A balance of a timepiece including an adjustment face provided with at least one recess provided for receiving a projected material for an implementation of an adjustment of the rate of the timepiece notably by the modification of the inertia and of the unbalance of the balance, the recess including an opening and a back notably a solid back or a back fully or partially forming an orifice, the back being at most partially visible from a position defined above the opening notably on a central axis of the opening.

A method of correcting imbalance of a tire comprises a step of forming a coated layer on the inner surface of the tire at the point of lightest weight of the tire so as to reduce the imbalance of the tire. The coated layer has a black color substantially the same as the color of the inner surface so that it becomes difficult to recognize the correction of the weight imbalance.

A testing apparatus includes a base structure and a supporting structure rotatably coupled to the base structure. The supporting structure includes an engaging portion configured to engage a liquid-retaining article. A load cell assembly connects the base structure to the supporting structure. The load cell assembly includes a load cell configured to measure a reaction force present between the base structure and the supporting structure resulting from an imbalance of the supporting structure about an axis of rotation thereof. The reaction force corresponds to a weight of liquid that has accumulated on the liquid-retaining article following a balancing of the supporting structure about the axis of rotation thereof.

A testing apparatus includes a base structure and a supporting structure rotatably coupled to the base structure. The supporting structure includes an engaging portion configured to engage a liquid-retaining article. A load cell assembly connects the base structure to the supporting structure. The load cell assembly includes a load cell configured to measure a reaction force present between the base structure and the supporting structure resulting from an imbalance of the supporting structure about an axis of rotation thereof. The reaction force corresponds to a weight of liquid that has accumulated on the liquid-retaining article following a balancing of the supporting structure about the axis of rotation thereof.

An apparatus for applying weight material onto a wheel may include a conveyor assembly, upper and lower severing-head assemblies, and upper and lower control arms. The severing-head assemblies may be mounted above and below the conveyor assembly and may include a housing, a severing device and a dispensing mechanism. The dispensing mechanism may position the weight material from a source relative to the severing device. The severing device may separate a predetermined amount of weight material from a source. The control arms may be movably mounted above and below the conveyor assembly and have weight-application tools configured to transfer the predetermined amounts of weight material from the severing-head assemblies to locations on the wheel.

A method of balancing a gimbaled system having a gimbal operatively connected with a motor configured to control a rotation of the gimbal, wherein the gimbal has predetermined compensation locations thereon. The method includes tumbling the gimbal through a gravity field using the motor, sensing motor control current data from the motor, applying a polynomial fit filter to the motor control current data to produce smoothed current data, determining from the smoothed current data an imbalance condition of the gimbal characterized by an imbalance torque and an imbalance angle, and applying an optimization algorithm to determine an optimized combination of one or more compensating weights disposed at one or more of the predetermined compensation locations, wherein the optimized combination is effective to compensate for the imbalance condition. A system for balancing the gimbaled system is al so disclosed.

A method of balancing a gimbaled system having a gimbal operatively connected with a motor configured to control a rotation of the gimbal, wherein the gimbal has predetermined compensation locations thereon. The method includes tumbling the gimbal through a gravity field using the motor, sensing motor control current data from the motor, applying a polynomial fit filter to the motor control current data to produce smoothed current data, determining from the smoothed current data an imbalance condition of the gimbal characterized by an imbalance torque and an imbalance angle, and applying an optimization algorithm to determine an optimized combination of one or more compensating weights disposed at one or more of the predetermined compensation locations, wherein the optimized combination is effective to compensate for the imbalance condition. A system for balancing the gimbaled system is al so disclosed.

Provided is a method to acquire the unbalance of a rotor and a balancing machine, in which, the method to acquire the unbalance of a rotor includes the following procedures: install angle sensor at first position on balancing machine, measure the unbalance of rotor, first unbalance in measuring plane 1 and first unbalance in measuring plane 2 can be measured. Move angle sensor on balancing machine from first position to second position, measure the unbalance of the rotor again, second unbalance in measuring plane 1 and second unbalance in measuring plane 2 can be measured. In the above mentioned two measurements, the unbalance amount of rotor has no change, but the unbalance angle relative to angle reference point on rotor is changed by an angle which equals the angle of the sensor being moved.

Provided is a method to acquire the unbalance of a rotor and a balancing machine, in which, the method to acquire the unbalance of a rotor includes the following procedures: install angle sensor at first position on balancing machine, measure the unbalance of rotor, first unbalance in measuring plane 1 and first unbalance in measuring plane 2 can be measured. Move angle sensor on balancing machine from first position to second position, measure the unbalance of the rotor again, second unbalance in measuring plane 1 and second unbalance in measuring plane 2 can be measured. In the above mentioned two measurements, the unbalance amount of rotor has no change, but the unbalance angle relative to angle reference point on rotor is changed by an angle which equals the angle of the sensor being moved.

A rotor assembly comprises a rotor having annular flange including a plurality of protrusions axisymmetrically disposed about the annular flange, each protrusion having a mounting aperture for selectively receiving a balancing feature, and a plurality of slots axisymmetrically disposed about the circumference of the annular flange between adjacent protrusions. Each slot has a pair of converging flat portions extending axially inwardly from an adjacent protrusion end, an inner flat portion at an inner end of each slot, and a pair of curved portions respectively joining each converging flat portion to the inner flat portion in each slot. Each slot has a depth at least as great as an adjacent mounting aperture depth extending normally from the adjacent protrusion end to a far end of the corresponding mounting aperture.