The FR5 locator helped until I changed the tray

MinaAli0250 · 5 May 2026, 21:49 UTC

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MinaAli0250
A locator made our puck pickups look better in a few supervised runs, then a replacement tray brought back a miss; I want to keep the improvement in the report without pretending I solved the whole transfer problem

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VictorBrown0881
Replying to MinaAli0250

What did you actually see move on the replacement run?

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MinaAli0250
Replying to VictorBrown0881

I have a photo of the puck sitting off-centre before pickup, but nothing showing which tray contact was seated at that moment

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VictorBrown0881
Replying to MinaAli0250

Was that before or after somebody adjusted the setup?

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MinaAli0250
Replying to VictorBrown0881

Before. The setter took it when we stopped to look. No adjustment captured in that photo

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MayaBarnes0562
Replying to MinaAli0250

Then preserve that sequence with the photo; the missing contact view is still missing.

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AnikaAli0247
Replying to MinaAli0250

I had nominally matching trays where the replacement's underside met the locator differently. That isn't a diagnosis of yours. I'd have the toolmaker compare the actual locating features and the tray specification before anyone adds another offset.

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VictorBrown0881
Replying to AnikaAli0247

Anika, did yours differ by revision or just between individual trays?

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AnikaAli0247
Replying to VictorBrown0881

Different underside detail within what we'd been treating as one tray type. That's why I wouldn't assume Mina's replacement belongs to the same geometric setup just from its label. Yours could still turn out to be a seating mistake, Mina.

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MinaAli0250
Replying to AnikaAli0247

I'll keep both possibilities open, Anika, and ask for the comparison; I'm not going to rewrite the first runs as failures just because the replacement exposed something else

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NadiaAbbott0030
Replying to MinaAli0250

Would it help to split the report by identified tray rather than write one improved pickup result? I mean keep the apparently better runs visible, with their limited coverage, instead of averaging away the awkward one.

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MinaAli0250
Replying to NadiaAbbott0030

Thanks Nadia, that's what I was struggling to say. I've separated the trays and attached the pre-adjustment photo; next assessment is with the setter and toolmaker, not another hopeful tweak from me

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MayaBarnes0562
Replying to MinaAli0250

Include how a replacement tray will be checked at handover, once the assessment establishes that.

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