Allen says that if an engine is vibrating a little more than the

manufacturer or MRO shop would like, the vibration is usually

damped by performing a trim balance exercise on its fan — mainly
because, in an assembled engine, the fan is the only part of the engine
to which technicians can easily obtain access.
Trim balancing the fan involves adding small weights — known as
“pencil weights” — to the fan hub or the base of the fan spinner cone
(the CFM56 family has this arrangement). The cone has from 30 to 40
locations round its base into which these small weights can be screwed
flush. In the CFM56, the range of pencil weights available varies from
2g to 30g.