Cannot choose our unloading arm from this doorless FR5 sketch

Harriet_Campbell · 15 Jun 2026, 00:40 UTC

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Harriet_Campbell
I'm reviewing FR5 unloading for 212 polymer blanks, and the fixture falls within reach only on a sketch without the gripper or open machine door; what cheap check would expose an awkward withdrawal?

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RachelBarnes0609
Replying to Harriet_Campbell

Could you get a measured side view before paying for more modelling? The tool needs space with the blank held, not only room to arrive at the fixture.

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AaronChen1132
Replying to RachelBarnes0609

I'd include the actual door stop position in that view. We had a drawing with a door further open than its installed travel allowed.

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RachelBarnes0609
Replying to AaronChen1132

Aaron, was that visible on the machine drawing or did someone have to measure it? We tend to receive the nice outline first.

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Harriet_Campbell
Replying to AaronChen1132

Our outline has no stop detail either, so I have asked the machine supplier for that position and the tool designer for the held-blank envelope

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AaronChen1132
Replying to RachelBarnes0609

Rachel, measured against the installed stop with the machine team. The old drawing wasn't wrong for its revision; it just wasn't our installation.

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Harriet_Campbell
Replying to Harriet_Campbell

The combined side view is back, and the held blank clears but a fitting on the gripper occupies the door frame on withdrawal

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RachelBarnes0609
Replying to Harriet_Campbell

That fitting is an expensive omission from a reach circle. Has the tool designer offered another arrangement, or is this still the only one under review?

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Harriet_Campbell
Replying to AaronChen1132

Only this arrangement so far. Thanks Aaron for the door-stop point; the supplier confirmed the installed position before we compared it, so at least that part is no longer guessed

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AaronChen1132
Replying to Harriet_Campbell

Glad that helped. I'd take the clash back to both designers before moving the base on paper. A moved base would need another complete access check.

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