As advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) now use both camera and radar technology, Hella Gutmann Solutions is stressing that workshops need to be aware that with every new model, these systems are becoming ever more complex and it is essential to have the necessary skills and tools to perform recalibration.

If an ADAS equipped vehicle needs collision repair work, windscreen replacement, wheel or geometry adjustment, ride-height-alteration, or service tasks that requires the removal of the front bumper/headlight carrier assembly, such as a timing belt replacement on a longitudinal mounted engine, it will need to have the system recalibrated once the repair is complete. Technicians cannot simply assume the technology will work properly when the vehicle leaves the premises, the responsibility lies with the workshop.

HELLA is major original equipment manufacturer of ADAS technology and its subsidiary, Hella Gutmann Solutions (HGS), is a market leader in the development of recalibration in the aftermarket.
 
When it comes to the latest radar systems, HGS has developed equipment such as its CSC Radar EVO, which alongside the original CSC-Tool, is specifically designed for radar-based ADAS. The Radar EVO has been developed to have extensive vertical adjustment range to deal with the wide variety of radar sensor mounting positions and further futureproofs the HGS calibration equipment.

CSC Kit Radar II includes a mirror adjustment device with vacuum bell, l centering rings, a manual vacuum pump and adjustment tools, and caters for Mercedes-Benz vehicles equipped with variant 3 radar sensors. Working with the CSC Tool, these radar kits allow workshops to provide the complete calibration solution on the vast majority of ADAS equipped vehicles.

Neil Hilton, HGS’s head of business development, said: “With ADAS features growing at a rapid rate and as more vehicles have the technology fitted as standard, workshops need to continue to invest in the tools that will recalibrate the systems correctly, which is why we’re investing in creating and developing them in order to provide workshops with a competitive edge in the marketplace.”

For more information visit: www.hella-gutmann.co.uk