Can I compare FR5 unloading arrangements before the gripper is modelled?

KieranCasey · 28 Jul 2026, 13:49 UTC

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KI
KieranCasey
Our 67-steel-blank unloading proposal reaches the fixture in the sketch, but the gripper body and open machine door are absent. I need an access check before choosing the FR5. What can we usefully establish now, while the complete tooling information is still missing?

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TobyAllen0318
Replying to KieranCasey

Measure the installed doorway and nearby obstructions, then ask the toolmaker for the complete assembly outline in the held-blank and empty states.

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MiaCarter0992
Replying to KieranCasey

Which part of withdrawal looks doubtful to you? A marked section can give the missing-tool request a concrete target.

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KieranCasey
Replying to MiaCarter0992

The doorway during loaded withdrawal. We have the fixture point but not enough tool geometry to judge the gap. I can mark that section without drawing an imaginary slim gripper into it.

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JamieAllen0295
Replying to KieranCasey

Add the setter's changeover route now, because the remaining space is not automatically spare space for the robot just because a blank can pass through it

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MinaBell0685
Replying to KieranCasey

You can expose missing dimensions now. You cannot establish full access by treating all those missing dimensions as zero. Keep any comparison provisional, including an alternative base position that only looks better because it has the same incomplete tool.

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MiaCarter0992
Replying to MinaBell0685

Mina, would you still compare two measured doorway sections before the tool arrives? I'm trying to separate useful elimination from premature approval.

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MinaBell0685
Replying to MiaCarter0992

Yes, a known obstruction can rule out a specific proposed arrangement. A section without a clash cannot establish all orientations and routes. That is the difference I meant.

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TobyAllen0318
Replying to MinaBell0685

Keep the held blank on the request too; the gripper passing empty is not the unloading task Kieran is choosing an arm for.

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KieranCasey
Replying to TobyAllen0318

Doorway survey done and setter access marked. Toolmaker says the connection fitting is not included in their first outline, so I have requested the complete version before the integrator reviews withdrawal.

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JamieAllen0295
Replying to KieranCasey

Include access to that fitting for service as well; a connection that clears during production may still be a pain to reach when it needs attention

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MiaCarter0992
Replying to KieranCasey

Has the first outline already shown a clash, even without the fitting? That would still be a specific useful finding.

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KieranCasey
Replying to MiaCarter0992

No established clash yet. It is an incomplete comparison, not an arrangement we've disproved. The integrator has the survey and the fitting request, with the arm decision still open.

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MinaBell0685
Replying to KieranCasey

That is the honest answer to your opening question. You have improved the inputs and identified a missing part of the tool. Don't let the provisional no-clash sketch become a clearance result in the purchasing note.

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TobyAllen0318
Replying to KieranCasey

Will the complete review cover empty return as well as loaded exit, with the intended door state documented?

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KieranCasey
Replying to TobyAllen0318

Yes, both routes are in the requested scope. Setter and service access are included too. I have not received the completed tool drawing, so none of those checks is being described as passed.

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JamieAllen0295
Replying to KieranCasey

Please keep the setter on the eventual review rather than only attach their markings; a proposed base move can change that route again

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KieranCasey
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Setter will review any changed arrangement. Thanks, Jamie; I had only assigned the first survey to them. The purchasing comparison remains provisional until the complete routes and access needs are assessed.

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