Holding a small polymer housing less squarely than before - tray loading

NinaChen1197 · 15 May 2026, 15:46 UTC

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NinaChen1197
We keep nudging pickup points when our Universal Robots UR5e setup gets unreliable at tray loading with a small polymer housing in a compact parts transfer workshop. The tray looks like it's in the same place, but the grip seems less square. I'm suspicious of all these tweaks. What should I inspect before blaming the arm or reteaching everything?

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SofiaAbbott0021
Replying to NinaChen1197

Look at the relationship between the workpiece and fixture before contact, then during gripping. Can your existing observations show when the change in angle begins?

19 points
NI
NinaChen1197
Replying to SofiaAbbott0021

@SofiaAbbott0021 Reviewing the recording, I can see consistent seating in the checked fixture before pickup. The workpiece changes angle during gripping rather than arriving in that position.

20 points
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SofiaAbbott0021
Replying to NinaChen1197

Preserve the current settings and pause further nudges. Have maintenance inspect finger mounting, contact surfaces and tray seating under the proper isolation procedure, using that observation to guide the checks.

9 points
NI
NinaChen1197
Replying to SofiaAbbott0021

The maintenance notes show contact pads were replaced before the first point adjustment. That's the first useful clue I've found in the history.

16 points
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SofiaAbbott0021
Replying to NinaChen1197

That sounds like the pad replacement caused it. Check the installation against the specified arrangement.

5 points
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JuliaAdams0152
Replying to SofiaAbbott0021

@SofiaAbbott0021 Timing isn't enough to call it the cause. Check the pads, yes, but don't let one maintenance entry explain away fixture variation.

-5 points
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SofiaAbbott0021
Replying to JuliaAdams0152

Agreed, I called it too early. Treat the replacement as a lead; verify installation and contact condition alongside tray location before assigning the cause.

16 points
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FarahBrooks0852
Replying to SofiaAbbott0021

On my own setup, we found worn contact surfaces and inconsistent tray seating together. Fixing only the pickup point made the symptoms move around

13 points
NI
NinaChen1197
Replying to FarahBrooks0852

How did you keep those two effects apart? Ours already has enough point edits to make the history messy.

8 points
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FarahBrooks0852
Replying to NinaChen1197

We kept a known reference configuration and had maintenance check one condition at a time. We didn't roll back points blindly after finding wear

14 points
NI
NinaChen1197
Replying to FarahBrooks0852

The available findings haven't established a sufficiently clear cause or remedy. Further pickup-point changes remain paused while the investigation is unresolved.

13 points
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SofiaAbbott0021
Replying to NinaChen1197

Understood. Another offset wouldn't explain the unresolved cause.

4 points

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