TECHNOLOGY
IVIC have contracted with distributors of precision
measuring equipment having been programmed with structural
tolerance specifications for all makes and models of
motor vehicles.
Each item of specialist equipment
has been endorsed by each global motor vehicle manufacturer
for its indisputable measurement accuracy.
The equipment has later been interfaced
with the intellectual property developed by senior IVIC
executives collectively assembled from over the sixty
(60) years in the Australian motor vehicle repair industry.
Conjointly it is then used as a measuring tool to determine
structural integrity dimensions in post collision repaired
vehicles.
All European vehicles are manufactured to zero (0) tolerance
readings however some Australian manufactured vehicles
have tolerance variations of up to five (5) millimetres
when built. To accommodate for this variance, IVIC allow
up to five (5) millimetres tolerance variation over
the manufacturers recommended specifications of the
individual vehicle being inspected.
The initial inspection is known
as the IVIC ‘Structural Tolerance Report’.
This is a simple yet highly accurate inspection which
requires placing sensors at strategic structural and
safety points on and around the undercarriage of the
vehicle. Once the computer has identified the correct
position, the sensor coupling automatically activates
sending data to the diagnostic computer for analysis.
Once all data has been received
and calculated, a spreadsheet with overlay diagram showing
OEM tolerance points is produced identifying the compromised
tolerance points.
The non-compliant tolerance data
on the overlay document are identified in red colour
and represent tolerance failure. The amount of tolerance
failure (in millimetres) is also identified.
Almost every make and model of vehicle
can be inspected at any IVIC inspection Centre.
Should a more detailed report be
required, all vehicles can (at an extra cost) be inspected
on manufacturer approved ‘Jigging’ equipment
where tolerance recordings are precisely accurate.
The Jigging equipment has a ‘zero’
degree calibration of tolerance and is similar equipment
used when manufacturing motor vehicles.
