Holding a small polymer housing less squarely than before - tray unloading

ChenBell0616 · 23 Apr 2026, 23:38 UTC

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ChenBell0616
We keep nudging pickup points when our Fairino FR5 setup gets unreliable at tray unloading with a small polymer housing in a supervised production bench. The tray looks like it's in the same place, but the grip seems less square. I'm suspicious of all these tweaks. What should I inspect before blaming the arm or reteaching everything?

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LucaAdams0091
Replying to ChenBell0616

Does the angle change before contact or as the fingers close? Existing footage may help you locate where things start going wrong

20 points
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ChenBell0616
Replying to LucaAdams0091

Reviewing the recording, I can see consistent seating in the checked fixture before pickup. The workpiece changes angle during gripping rather than arriving in that position.

16 points
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LucaAdams0091
Replying to ChenBell0616

Preserve the current settings and pause further nudges. Have maintenance inspect finger mounting, contact surfaces and tray seating under the proper isolation procedure, using that observation to guide the checks

12 points
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ChenBell0616
Replying to LucaAdams0091

I've checked the maintenance history and found a pad replacement preceding the initial pickup-point correction. That establishes a relevant sequence of changes to investigate.

18 points
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LucaAdams0091
Replying to ChenBell0616

The timing suggests the replacement is responsible. I'd check whether the pads were installed in the specified configuration

9 points
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HassanChen1139
Replying to LucaAdams0091

Timing isn't enough to call it the cause. Check the pads, yes, but don't let one maintenance entry explain away fixture variation.

5 points
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LucaAdams0091
Replying to HassanChen1139

Agreed, I called it too early. Treat the replacement as a lead; verify installation and contact condition alongside tray location before assigning the cause

10 points
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IsaacAllen0346
Replying to LucaAdams0091

On my own setup, we found worn contact surfaces and inconsistent tray seating together. Fixing only the pickup point made the symptoms move around.

16 points
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ChenBell0616
Replying to IsaacAllen0346

With multiple point changes already in our history, I'm unsure how to distinguish tooling and tray effects. How did you structure that comparison on your setup?

5 points
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IsaacAllen0346
Replying to ChenBell0616

@ChenBell0616 We kept a known reference configuration and had maintenance check one condition at a time. We didn't roll back points blindly after finding wear.

16 points
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GraceAllen0320
Replying to IsaacAllen0346

Why not just go back to the original points once the gripper's checked? Aren't those the good ones?

4 points
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LucaAdams0091
Replying to GraceAllen0320

Only if they match the verified setup. Tooling, frames or presentation may have changed; your responsible technician should compare the configuration before any supervised validation

10 points
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ChenBell0616
Replying to LucaAdams0091

The relationship between the initial points and the present setup hasn't been verified. I'm retaining the current configuration instead of assuming the original positions would restore a known condition.

8 points

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