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Introduction Daily use
KIMAX2
Menu
Configuration
Calibration
Protecting
calibration
Electrical
installation
Sensor
installation
Additional
information
How does it work?
The Kimax 2 on board scale is an axle pressure meter that for instance measures the pressure
on the air suspension system to indicate the load on each axle of the entire vehicle.
The Kimax 2 Radio has a 3-digit display indicating the actual weight of the vehicle or the
weight of the individual axles. LEDs warn the driver in case of overload.
A mechanical or electronic system on the vehicle maintains a fixed level of the chassis height
through a level valve which adds or subtracts compressed air to the bellows according to the
actual load on the vehicle.
The top of the bellows, shock absorber and level valve are fixed on the chassis of the vehicle.
In order to make the Kimax 2 Radio work properly on your vehicle, you need to teach the
instrument how to calculate different loads. So before you can rely on your new on-board
scale, each axle has to be calibrated after the installation. The calibration is carried out by
weighing each axle of the vehicle on a weighing bridge. While your truck is standing on the
weighing bridge you must give in the empty weight (LO) and loaded weight (HI), when the
vehicle is empty or loaded respectively.
The following diagram shows an example of calibration of an air suspended vehicle with 2
axles. When the vehicle was empty, the weight of the front axle was measured on the
weighing bridge to 4,30 tons (LO value for the front axle). Equally the rear axle was measured
to 5,70 tons (LO value for the rear axle). These LO values are now entered in the LO menu of
Air pressure input for Kimax
Vehicle air supply
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