I have another FR5 access proposal to review, this time handling brass blanks beside a mill with a partly obstructed door opening. The sketch omits the complete gripper. What minimum geometry should I request before paying for a detailed motion study?
Start with the whole tool assembly and the brass part in it, because a finger drawing without its body and fittings leaves the expensive collision candidates invisible.
Please let the person who changes the fixture see the stand position. We always seem to leave room for the robot and then remember that somebody has to carry the tooling in. Usually while holding a surprisingly heavy box.
The bracket is measured. Our setter reviewed the stand position and wants it farther from the machine for fixture access, which gives the motion reviewer two candidate positions.
We marked our proposed base on the floor and immediately found the trolley couldn't turn, would a quick walk-through help you compare those two spots before paying for both studies?
It did. The closer position prevents the fixture trolley reaching its usual loading point. We have dropped that candidate and sent the farther position for review.
Check the service panels while you're there, I mentioned our hose-fitting access in another thread because it was exactly the thing nobody looked at until the stand got in the way.
Yes, including the open state and fittings. The initial study found a candidate route but requires confirmation of the hose routing. Service access is clear at the proposed position.