenix Works, Rotherham.
Wrought engine and carriage stamped; patent axles and solid tires. wheels,
PATENT STAMPED SOLID WROUGHT-IRON WHEELS. — The peculiar recommendation of these wheels is their process of manufacture, being made in one piece under an immensely powerful hammer, by which perfect solidity is insured; so much so, that on cutting any of these wheels to pieces in a lathe, no trace of welding can be discovered.
OWEN'S PATENT ROLLED SOLID WELDLESS TIRES. — These tires possess the following advantages:- They are made from a solid mass into a circular form, so that no alteration of the structure takes place in bending.
The whole surface of the tire, when at a welding heat, is subject to the action of the hammer — thus perfect soundness is necessarily obtained. After hammering, they are again heated to a welding heat, and afterwards rolled by patent machinery into a perfectly true ring, and thus welding is avoided, rendering breakage by that process impossible.
They are finished by the patent rolling process perfectly true to any dimensions required, and turning and boring is therefore unnecessary, and the external skin of the iron is preserved for wear, whilst the quality of the iron is greatly improved.