How do I get the actual fingers into this FR5 access review?

Toolmaker says long. Robot supplier says the short model was just for the reach study. That study is attached to the purchase recommendation

Then take it out of the recommendation. Or mark it clearly as an incomplete study, rather than delete the trail. Someone will otherwise remember the green tick and forget the missing fingers.

Marked incomplete. Asked for the long fingers holding the actual blank, with the door open. No green tick on that page now

Include the adapter too. A correct finger model on the wrong adapter can still place the entire tool in the wrong position.

Does the toolmaker explain why the fingers need to be longer?

They need to reach past the fixture lip while the body stays outside it. Short ones were from a different sample tray, not this mill fixture

So the short tool was never an option here.

Could changing the fixture lip make the shorter tool practical? I'm not saying machine it away. Just wondering whether the fixture designer has an alternative before you settle on the long tool.

Maybe, but it's the machining fixture and not ours to alter casually. The machine team is looking at whether a different loading face is possible

Ask them to include manual loading and inspection access in that option. It would be awkward to solve the robot approach by hiding the clamp the setter needs.

Can the existing fixture still be used while they compare that?

Yes, existing manual route stays as it is. We're comparing drawings, no fixture modifications made

Good, that buys a proper comparison. I would put the fixture-change cost beside the revised tool cost, because either team can make its own item look cheaper by borrowing work from the other.

And charge the design time somewhere. It is happening.

Do both options still use the same adapter, Ada? I asked earlier because that drawing can get left out when everyone focuses on finger length.

Same approved adapter revision B in both. Toolmaker has supplied the full assemblies now. Thanks, Grace, the original short-finger model had a different adapter as well

That would have been a confusing comparison.

Machine team has kept the current fixture for the first proposal. The long-tool access review is booked, but we don't have its result or an arm decision yet

Who is checking the loaded tool assessment alongside that access review? Longer fingers affect more than fit.