FR5 spacer grip is crooked and the pickup file keeps growing

JonasArcher0372 · 24 Jun 2026, 16:12 UTC

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JonasArcher0372
Our spacer transfer gets another point edit whenever it becomes unreliable. Tray looks fixed, grip looks less square. I want the physical setup checked before more teaching changes bury the cause.

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ElenaBrown0949
Replying to JonasArcher0372

What does the spacer do before first contact, Jonas? A changing source seat and a changing tool contact can both end as a crooked grip, so I would compare those stages with the fitted assembly and saved edits identified.

14 points
JO
JonasArcher0372
Replying to ElenaBrown0949

Spacer is tilted in its source fixture before contact. Not obvious from the normal camera view. The closer view shows it before the fingers arrive.

6 points
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LuisAdams0173
Replying to JonasArcher0372

Then have maintenance compare the source fixture's intended supports and locators with the actual spacer, as well as inspecting the contact pair. We've had people argue about the gripper while it was faithfully picking up a part presented badly to it. That isn't a diagnosis of yours, just a reason to look earlier.

11 points
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StephanieChambers
Replying to LuisAdams0173

Earlier tilt is evidence. Gripper innocence is still a hypothesis (and not necessary to find the source problem).

12 points
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HazelAdams0136
Replying to StephanieChambers

Stephanie's right. One finding may explain the start of the lean without accounting for later contact damage. Keep both inspections in scope.

9 points
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HanaBrown0883
Replying to JonasArcher0372

Can the loader tell whether the spacer has reached its intended seat? If the close camera is the only place that shows the tilt, the ordinary loading check may need attention too.

7 points
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AnikaBarnes0595
Replying to HanaBrown0883

Hana, I would ask the fixture owner what observable condition the loader should verify, rather than invent a visual test from the video. That can sit beside the mechanical investigation without implying the operator caused the problem.

6 points
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GabrielChan1062
Replying to JonasArcher0372

Are all the source pockets affected, Jonas, or one location? That might help maintenance choose a cheap physical comparison.

16 points
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JonasArcher0372
Replying to GabrielChan1062

One location. Same identified spacer sits squarely in another pocket. Maintenance found the affected support insert is loose at one end; its specified fastener is present but no longer retaining it properly.

13 points
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ElenaBrown0949
Replying to JonasArcher0372

Does that movement reproduce the observed tilt when maintenance checks the assembly under its procedure? I would keep the physical relationship, not only a note that a fastener was loose.

10 points
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LuisAdams0173
Replying to JonasArcher0372

And inspect the fixing condition before just tightening it. Wrong engagement, damaged threads and an omitted retention provision are different repair questions; I'm not picking one from the word loose.

17 points
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JonasArcher0372
Replying to ElenaBrown0949

Movement corresponds to the tilted seat. Toolmaker found damaged insert threads. Maintenance is replacing the approved insert and checking the complete fixing arrangement, not treating a quick tighten as the repair.

13 points
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AnikaBarnes0595
Replying to JonasArcher0372

Who is recording the reviewed software combination for the return check? Those accumulated offsets were made around a moving support, so the mechanical repair and controls decision need to reach the next shift together.

18 points
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JonasArcher0372
Replying to AnikaBarnes0595

Maintenance lead and programmer own it jointly. Replacement fitted and static seating is square in the checked pockets. Finger inspection found no out-of-limit condition. Reviewed transfer checks not complete.

1 points
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HanaBrown0883
Replying to JonasArcher0372

Has tooling defined that loader check now? The repaired seat is useful, but the person loading should not need your special camera view to recognise the intended condition.

23 points
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HazelAdams0136
Replying to HanaBrown0883

Keep it within the agreed access and procedure. A visible seating reference can be useful without asking an operator to reach into the fixture or diagnose a fastening fault.

11 points
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JonasArcher0372
Replying to HanaBrown0883

Tooling has a proposed visible seating reference for the normal loading position. Operations will assess it during the return checks. That instruction is still provisional, and the station remains held.

13 points
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GabrielChan1062
Replying to JonasArcher0372

Thanks for the specific mechanical result. Will you report whether the reviewed transfer and loader check both work, rather than closing the whole thing from the static seating improvement?

13 points

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