Road Force Balancer Certification

What Is Covered?

Following elements of vibration:
- Source, transfer path and responder
- Free and forced vibration
- Harmonics and order of vibration
- Point of resonance
Diagnostic methods used to isolate the source of the vibration
Tools available to isolate the source of the vibration
Demonstrate the proper procedures used to mount a tire/wheel assembly to a balancer:
- selection of cone
- back coning method
- front coning method
- use of flange plate
Difference between the static and dynamic balance procedure
Difference between traditional balancer logic and SmartWeight logic
How to select correction weight position for clip weight and tape weight
Process of performing a centering check
Process of measuring and correcting Road Force Variation
Process of measuring lateral force and assembly diameter
Use of the "Plan View" for minimizing vibration or tire