Our FR5 aluminium-blank exit has no gripper in it

HarishBarnes0576 · 11 Oct 2025, 03:55 UTC

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HarishBarnes0576
I traced our proposed FR5 unloading path and realised the aluminium blank travels through the doorway by itself. Gripper and adapter missing. I'd like a cheap layout check before we commit to a stand.

14 replies

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JamieCarter0991
Replying to HarishBarnes0576

Add the held blank and complete tool before deciding where the stand belongs.

7 points
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IsabelAbbott0039
Replying to HarishBarnes0576

The open door needs its measured position and fittings in the same model, including the space the setter uses for fixture changes.

18 points
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ZaraBarnes0569
Replying to HarishBarnes0576

We have an FR5 steel-blank review underway where one person finally took ownership of combining the tool and machine information. That helped more than another separate drawing. Ask your integrator to own the combined route check.

23 points
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HarishBarnes0576
Replying to ZaraBarnes0569

Our integrator will coordinate it. Toolmaker has the gripper body, but fittings are still being selected. Machine owner is measuring the actual door. I hadn't included the setter's fixture change, Isabel; thanks.

20 points
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HassanBaker0443
Replying to ZaraBarnes0569

Zara, did your combined review keep the existing stand position or move it?

12 points
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ZaraBarnes0569
Replying to HassanBaker0443

Still undecided on ours, Hassan. We have the actual survey and loaded assembly being brought together, not a result I can claim. It at least stopped the inputs being mistaken for an approved layout.

-2 points
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JamieCarter0991
Replying to HarishBarnes0576

Harish, are the provisional fittings visibly marked as provisional?

4 points
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IsabelAbbott0039
Replying to JamieCarter0991

That matters for maintenance too; a later fitting choice could clear the motion path but leave no practical access for replacement.

18 points
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HarishBarnes0576
Replying to JamieCarter0991

Yes, Jamie. The integrator has marked the fittings as provisional and is comparing two stand positions. Both include the tool and blank, with the open door surveyed. Setter hasn't reviewed them yet.

8 points
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HassanBaker0443
Replying to HarishBarnes0576

Does the setter change this fixture regularly, or only when the product family changes?

11 points
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JamieCarter0991
Replying to HassanBaker0443

Either way, draw the actual changeover space. Frequency changes the nuisance, not whether it fits.

12 points
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HarishBarnes0576
Replying to HassanBaker0443

Regularly, Hassan. Setter favours the side position because the trolley stays accessible. The loaded exit there still needs checking, so that preference hasn't become our purchase decision.

17 points
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IsabelAbbott0039
Replying to HarishBarnes0576

Keep the empty return and service access beside that exit check; the side position has to work for the complete cycle and the people maintaining it.

20 points
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ZaraBarnes0569
Replying to HarishBarnes0576

Would be useful to hear which position survives, Harish. My own review is still open, so I am collecting the questions rather than offering a winning layout.

4 points

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