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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2005
Richard Delmoro, Tallmadge, OH (US);
David Krause, Hartville, OH (US);
David Poling, Sr., Akron, OH (US);
Richard Delmoro, Tallmadge, OH (US);
David Krause, Hartville, OH (US);
David Poling, Sr., Akron, OH (US);
Akron Special Machinery, Inc., Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of positioning a load wheel in a tire uniformity machine to load a tire for testing, the method comprising providing a drive assembly including a drive motor and a drive controller, electrically connected to each other, said drive controller being adapted to switch between analog velocity control and position control; moving the load wheel with the drive motor using analog velocity control; and switching to position control to cause said motor to maintain a selected position of said load wheel without a mechanical brake.