Method and device for compensating unbalances of vehicle wheels

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the unbalance compensation of vehicle wheels in which adhesive weight elements (8) are positioned on at least one determined compensation surface (17) within a disk wheel (7) and are there pressed-on, with a balancing head (1) and a program-controlled handling device (9). The invention is characterized in that the adhesive weight elements (8) in the form of an endless weight strand (5) are fed by a feed device (2) arranged on the balancing head (1) to a following roll-on roller (3). In that regard, the balancing head (1) is arranged stationarily or is connected by a frictional force transmitting connection with an execution arm (10) of the handling device (9), whereby a roll-on roller (3) of the balancing head (1) presses the beginning of the endless weight strand (5) onto the beginning of the compensation surface (17) and thereafter rolls along thereon. In that regard, a length cut-off device (4) is provided in the roll-on roller (3) or before the roll-on roller (3) and cuts-off the endless weight strand (5) of the adhesive weight elements (8) in a determined length.

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