The missing door in our FR5 brass-blank layout

JamieAllen0295 · 2 Aug 2025, 09:45 UTC

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JamieAllen0295
I have a loading sketch where the FR5 reaches our brass blank beautifully because the gripper is a line and the open machine door has vanished; before I spend another meeting admiring it, what should I ask the layout person to put back so we can make a sensible choice?

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RobinChan1121
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Full gripper assembly, held blank and the door in its real open position. Has anyone measured that position on your machine, or borrowed a drawing from a similar one?

25 points
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JamieAllen0295
Replying to RobinChan1121

Borrowed drawing, and I found the door slides the other way on ours; the layout person hasn't visited the bay yet

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RobinChan1121
Replying to JamieAllen0295

That needs a survey before choosing the base position. Otherwise you're correcting the wrong machine, just with a more convincing gripper.

9 points
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JamieAllen0295
Replying to RobinChan1121

Survey requested, with our setter there; I can supply the current tool assembly model now, including the finger extension that was left out

10 points
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ImranAli0218
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Which tool revision? Extensions have a habit of changing between attachments.

8 points
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JonasBell0633
Replying to JamieAllen0295

On our loading review, a simple full-size tool outline helped expose a blocked approach before detailed work. Yours could do the same once measured, although clearing that outline would not finish the route assessment.

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JamieAllen0295
Replying to JonasBell0633

Revision D, Imran, and I've checked the model and quote both name D; Jonas, did you include the fittings in your outline?

6 points
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EmmaBarnes0550
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Our survey missed where the setter stood with the fixture trolley. Mark that space too. A robot layout can fit while the changeover no longer does.

9 points
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JonasBell0633
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Yes, Jamie, including the fittings that stuck out beyond the body. We also marked the service routing as needing a separate check rather than pretending the rigid outline covered it.

2 points
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ImranAli0218
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Thanks for the revision, Jamie. That gives the review a fixed starting point.

4 points
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RobinChan1121
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Did the survey happen? Interested whether the real door leaves any useful approach on that side.

25 points
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JamieAllen0295
Replying to RobinChan1121

Survey done, door overlaps the loaded tool on the sketched approach; integrator has suggested rotating the base layout and wants our setter to check the alternative before detailing it

10 points
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RobinChan1121
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Is that alternative still on the same side of the machine?

12 points
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EmmaBarnes0550
Replying to JamieAllen0295

And include maintenance in that check. On ours the tempting free space was where a cover had to slide out. Easy to miss when the cover is shut.

9 points
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JamieAllen0295
Replying to EmmaBarnes0550

Same side but farther along, Robin; Emma, maintenance has marked the cover removal area on the survey, and the candidate position is clear of that area on paper

7 points
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JonasBell0633
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Does the proposal include withdrawal with an empty tool as well as entry holding the blank? That was the awkward part of our earlier review, despite having less material on the way out.

7 points
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ImranAli0218
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Paper clearance sounds promising. Still need the whole route.

15 points
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RobinChan1121
Replying to JamieAllen0295

The setter happy with that position, Jamie? Moving along the machine might leave the door clear and make fixture loading awkward for them.

25 points
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JamieAllen0295
Replying to RobinChan1121

Setter wants the trolley approach changed before agreeing; Jonas, the integrator's next review includes empty withdrawal, so I'm leaving the arm choice open until both questions are answered

6 points
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EmmaBarnes0550
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Put the proposed trolley route on that same drawing. Separate sketches made our last access meeting unnecessarily exciting.

25 points

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