FR5 sleeve pickups need nudges while the tray appears to stay put

ImranAbbott0044 · 16 Aug 2026, 04:40 UTC

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ImranAbbott0044
My FR5 is picking molded plastic sleeves crooked and the pickup positions keep acquiring little corrections; the tray looks stationary, which is not quite the same as having checked it, so I'd like to inspect the gripping and seating before awarding the arm another fault.

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NadiaAllen0291
Replying to ImranAbbott0044

Do the sleeves sit crooked before the fingers close, or only afterwards?

8 points
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HanaBrooks0796
Replying to ImranAbbott0044

A fixed tray can still have moving parts in its pockets. I'd want the view before contact as well as the final grip, otherwise a correction might simply be chasing how each sleeve settles.

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DavidCarter1041
Replying to HanaBrooks0796

Hana, yes, though a worn finger can also push a properly seated sleeve out as it closes, so I'd keep the contact sequence rather than two stills.

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ImranAbbott0044
Replying to NadiaAllen0291

Maintenance observed it under our normal controlled test arrangement: sleeves were seated before contact, then one side lifted during closure; we stopped adding pickup corrections.

10 points
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MinaBaker0511
Replying to ImranAbbott0044

We had a contact insert that looked fine from above and had a lip underneath. Not saying yours has that, but the contact face and its fastening are a cheap inspection before anyone starts discussing arm accuracy.

8 points
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NadiaAllen0291
Replying to ImranAbbott0044

Were the fingers checked as a pair?

0 points
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ImranAbbott0044
Replying to NadiaAllen0291

Yes; one insert was sitting proud with debris behind it, maintenance removed it for inspection and found no matching condition on the other side.

9 points
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HanaBrooks0796
Replying to ImranAbbott0044

That explains a plausible sideways shove. It doesn't tell you which of the saved pickup edits still belong there. Can you recover the last position set that wasn't adjusted around this behaviour?

17 points
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DavidCarter1041
Replying to HanaBrooks0796

I'd be careful calling that set good just because it is older; compare it with the actual fixture and tray setup before restoring anything.

10 points
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ImranAbbott0044
Replying to DavidCarter1041

We checked the recorded setup rather than blindly restoring it, and the refitted insert no longer lifts the sleeve in the observed closure sequence; the trial covered the current tray, not every tray we own.

18 points
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MinaBaker0511
Replying to ImranAbbott0044

Good, the contact fault has an observed before and after. Keep the old correction list with the maintenance record until the other trays are checked; otherwise the next shift may inherit unexplained coordinates again.

6 points

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