OwenArcher0399 · 2 Feb 2026, 09:07 UTC
A dimensioned fitting envelope should be enough to reject an obvious clash now. You don't need a beautifully modelled thread to know it's in the doorway.
22 pointsInclude the hose leaving it as well. I have a complete-looking tool drawing on another job where the solid parts are all there and the connections apparently travel through another dimension.
12 pointsIs the fitting position fixed, or one of several proposed arrangements?
24 pointsStores once supplied our approved fitting with a longer swivel body, so I'd want the exact supplied part behind that envelope.
16 pointsIsla, the supplier has offered a straight fitting or an elbow, neither selected. Tony, their parts list just says air fitting, so I've asked for both complete options
20 pointsModel them as two alternatives, including the hose departure and permitted movement. Otherwise someone may borrow the elbow's small projection for the straight fitting's convenient hose route and approve a tool that doesn't exist.
8 pointsCould the supplier photograph each proposed assembly beside a scale? That would help you spot omitted bits while the proper dimensions arrive.
24 pointsPhotographs would help explain the assembly, Will, but the integrator still needs dimensions for the complete approach and retreat. Owen also needs the door in its actual operating position, not merely its maximum possible opening.
17 pointsThe door measurement is from its normal stopped position, Zara Baker. Supplier photos show the elbow projects less sideways but sends the hose towards the moving finger linkage
13 pointsAsk the tool supplier to resolve that routing. A smaller outside dimension is no saving if the hose interferes with the tool's own movement. Include open and closed finger positions in their returned assembly views.
19 pointsCould another rear connection position be available? Asking, not suggesting you move it yourselves. Sometimes there's an option absent from the sales picture, sometimes there really isn't.
20 pointsWho updates the spares list after an option is selected?
15 pointsWe had a setter change a tool with no clear place to put the removed one, and the hose got trapped under it; include the changeover handling as well as its travelling shape.
6 pointsPriya, fair point. The replacement job is easy to forget when everyone's staring at a doorway collision, but you still have to get the thing off the wrist without abusing its connections.
-1 pointsSupplier found a rear-port option that routes clear of the linkage. Both candidates are dimensioned now. The straight side fitting clashes on approach; the rear option fits in the current model, with retreat still being checked
20 pointsThat's a useful rejection already. Did either option change the adapter or just the connection arrangement?
21 pointsJust the connection arrangement, Nick. Rob, our toolroom owns the final spares list; they won't issue it from the provisional sales description
9 pointsThanks for reporting the actual options. The vague parts-list line was doing plenty of damage.
7 pointsOwen, is the rear hose envelope based on the supplier's proposed routing or on a freehand curve someone added to make the view look complete?
6 pointsSupplier's proposed routing, David, identified on their returned drawing. The integrator still has to check it through withdrawal and the tool-change arrangement Priya mentioned. We haven't selected the arm from the approach view alone
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