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DESIGN OF WHEEL ALIGNMENT MEASURING SYSTEM USING INFRARED TRANSMISSIONS

Ankita K. Patil, Prof. V. L. Kadlag


Wheel alignment technology advances continuously with the introduction of new makes and models of vehicles, engines, transmissions/ transaxles, steering and electronic suspensions. Two wheel alignment is quickly becoming obsolete and four wheel alignment is rapidly being incorporated on many of the new models. This work concentrates on the parameters like caster angle, camber angle, toe in and toe out angles. In this work simulation is carried out by using Infrared (IR) transmission through transceiver pair. The output voltage is observed with change in angular displacement of IR transmitter. This voltage is converted into software interfacing language using arduino board. The visual basic.net software is used for programing and mathematical calculations of output voltage into measured angle in degrees. It is then verified by the results obtained from actual wheel alignments model used in showrooms. The proposed method shows high sensitivity towards minute changes in angles. Also the system can be made available at very low cost, and results can find similarities with the actual system.