our reach sketch forgot most of the tool

ClaraArcher0350 · 5 Nov 2025, 06:44 UTC

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ClaraArcher0350
I asked for the door and service space on our FR5 machine-tending layout. Got a revised sketch back with both, then noticed the pickup is still a dot on the end of the arm. We're transferring a short steel blank into a fixture. The blank fits through the opening, but the proposed gripper body hasn't been drawn at all. I don't want another reach screenshot. I want the next review to include the thing we're actually buying and the setter who has to reach past it.

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SaraCarter0983
Replying to ClaraArcher0350

Has a gripper been selected, or is that dot hiding an undecided purchase?

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ClaraArcher0350
Replying to SaraCarter0983

Undecided purchase, yes. Two bodies are on the quote. Same fingers in the sketches, which I am also not willing to take on trust.

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EmmaArcher0376
Replying to ClaraArcher0350

You're right to question the shared fingers. Ask for each complete proposed assembly, with its adapter and the blank held where it would actually sit. A shorter body doesn't necessarily make the whole assembly shorter.

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ClaraArcher0350
Replying to EmmaArcher0376

The supplier has assembly sketches for both already. They sent them after I asked specifically, rather than sending me the robot reach page again. The adapters are different.

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OwenBaker0486
Replying to ClaraArcher0350

Do both sketches show where the fingers release the blank, including the space they occupy when open?

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SaraCarter0983
Replying to ClaraArcher0350

And Clara, is the door shown at its actual working opening?

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ClaraArcher0350
Replying to SaraCarter0983

Sara, yes, we measured that opening with the machine team. Owen, no: both tool sketches show closed fingers. I've asked for the open position and the loaded approach too.

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EmmaArcher0376
Replying to ClaraArcher0350

The setter's access should get its own view. In our tooling review the close-up was useful, but you couldn't see where a person would stand to remove the assembly. Different question from whether the robot could put it there.

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OwenBaker0486
Replying to EmmaArcher0376

Emma, that is the bit a crop loses; even a correct tool drawing can leave the person outside the picture.

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ClaraArcher0350
Replying to EmmaArcher0376

I've booked the setter into the layout review and kept both candidate assemblies on it. Still waiting for the open-finger drawings. At least the purchase decision is visibly open now, instead of disguised as a dot.

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SaraCarter0983
Replying to ClaraArcher0350

Good. Has anyone priced the two complete assemblies yet?

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