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Coats Vero Series Safety, Setup, Operation & Maintenance Manual

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Model V200
Vero Series™ Wheel Balancer
See
Balancing Your
First Tire
on page 3.
1601 J. P . Hennessy Drive, LaVergne, TN USA 37086-3565
HENNESSY INDUSTRIES INC. Manufacturer of AMMCO
Safety Instructions
Set-up Instructions
Operation Instructions
Maintenance Instructions
READ these instructions before placing unit in
service. KEEP these and other materials delivered
with the unit in a binder near the machine for ease
of reference by supervisors and operators.
615/641-7533
800/688/6359
®
, COATS
®
and BADA
®
Automotive Service Equipment and Tools.
www.ammcoats.com
Manual Part No.: 85608729 01
Revision:
5/14

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  • Page 1 Model V200 Vero Series™ Wheel Balancer Balancing Your First Tire on page 3. Safety Instructions Set-up Instructions Operation Instructions Maintenance Instructions READ these instructions before placing unit in service. KEEP these and other materials delivered with the unit in a binder near the machine for ease of reference by supervisors and operators.
  • Page 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS Eye and face protection recommendations: 10. Wear proper clothing. Safety toe, non-slip foot- wear and protective hair covering to contain hair “Protective eye and face equipment is required to is recommended. Do not wear jewelry, loose be used where there is a reasonable probability clothing, neckties, or gloves when operating the of injury that can be prevented by the use of...

  • Page 3: Owner's Responsibility

    Owner’s Responsibility Definitions of Hazard Levels To maintain machine and user safety, the responsibility Identify the hazard levels used in this manual with the of the owner is to read and follow these instructions: following definitions and signal words: DANGER •...

  • Page 4: Safety Notices And Decals

    Safety Notices and Decals The motor unit of this machine contains a Class IIIa laser with a maximum output less than 5mW at a wave WARNING length of 630-680 nm. Avoid Exposure - Laser radia- tion is emitted from its aperture. Failure to follow danger, warning, and caution instructions may lead to serious personal injury or death to operator or bystander or...

  • Page 5: Standard Safety Devices

    Standard Safety Devices • STOP key for stopping the wheel under emergency conditions. • A hood guard of high impact plastic that is designed to prevent the counterweights from flying out in any direction except towards the floor. • A hood switch interlock system that prevents the machine from starting if the guard is not lowered and stops the wheel whenever the guard is raised.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Mounting Wheel on Balancer Shaft ....12 - 13 Standard Back Cone Mounting ......12 Important Safety Instructions ......... ii Standard Front Cone Mounting ......13 Owner’s Responsibility ..........iii Alternate Mounting ..........13 Operator Protective Equipment ....... iii Direct Select™...

  • Page 7: Set Up Instructions

    If the carrier will not do so, prepare A factory trained COATS Service Technician must per- an affidavit to the effect that you have so notified the form the install, set up, and initial test procedures on carrier (on a certain date) and that he has failed to your wheel balancer.

  • Page 8: Specifications

    Specifi cations Features Wheel Diameter Range • Direct Drive System 8 - 30 inches (203 - 762 mm) • ProBalance™ Technology Wheel Width Range • Direct Select™ Weight Placement 2 - 20 inches (51 - 508 mm) • Behind the Spoke Weight Placement Maximum Outside Tire Diameter •...

  • Page 9: Balancing Your First Tire

    ★Balancing Your First Tire Turn the machine OFF then ON Raise hood after tire stops (resets machine). rotating. Note: The machine wakes up Note: Wait for wheel to stop before raising the using standard clip-on wheel hood (wheel guard). weight locations (Clip 1 & Clip 2) Wheel automatically stops at and wheel dimensions.

  • Page 10: Principle Operating Parts

    Principle Operating Parts Know Your Unit Compare this illustration with the unit before placing it into service. Maximum performance and safety will be obtained only when all persons using the unit are fully trained in its parts and operation. Each user should learn the function and location, of all controls.

  • Page 11: Power Switch

    Figure 4 - Corrective Weight Examples. For Best Results, use BADA® Brand Wheel Weights. Figure 6 - Top Down View of Weight Tray With BADA Brand Wheel Weights and COATS® Brand Accessories Important: Always read and follow instructions. • 5...

  • Page 12: Using The Offset Arm

    Using The Offset Arm Be sure to place the offset arm on the wheel flange at the clip-on weight location as shown figure 8B. When not in use or when prompted by the balancer instructions, store the offset arm in the home position as shown in figure 7.

  • Page 13: Using The Laser Locator

    Important: The A2 measurement must be at least 2 inches greater than the A1 measurement. Laser At least Laser Locator 2-inch Locator Knob minimum difference Figure 10 - Positioning Laser Dot At T2 Tape Hidden Weight Location (A2) Note: The T2 Tape Direct Select™ Weight position is the only mode that requires the A2 &...

