THE KRAKEN - MECH. Manual Wheel Destressing tool

The new kraken MECH (Mechanical) is our new budget-friendly tool for the enthusiastic, semi-professional or part-time wheelbuilder! Our newest MECH version is the outcome of a decade of daily use and of joint development by professional wheelbuilders around the world. 
With rims getting wider and wider, a destressing machine oor tool is a must-have for wheelbuilders that want to achieve the highest quality wheels and help eliminate aftersales service work such as tension loss or re-alignment of wheels due to inadequate manual destressing procedures. Another big advantage is that machine helps eliminate the high fysical demands of manual destressing. 
The Kraken MECH is developed for a broad audience of wheelbuilders who want to start destressing their wheels properly, but without a deep cut in their budgets. 

And to facilitate a budget-friendly solution even more, you can choose to make provide the support plate yourself. A wood of plastic plate can be cut easily following the provided drawing.
However, if you prefer the use-ready tool, choose ' including UHWMPE support plate' in de options section. 

Procedure description:
When starting the destressing procedure, the user and places the wheel on the support and swings the 3-spoke handwheel. One of the included set of Delrin® rings can then be placed on the hub to fit any geometry, or to press on the spokes directly. Whatever is preferred by the user. When ready to start destressing by turning the wheel further. Commonly, experienced wheelbuilder can hear and feel (spoke tension relieve) when the wheel is destessed properly. 
For those who prefer absolute accuracy, a modularly 1/2" tool adapter enables the use of a torque wrench to set to an exact force (by converting applied torque to axial force). 
Commonly, the procedure is repeated at least two times on each side of the wheel during a build. 

As the device is mechanically self-locking, woven-spoke destressing potocols (for example 1 or 2 minutes of automatic destressing) can be followed easily by just setting a timer and relieve ended.

Specifications:
Frame: Aluminium modularly and anodised profiles. 
Spindle: CNC machined threaded spindle.
Wheel support: Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) CNC machined plate.
Or the option to buy without support, and make one yourself according to the supplied drawing. 
Durable and modularly design. No electronics used. 
Perfect for following woven spoke duration destressing protocols.
Basic dimensions:  700x750x500mm. 
Gross weight, around 15 kg's.

Options:
 
Cut your own wood or plastic support plate according supplied drawing, or choose for the supportplate fitting 26, 27,5 and 700c, or the 20-29 'all sizes' option.