The aluminium blank clears, the gripper exhaust fitting doesn't

JoFixtures · 8 Feb 2025, 02:31 UTC

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JO
JoFixtures
I've got a proposed FR5 loading layout where the blank slips past the open machine door beautifully and the actual gripper would apparently occupy the door handle, which is a decent argument for drawing more than the part; what measurements have people missed on these access reviews?

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RickShift
Replying to JoFixtures

Is that the measured open door position, or the machine brochure drawing?

15 points
JO
JoFixtures
Replying to RickShift

Measured now, brochure before, and we found the stop had been moved to suit a nearby cupboard so there's less opening than the model showed.

25 points
RI
RickShift
Replying to JoFixtures

Does the layout also show the tool opening to release the blank?

13 points
JO
JoFixtures
Replying to RickShift

Not yet, thanks for that, I've requested the open-finger envelope and fittings from the gripper supplier instead of stretching their catalogue picture myself.

8 points
RI
RickShift
Replying to JoFixtures

Include withdrawal with the finished part. Shoulders and burrs aren't always on the blank drawing.

25 points
SO
SofiaArcher0369
Replying to JoFixtures

The cupboard has become part of the robot geometry, then. Are you considering relocating it, or must the reviewed access work around the existing door stop?

12 points
JO
JoFixtures
Replying to SofiaArcher0369

Cupboard can move but the machine owner needs to approve any door-stop work, so I've asked the integrator to assess the present opening first and list what a wider opening would actually change.

21 points
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AmaraBarnes0600
Replying to JoFixtures

Worth putting the cupboard's destination on the same floor plan, ours moved out of a machine door path and straight into the route for bringing replacement tooling to the cell.

15 points

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