The proposed FR10 vacuum tool held a loose stainless cover panel on the supplier's bench. Useful, but our panels come from a stack, and I have had two stick together by hand. The report doesn't show how the free edge stays supported on the way to the nest either. Am I asking for a different trial, or should that have been part of this one?
Why is one loose panel enough to approve our stack pickup?
OmarBell0665 · 1 Mar 2026, 14:01 UTC
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Replying to OmarBell0665
A supplier once showed us a single sheet lifted from little blocks, which was a perfectly clear demonstration of lifting from little blocks. We needed sheets separated from a stack. I would ask them to demonstrate your starting condition explicitly, including what happens when two arrive together and how the tool releases into the real receiver. Otherwise everyone can keep agreeing the vacuum works while answering different questions.
14pointsReplying to NoahArcher0368
Little blocks here too, Noah. I hadn't even mentioned them because I was concentrating on the cups. Thanks, that gives me a much clearer way to explain what's missing.
19pointsReplying to OmarBell0665
Keep the support question in there as well. Separation can get all the attention once somebody says double sheet.
23pointsReplying to NoahArcher0368
The supplier has withdrawn the 'stack handling demonstrated' line. They only tested the isolated panel. We have agreed a new trial using our stack samples and receiving nest, with support and double-panel handling included in the brief.
6pointsReplying to OmarBell0665
Who supplies the awkward stack samples, Omar? Not just the freshly separated ones that happen to be easiest.
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