Patent ID: 9090230
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B21D,B60S,G01B,G01C

Abstract:
1. A method for alignment of a vehicle and a levelling bench arrangement in relation to one another, wherein the levelling bench arrangement comprises a levelling bench ( 1 ), a support structure ( 3 ), a plurality of beams ( 5 ), and a plurality of fixture devices ( 7 ), wherein said method is characterized by the steps of: arranging said support structure on said levelling bench, wherein said support structure is elongated and is locked to said levelling bench in a direction essentially parallel (y) with a longitudinal direction (y) of said vehicle, locking said beams to said support structure at least in a horizontal plane at predetermined positions matching the model of the vehicle, wherein said beams includes at least a first beam, releasably mounting said fixture devices on said beams at predetermined positions matching the model of the vehicle, wherein said fixture devices include at least a first fixture device, arranging a vehicle, which is to be repaired or inspected, in a first position above said levelling bench, aligning said fixture devices with respect to said vehicle by means of continuously moving said beams and said support structure as a single unit with respect to said vehicle and said levelling bench in the horizontal plane so that the fixture devices will define certain specific reference points of the vehicle, and subsequent to aligning said fixture devices with respect to said vehicle, releasably fastening at least some of said beams or said support structure to said levelling bench, thereby locking said fixture devices to said levelling bench after having been aligned with respect to the vehicle.