How should I check the loaded gripper through this narrow opening?

JuliaAllen0326 · 10 Apr 2025, 10:29 UTC

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JuliaAllen0326
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?

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AnnaAbbott0068
Replying to JuliaAllen0326

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.

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JuliaAllen0326
Replying to AnnaAbbott0068

The supplier has only sent finger dimensions so far. The body is shown as a centre point. I have requested the assembly and measured door position.

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AnnaAbbott0068
Replying to JuliaAllen0326

Open fingers as well. They need somewhere to go.

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JuliaAllen0326
Replying to AnnaAbbott0068

Added. The mill owner also points out that the door stops against an external bracket before reaching the nominal fully open position.

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AnnaAbbott0068
Replying to JuliaAllen0326

Have you got that bracket measured yet? That's likely to matter more than another catalogue picture.

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MiaAli0209
Replying to JuliaAllen0326

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.

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JuliaAllen0326
Replying to AnnaAbbott0068

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.

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GraceBarnes0581
Replying to JuliaAllen0326

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?

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JuliaAllen0326
Replying to GraceBarnes0581

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.

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EllaBrooks0816
Replying to JuliaAllen0326

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.

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AnnaAbbott0068
Replying to JuliaAllen0326

Has the complete tool arrived on the drawing yet?

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JuliaAllen0326
Replying to AnnaAbbott0068

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.

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AnnaAbbott0068
Replying to JuliaAllen0326

Get the hose supplier or toolmaker to settle that routing, then have the reviewer rerun the candidate with it included.

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GraceBarnes0581
Replying to JuliaAllen0326

Who'll keep the final assembly drawing with the cell? Ours was in the toolmaker's email until a replacement fitting sent us looking for it.

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