What does our FR5 exchange sketch leave outside the door?

PavelBell0614 · 1 Jul 2026, 11:34 UTC

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PavelBell0614
Our polymer-blank exchange sketch omits the gripper and open mill door. What should support my FR5 choice?

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LeoCarter0971
Replying to PavelBell0614

The held assembly needs to be shown in the installed opening. Blank, fingers, adapter and connections, through entry and return. The fixture point being reachable won't show where the back of the tool goes when the blank is presented.

13 points
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DanielAllen0304
Replying to PavelBell0614

Is the grip orientation agreed with the toolmaker? I've seen a convenient sketch put the part somewhere the actual fingers weren't intended to hold it. Worth settling that before anyone spends a day tracing the wrong assembly.

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PavelBell0614
Replying to DanielAllen0304

Not agreed yet. The sketch just shows the blank at the fixture, Daniel.

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IsaacChan1129
Replying to PavelBell0614

My FR10 removal enquiry also has generic opening geometry. I am still waiting for the installed survey, so I would name who supplies that here. Otherwise each reviewer can assume the other drawing is the accurate one.

9 points
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LuisAli0260
Replying to PavelBell0614

Where does the setter take the fixture out, Pavel, and is that task included in the proposed base footprint?

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DanielAllen0304
Replying to LuisAli0260

Luis, that's a separate access task but absolutely part of the arm choice. Don't let a successful automatic path be used as the answer to the setter's route.

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PavelBell0614
Replying to LuisAli0260

Luis, through that same opening. The base sketch doesn't show the setter or fixture removal space.

20 points
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LeoCarter0971
Replying to PavelBell0614

Then ask for the two tasks explicitly in the review. Machine owner supplies installed geometry and the setter's task; toolmaker confirms held orientation; integrator brings them together for the proposed robot arrangement. Nobody has to guess the missing hand.

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PavelBell0614
Replying to PavelBell0614

Survey returned. The parked door projects further than the sketch, and the toolmaker has supplied a held orientation.

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IsaacChan1129
Replying to PavelBell0614

Has the integrator combined those inputs yet? Having both is useful, but mine still need joining before anyone can answer the route question.

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DanielAllen0304
Replying to PavelBell0614

And retain the tool revision beside that orientation. A later shorter adapter proposal would be a different assessed assembly, not a harmless tidy-up of this picture.

14 points
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PavelBell0614
Replying to IsaacChan1129

Combined view shows the tool's rear connection occupying the parked-door space at the proposed exchange orientation.

15 points
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LuisAli0260
Replying to PavelBell0614

That rules out this depicted arrangement, not every possible FR5 arrangement; who is deciding whether an alternative is worth investigating?

8 points
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LeoCarter0971
Replying to PavelBell0614

I'd like the setter's finding kept alongside it. There's little value in solving the tool clash and only then discovering the proposed base prevents the fixture change.

14 points
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PavelBell0614
Replying to LuisAli0260

Our production lead wants alternatives reviewed, with setter access included. No arm order authorised.

19 points
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DanielAllen0304
Replying to PavelBell0614

Good place to pause the selection. You've identified a real obstruction in the combined view. Any changed grip, door arrangement or base position needs its own responsible assessment, not an assumption that the line can bend round it.

23 points
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PavelBell0614
Replying to LeoCarter0971

Leo, the setter assessment remains outstanding. I've put it beside the tool clash in the buying note.

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IsaacChan1129
Replying to PavelBell0614

That's the outcome I needed to hear, Pavel. More complete inputs changed the question before money went out. Would be interested which alternative they actually choose to assess, when there is one.

16 points

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