  • Page 14: Hood (Wheel Guard)

    Hood (Wheel Guard) Auto Wheel Positioning CAUTION CAUTION Never raise up the wheel guard before the Keep hair, loose clothing, fingers and all wheel has come to a stop. Keep hair, loose parts of body away from moving parts. clothing, fingers and all parts of body away The balancer’s auto positioning feature stops the from moving parts.

  • Page 15: Touchscreen

    3. Rotate the laser locator knob to position the laser Touchscreen locator dot at the desired weight location. See figures The balancer touchscreen is a resistive touch panel 10 & 9B. (figure 14). To enter a function, press the appropriate function icon.

  • Page 16: Touchscreen Layout

    Touchscreen Layout Figure 15 - Model V200 Default Touchscreen Feature Reference Figure 15 Model V200 Default Touchscreen Feature Reference Touchscreen User Interface (UI) Function and Review Information / Instruction Panel An information box appears when the operator text assist icon is activated and to display any error messages.
  • Page 17 Wheel Cross-section Graphic and Indicators On the main screen, a wheel cross-section graphic indicates the wheel balancer operational status. Sonar On or Sonar Off Indicates whether the width sonar is set on or off. , or Navigation Icons Select this icon to access and set additional balancer Settings functions.

  • Page 18: Mounting Wheel On Balancer Shaft

    Mounting Wheel On Balancer Standard Back Cone Mounting Shaft Most original equipment and steel wheels can be mounted properly using this method. The wheel is centered on a cone from the inner side of the hub. CAUTION Avoid back injury, seek assistance when lifting heavy tire/rim assemblies onto the balancer shaft.

  • Page 19: Standard Front Cone Mounting

    Standard Front Cone Mounting Alternate Mounting A wheel should be centered by the outer side of the If the wheel has a protruding outer hub which will not hub only when the inner surface will not provide an permit the use of the pressure cup, or the cup will not accurate surface to center on.

  • Page 20: Direct Select™ Weight Location

    Direct Select™ Weight Location Setting Wheel Dimensions (DIM) When the machine is turned ON, the balancer defaults Before a wheel can be balanced, wheel dimensions to a 2-plane dynamic mode using standard clip-on must be entered into the computer. wheel weight locations (Clip 1 and Clip 2) and wheel Definition of Dimensions (DIM) dimensions.

  • Page 21: Basic Wheel Data Entry

    Basic Wheel Data Entry Entering Wheel Dimensions Manually 1. Direct Select™ an Inboard weight location (Clip 1, Information entered into the balancer software for A, or T1 Tape) and an Outboard weight location (T2 Tape, W, and D can be changed anytime during a balancing T3 Tape or Clip 2).

  • Page 22: Balancing A Wheel

    Balancing A Wheel Static Balancing Choose a static balance to balance a wheel using one A variety of wheel configurations can be balanced plane for correction. Place the single corrective weight using this wheel balancer. Read through this section, at top-dead-center (12 o’clock) on either flange, at the it will help in determining which balancing mode and center of the rim channel, placed inward either side, or options are best suited for certain wheel assemblies.

  • Page 23: Corrective Weight Placement

    Corrective Weight Placement Behind Spoke Mode “Splitting” the T2 Tape corrective weight amount is After the wheel spins and out of balances are mea- used to hide the adhesive weight behind two rim sured and displayed, the corrective weight amount spokes.

  • Page 24: Probalance™ Technology

    ProBalance™ Technology 2. The balancer stops and automatically positions the wheel at the ProBalance correction location. Now attach Any excessive residual unbalance is detected when the specified corrective weight amount (figure 28) at using ProBalance Technology mode, see Balance Mode the 12 o’clock position in the center of the rim channel Icons, page 11.

  • Page 25: Calibration

    Calibration Note: If desired, rotate laser dot toward inner flange. 9. After spin, raise the hood. Rotate wheel to line up/ Machine Calibration center of 4-ounce calibration weight with laser dot. Hold 1. Press SETTINGS icon and then select MACHINE position while pressing NEXT.

  • Page 26: Maintenance Instructions

    (part # 85609548) included with your • Tire pressure. Bring all tires up to the recommended Vero Series™ wheel balancer to clean the unit’s touch- PSI. screen. Use of these or similar screen wipes, or a clean soft damp cloth are the only safe and acceptable •...

  • Page 27: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Error Description A COATS® Service Technician may ask for informa- 100, N01, CAL Exceeded 5 degree range tion to help diagnose service concerns (please contact between placement of calibration COATS directly at 1-800-688-9240 for the Certified weight from outside flange to Service Partner nearest you).

  • Page 28: Glossary

    Glossary ALUS -Alloy wheel mode that typically requires the use of one or two adhesive weights for correction. Balancer Flange – Disk that mates with the disk of the wheel mounted to the balancer. The flange also serves to keep the wheel perfectly perpendicular to its axis of rotation.
  • Page 29 Important: Always read and follow instructions. • 23...
  • Page 30 85608729 01 5/2014 © Copyright 2014 Hennessy Industries and COATS® All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA...

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