I priced the FR10 and gripper. My colleague asked who pays for fixtures and setup. Fair question. What belongs in a bounded pilot?
Replying to LucyBarnes0567
Which mounting block and tray arrangement would you test first?
20 pointsHow do I budget an FR10 pilot without hiding my fixture hours?
LucyBarnes0567 · 5 Aug 2025, 07:44 UTC
11 replies
Replying to HassanBrown0878
One block type, current delivery tray, one receiving fixture. No product changeover in the first trial.
14 pointsReplying to LucyBarnes0567
Who makes that fixture, and how much of their time have you allowed?
15 pointsReplying to HassanBrown0878
Me. Nothing allowed yet; I had called it a quick fixture and stopped there.
17 pointsReplying to LucyBarnes0567
Put your hours in, including revisions after the first trial. Also time the manual job from the same incoming tray. A pilot can answer something useful even if it says the fixture work costs more than the handling saves.
12 pointsReplying to MiaChan1079
Added design, manufacture, setup and trial support. The estimate is less cheerful but more believable.
25 pointsReplying to LucyBarnes0567
Include someone else operating the trial after the agreed handover. If only you can keep the parts moving, you have not tested the staffing assumption. That person needs time allocated, not a request to watch between other jobs.
-10 pointsReplying to LucyBarnes0567
What would make you stop instead of designing another fixture version?
14 pointsReplying to HassanBrown0878
We are setting a fixture-hours cap and comparing complete tray time with manual handling, including interventions.
16 pointsReplying to LucyBarnes0567
Colleague and I agreed that scope. Still waiting for tooling costs before deciding whether to run it.
17 pointsReplying to LucyBarnes0567
Keep that decision separate from buying the arm. Agreeing a sensible experiment does not yet show that its cost is worth paying.
18 pointsDiscussion closed
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