I'm reviewing changeover for our planned loading rigid components into interchangeable nests with Fairino FR10 in a precision parts inspection area. The nest insert for a machined sensor cover closely resembles another family insert and appears reversible in its mounting.
Before automated use, I'd like to establish how tooling identity, orientation and the selected recipe should be checked together.
@RachelAdams0174 Use the drawings to establish whether the reversed insert can fully occupy the intended seat. Then compare its identity and revision with the recipe's setup requirement.
@PavelBrown0875 My drawing shows symmetric mounting features around an asymmetric part datum. The setup sheet also specifies only the insert family, leaving the revision undefined.
@RachelAdams0174 Ask the fixture designer to review asymmetric keying using those drawings. A configuration table should also link the insert's identity and revision to the applicable part and recipe.
@RachelAdams0174 The keying could contribute to identification if the other insert can't engage the intended seat. Have the designer demonstrate that comparison as part of the review.
@AnilAdams0114 You're right; I compressed distinct requirements into that answer. Identity, orientation and full seating each need assessment, even when a feature contributes to several of them.
@NathanBrown0895 Yes. Identifying an insert and establishing its installed condition answer different questions, so the integrator needs to define how each requirement will be confirmed.
@PavelBrown0875 I had a separate setup with clearly labelled inserts stored in the same slot. The drawings weren't ambiguous, but selecting tooling during preparation still caused confusion.
@OmarAllen0317 Did separate storage establish the correct setup, or mainly improve selection? I'd like to understand how much confidence a storage change actually provides.
It made picking easier on my setup. We still checked the installed tooling against the configuration requirement. The drawer couldn't answer that for us.
The changeover requirements are clearer, but I can't yet say our insert arrangement establishes the correct setup. The tooling and recipe checks still need to be assessed together.
@RachelAdams0174 The open decision follows from that distinction: the checks are better defined, while the tooling and recipe arrangement still needs assessment.