Can't select the FR5 from this point-only unloading sketch

LiamBarnes0577 · 4 Jun 2025, 17:17 UTC

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LiamBarnes0577
I have seen a reachable fixture become inaccessible once the fingers were drawn. Our polymer-blank unloading sketch is at that stage now. What complete geometry should I request before the arm selection?

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SaraArcher0374
Replying to LiamBarnes0577

Request the quoted gripper and adapter with the blank held. Include the machine opening, open door and fixture. The designer also needs the proposed approach and withdrawal.

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LiamBarnes0577
Replying to SaraArcher0374

Quoted tool is still provisional. We have the adapter drawing, but the finger length is awaiting the toolmaker. Door shown shut in the only machine model.

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HenryBarnes0525
Replying to LiamBarnes0577

Then get the actual door positions measured. No point polishing a robot layout around a door that isn't where the job needs it

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LiamBarnes0577
Replying to HenryBarnes0525

Machine supplier is supplying the open-door details. Toolmaker offered a maximum proposed tool envelope while the fingers are being designed. Useful for screening, I think.

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SaraArcher0374
Replying to LiamBarnes0577

Useful while it is clearly provisional. Put the envelope revision beside any comparison, so purchasing does not carry a screening result into the final order.

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JaneBaker0510
Replying to LiamBarnes0577

Include the setter's access too. The arm is not the only thing going through that opening.

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GabrielBell0627
Replying to JaneBaker0510

Yes. Ours nearly left a fixture change needing access through the proposed base. Lovely unloading route, impossible ordinary maintenance. Ask the setter to walk through the drawing before the base becomes sacred.

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HenryBarnes0525
Replying to GabrielBell0627

Gabriel, did moving the base solve yours or did the tool have to change too?

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GabrielBell0627
Replying to HenryBarnes0525

We didn't reach a final arrangement in that review. Got the toolmaker involved and stopped the base decision. Still waiting on the revised combination, so I can't offer a magic new position.

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LiamBarnes0577
Replying to JaneBaker0510

Our setter marked the fixture removal route. It crosses the first base location. Designer is comparing another location, with the open door now included.

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JaneBaker0510
Replying to LiamBarnes0577

Can the setter still reach the fixings there, not just move the fixture past it?

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LiamBarnes0577
Replying to JaneBaker0510

That is being checked. Moving the base clears the removal route on paper, but I have not called the service access acceptable yet.

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SaraArcher0374
Replying to LiamBarnes0577

Ask the toolmaker to confirm whether the provisional envelope still covers the latest design. Several drawing changes can happen while everyone is discussing the base.

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LiamBarnes0577
Replying to SaraArcher0374

It does not. Latest fingers extend beyond the first envelope. Thank you for that check, Sara. Both candidate locations are going back through the access review.

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GabrielBell0627
Replying to LiamBarnes0577

That's frustrating, but at least the base isn't installed. Do they now have one agreed drawing set, or are revisions still arriving separately?

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