Abstract:
A method and apparatus for determining the amount and location of corrective weight required to compensate unbalance in a vehicle wheel and tire without removing the wheel and/or tire from the vehicle. The wheel and tire are maintained out of contact with the ground and are turned at conventional highway speeds. An index tape is applied to the tire rim. Two separate spinnings of the wheel are required: one with a known trial weight affixed to the wheel rim, and one with the wheel and tire in their normal condition. Two meters are provided which are calibrated to indicate the amount of unbalance compensating weight required at the wheel rim and the angular position of the compensating weight relative to the index tape. The method and apparatus are applicable to other rotatable bodies.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To utilize effectively a device by placing a light reflection type origin detector so as to be opposed to a rotary area of a light reflecting body attached to the surface of a rotating body, calculating a deflection quantity corresponding to plural dividing positions from a vibration detecting value of the rotating body, and displaying the maximum or minimum dividing position of a vibration. CONSTITUTION:A work W is held on a table 29 provided on a frame 26 of a grinding machine, a grindstone 28 is fixed to the tip of a supporting shaft which can be rotated by a motor 30 and positioned at the upper part of the work W, and an orgin detecting sensor1 is placed at a position opposed to a rotary area of the grindstone 28 by a stand 31. Also, a light reflecting plate 6 is stuck in front of the grindstone 28, also a piezoelectric type acceleration pickup 2 is adsorbed to the upper part of the frame 26, each output of a sensor 1 and a pickup 2 is led to a control part contained in0 an indicator 3, and based on the origin in the rotating direction shown by the light reflecting body 6, as a reference, a deflection quantity corresponding to plural dividing positions is calculated, and the dividing position in which a vibration is maximum or minimum is displayed on a display body 15.