Operations, Overview – Rice Lake Intercomp SW Deluxe Portable Vehicle Scale User Manual
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SW Users
Rev G, February, 2000
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Operations
Overview
The SW scale system is designed to independently measure the force applied by each
tire of a car. This is referred to as the ACTUAL weight applied by each tire. The user
can enter the weight they want applied by each tire, this is know as the TARGET
weight. The TUNE weight is the amount of weight that needs to be added to a tire to
reach the TARGET weight. If a TUNE weight is negative it implies that the tires weight
is greater than the TARGET weight.
The SW scale can also perform a number of calculations automatically. Rather than
displaying the wheel weights (Actual, Target, Tune) the user can select to display the
weights as a percentage of the total weight, or as a percentage and weight.
Additionally the user can select pads in groups (such as left front and left rear, or left
rear and right front) and the scale will calculate what percentage of the total weight that
group is.
The scale has five additional special display modes:
TGT, TUN:
In this mode the target and tune weight of all four wheels
are displayed.
SIDES:
The side totals are displayed.
BITE:
The front and rear bites (LF-RF and LR-RR) are displayed.
CENTER OF GRAVITY:
With entry of the cars axle width and wheel base the scale
will calculate the location of the center of gravity front to
back and side to side.
VERTICAL CENTER
OF GRAVITY:
With entry of the cars wheel base and by lifting the back of
the car, the scale will calculate the vertical center of
gravity.