The FR5 reaches our fixture in a drawing without a door

AishaBarnes0605 · 9 Jun 2026, 11:45 UTC

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AishaBarnes0605
We are considering an FR5 for loading seventy short steel blanks. The reach sketch omits the gripper body and open machine door. It has proved that a point fits. I need an access review that includes the hardware we intend to buy.

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CarlaAllen0314
Replying to AishaBarnes0605

Who changes the fixture on this machine? I'd have them at the access review, because the robot loading route and the human changeover route will be sharing that opening.

7 points
AI
AishaBarnes0605
Replying to CarlaAllen0314

Our setter does. He has asked where the robot parks during changeover. The sketch has no answer to that either.

16 points
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GraceAllen0320
Replying to AishaBarnes0605

Get the full gripper drawing first. The parked position needs to include its fingers and adapter, even when no blank is held.

21 points
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AishaBarnes0605
Replying to GraceAllen0320

Tool supplier is sending the complete assembly. Machine door position is being measured. Neither has been added to the review model yet.

14 points
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JonasAllen0285
Replying to AishaBarnes0605

Our old proposed layout made room for the tool but left the setter carrying a fixture round the base. He spotted it immediately. I'd show your setter his approach with the actual fixture handling kit too.

11 points
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CarlaAli0227
Replying to AishaBarnes0605

And if a different base position is an option, compare it before buying a longer arm; more reach doesn't automatically untangle a bad approach to the door.

14 points
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CarlaAllen0314
Replying to JonasAllen0285

Jonas, did you move the base on that proposal, or change how the fixture was handled?

5 points
JO
JonasAllen0285
Replying to CarlaAllen0314

Moved the proposed base sideways and checked it again. That was possible in our room. We hadn't drilled anything, which made the conversation considerably cheaper.

12 points
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AishaBarnes0605
Replying to AishaBarnes0605

Our updated model conflicts with the door at the original position. Designer is now comparing a side position. The setter says it may interfere with his fixture trolley.

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GraceAllen0320
Replying to AishaBarnes0605

Has the trolley outline gone into that comparison? A note saying access needed is easy to overlook beside a detailed robot model.

12 points
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AishaBarnes0605
Replying to GraceAllen0320

Yes, setter provided dimensions already. They are in the latest layout. No acceptable route confirmed yet.

20 points
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CarlaAli0227
Replying to AishaBarnes0605

Would a different tool orientation help at the original position? I mean as another option to review, if the tool supplier thinks the blank can be held appropriately.

6 points
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AishaBarnes0605
Replying to CarlaAli0227

I have put that question to the tool supplier. We are holding the arm choice until the complete route and changeover access are reviewed.

18 points
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CarlaAllen0314
Replying to AishaBarnes0605

Please include where the setter leaves the removed fixture in that review. Getting the trolley through is only half his changeover, if the old fixture then occupies his working space.

10 points

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