Very short cycle time allows for measuring and adjusting a complete vehicle in less than six minutes
The TruckCam End of Line or factory system provides a solution that ensures vehicles are correctly aligned on the production line before being distributed to the market. Its quite common for vehicles to leave the factory incorrectly aligned resulting in poor fuel economy and increased tyre wear from the offset.
The TruckCam End of Line or factory system can be installed as a new or existing section of assembly line. The system can be configured for all vehicle types such as; trucks, trailers, buses, vans, cranes, earth movers, tractors and many more. The different axle configurations, target values and tolerances can be defined within the software making the system bespoke to your production line.
The TruckCam End of Line or factory system is based on a centerline measurement principle with a patented camera technology in combination with pre-calibrated wheel clamps and semaphore measuring poles placed in a square around the vehicle. In this way it is not necessary to place anything on the vehicle other than wheel clamps which means measurements can be taken very quickly.
The system is a perfect solution for end of line production wheel alignment for almost any vehicle. The ability to measure up to 4 axles simultaneously and work with live measurements means that both measurement and adjustment time is kept to a minimum.
TruckCam End of Line System
For vehicle assembly lines a short cycle time is very important, angles like toe, out of square and parallelism are quickly measured and adjusted since up to eight cameras can measure simultaneously. All measured values are shown live on the computer screen, enabling the operator to adjust, in real-time, to the desired values. The adjustments can only be finished when all values are in tolerance. This ensures that every vehicle that leaves the production line is properly aligned.
How does it work?
The operator starts by entering required vehicle data like chassis ID, wheel base and vehicle type. This can be done with a bar code scanner or by manual input. When the necessary data have been entered, the reflective markers swing up automatically.
The pneumatic locks in the floating plates placed in the floor are released and the system enters into measuring mode. The operator mounts the pre-calibrated wheel clamps with cameras onto the wheels using a magnetic click-on functionality to keep the clamps in place.
The actual measurement process starts as the operator aims the camera forward, clicks the OK-button, turns the camera to point backwards and clicks again. This click-turn-click procedure is done once for each wheel, giving the software enough input to calculate angles like toe, out of square and parallelism. Parallelism of all axles is calculated with the rear axle as reference. The End of Line system continues to produce live values all through the adjustment process
This allows the operator to adjust the wheel angles within tolerance in a very easy way by just looking at the bar graphs presented on the computer screen. When all the necessary adjustments are made, the vehicle specific data are stored in a database in relation to each chassis number. The operator demounts the equipment and the system is ready for another vehicle, this all in a matter of minutes.
The hardware and software work in unison prompting when the cameras and wheel clamps need calibrating and restricting measurements until the calibrations are complete to ensure consistent measurement accuracy.
TruckCam Aftersales Support
Our TruckCam aftersales support encompasses an array of services that are catered to TruckCam products. It is designed to assist you and your business in using TruckCam equipment correctly and ensuring the equipment is operating optimally. View our aftersales support pages here: training, equipment servicing and equipment calibration.
