SmartWeight® Balancing Technology

• Reduces wheel weight costs 30% to 40%

• Significantly reduces labor costs and service time

• Simplifies balancer use

• Eliminates shortcuts that affect quality

• Automatically performs a better overall balance

Hunter Engineering’s patented SmartWeight® balancing technology is a revolutionary wheel balancing method that minimizes correction weight usage and maximizes productivity, saving money on both material and labor costs. SmartWeight balancing technology can reduce wheel weight costs 30-40% and reduce the time it takes to balance most wheels and improve vehicle ride quality!

This new method computes correction weights by measuring and evaluating the “absolute” or pure static (shake) and couple (shimmy) forces that cause vibration. Unlike traditional balancing, which judges balance conditions based on correction weight values, SmartWeight balancing uses the actual static and couple forces to directly address the source of vibration problems, resulting in the best possible balance.

Save Labor Time on More Than 30% of Balances!

SmartWeight technology typically reduces “floor-to-floor” cycle time on more than 30% of wheels balanced by using a single wheel weight instead of two to correct static and couple imbalance.

With many assemblies, SmartWeight technology enables the technician to use only a single weight to achieve the best possible static and couple balance..

SmartWeight® balancing software displays and stores wheel weight savings for each balance cycle. Cumulative weight savings can be displayed and printed making it easy to record and track wheel weight savings over time.

This example shows that for 120 wheels SmartWeight technology saved a total of 5015 grams (32%) of weight. Labor time was also reduced, because 35% of the wheels were dynamically balanced with only one weight required.

Features That Make Expert Balancing Easier and Faster….

HammerHead™ TDC Clip-On Weight Locator Laser

The ServoDrive activated laser lines automatically identify the “Top-Dead-Center” position to assist with fast clip-on weight placement. The system helps to increase balance accuracy, productivity and shop profitability. The HammerHead™ feature ensures weight attachment accuracy resulting in more single-spin balances and superior ride satisfaction. The fluorescent light also illuminates the operator’s work area.

Ordering Information

HammerHead can be ordered with GSP balancers in group configurations or as a line item add-on (#20-2166-1).

The ServoDrive activated laser lines are projected onto the rim flange when the wheel weight position is located.

Precision wheel weight placement is fast and easy using the TDC laser as a guide.

HammerHead reduces weight placement errors by eliminating misjudgment of the TDC position, which often occurs using other methods. Such visual errors lead to an inferior and time-consuming balance with numerous checkspins.