Patent ID: 6672158
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: G01M

Abstract:
A method of balancing a motor vehicle wheel comprising a pneumatic tire and disk wheel, whereinthe motor vehicle wheel is mounted on a measuring spindle of a balancing machine, geometrical data of the wheel are sensed and stored, when sensing the rim of the disk wheel sensor means are used to detect whether a nm flange is present, in the rim-sensing operation detection of the material of the disk wheel is also effected and a corresponding signal is produced, a balancing program is selected in dependence on the signals produced in the rim-sensing operation and the material-sensing operation, at least one measuring run is effected to ascertain wheel unbalance, at least one balancing vector for the balancing mass and the balancing position is calculated in accordance with the balancing program selected in dependence on the disk wheel type and disk wheel material, in at least one balancing plane on the disk wheel, and at least one balancing weight is fixed to the disk wheel in dependence on the balancing vector for compensation of the unbalance ascertained, wherein in addition the dimension of a balancing weight fitted into the sensing device is determined by sensing means of a sensor.