Weight material dispensing, cutting and applying system

A method for balancing a wheel, the method comprising:

• actuating an arm to position a leading edge of a tool a predetermined distance from an edge of a deck to receive a wheel weight material,
• wherein the tool is mechanically coupled to the arm and includes a trailing edge and a face surface that forms an arc between the leading and trailing edges;
• disposing the wheel weight on the tool;
• separating a desired amount of wheel weight material from a supply feed of wheel weight material;
• and
• selectively actuating the arm to apply the desired amount of wheel weight material to the wheel beginning at the leading edge of the tool.

An apparatus for balancing a wheel, the apparatus comprising:

• a tool that is mechanically coupled to an arm and that includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a face surface that forms an arc between the leading and trailing edges;
• an arm control module that actuates the arm to position the leading edge of the tool a predetermined distance from an edge of a deck to receive wheel weight material;
• and
• a cutting apparatus for separating a desired amount of wheel weight material from a supply feed of wheel weight material,
• wherein the arm control module actuates the arm to apply the desired amount of wheel weight material to the wheel beginning at the leading edge of the tool.

An apparatus for balancing a wheel, the apparatus comprising:

• a tool that is mechanically coupled to an arm and that includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a face surface that forms an arc between the leading and trailing edges;
• an arm control module that actuates the arm to position the leading edge of the tool a predetermined distance from an edge of a deck to receive a wheel weight;
• and
• a cutting apparatus for separating the wheel weight from a supply feed of wheel weight material,
• wherein after the wheel weight is separated, the arm control module actuates the arm to apply the wheel weight to the wheel along a first plane of the wheel beginning at the leading edge of the tool.