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An automatic wheel mounting apparatus provided with a robot for positioning a wheel on a hub of an automobile and for tightening nuts onto hub studs, which has a lifting device for lifting the hub in a direction to cancel the camber angle, a head positioned by the robot, and a measurement and positioning unit disposed on the head and having a hub center measuring device, a hub stud positioning device, and a hub inclination measuring device, whereby an inclination condition of the hub surface due to steering angle or the like is detected by the hub inclination measuring device to cause the measurement and positioning unit to confront the hub, the hub center is measured by the hub center measuring device to align the center of the measurement and positioning unit with the hub center, and then the hub is rotated by the hub stud positioning device to position the hub studs at predetermined positions.
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