Cantilevered Wheel Balancing Machine for Truck Tire Service
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wheel balancing machines for truck wheels are bulky, heavy, and difficult to transport, making them inefficient for emergency tire changes and requiring multiple operations when used with tire-removing devices.
Innovation Solution
A compact wheel balancing machine with a supporting structure that allows the balancing module to be laterally spaced from the column, enabling easy detachment and transport, featuring reversible fixing means and sliding guides for positioning between a minimum footprint and cantilevered operating position, integrated with a tire-removing device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional balancing machine is integrated with a tire-removing device, then both operations can be performed with one device, but the device becomes laterally bulky and cannot be tipped inside the van
Solution Approach 1:
The balancing machine is divided into two separate parts: a first part that attaches to the tire-removing device column, and a second part that houses the balancing module. These parts can be detached and reattached, allowing the device to be compact for storage/tipping while providing full functionality during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The supporting structure includes sliding guides that allow the second part to move laterally between a retracted position (for compact storage and tipping) and an extended operating position (for balancing operations). This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction between compactness and operational functionality.
2Device complexity
If the balancing module is fixed directly to the column, then the structure is simple, but it occupies the operating area of the tire-removing device
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of fixing the balancing module directly to the column (occupying horizontal space), the module is positioned cantilevered from the column, extending outward in a different spatial dimension. This allows the tire-removing operating area to remain clear while the balancing module occupies vertical/sideways space that does not interfere with tire removal operations.
3Weight of moving object
If the balancing module is made compact for easy transport, then it can be moved by one operator, but it may not provide sufficient support for truck wheels
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting structure is segmented into a first part attached to the column (providing structural strength and support) and a second part containing the balancing module (kept compact for portability). The column-mounted first part bears the load of truck wheels, while the compact second part provides balancing functionality and can be easily transported.
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AI summary
Wheel balancing machine, particularly but not exclusively for truck wheels, comprising a balancing module that in turn comprises a base body, a rotating shaft with a first portion rotatingly arranged inside the base body and a second portion outside said base body, on said second portion of shaft there being present means for fixing the wheel, in said base body there being present electronic means associated with said shaft, adapted to measure the imbalance of said wheel fixed to said shaft, there being present an electronic console for managing and controlling the balancing operations operatively connected with said electronic means, characterized in that it comprises a supporting structure for said balancing module comprising a portion cantilevered with respect to a column, so that said balancing module is arranged cantilevered, when in use with respect to the column.