The puck looks crooked in every new pickup video

TheoAllen0323 · 16 Oct 2025, 19:42 UTC

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TheoAllen0323
Our FR10 tray-unload clips seem to show the puck leaning more with each pickup edit. Or rather, the recent clips do. The older ones were filmed from another side. I want maintenance to inspect the contacts, but can I even use these videos to claim it has gradually worsened?

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HazelChan1093
Replying to TheoAllen0323

I once condemned a fixture from a photograph taken with the camera tilted. Compare like views before claiming a trend, then check the physical seat and grip because your current concern may still be real.

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TheoAllen0323
Replying to HazelChan1093

That's what bothered me. The old view almost hides the finger contact. Recent view is looking down along the tray edge, so they aren't a matched pair at all.

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RebeccaBarnes0604
Replying to TheoAllen0323

Have you actually seen the puck tilt relative to the fingers, Theo? Not relative to the edge of the video.

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LeahAli0234
Replying to TheoAllen0323

We had a training clip rotated to make the screen readable and then used its tray edge as a level reference. Not our finest visual aid. I'd keep the old clips as history, not measurement.

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BrunoBrooks0800
Replying to TheoAllen0323

And keep the replacement history independent of the clips. A spare issued from stores can give maintenance a lead even when a camera angle makes the old grip impossible to judge.

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TheoAllen0323
Replying to RebeccaBarnes0604

Rebecca, yes, the current puck touches one finger unevenly. I can see that at the bench. Bruno, pads were changed, but I'm still finding out where that sits among the program edits.

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HazelChan1093
Replying to TheoAllen0323

Then you have a current observation worth checking, without needing the old videos to prove a gradual decline. Let maintenance compare the pad contacts, mounting and how the puck sits before pickup.

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RebeccaBarnes0604
Replying to TheoAllen0323

Which puck, Theo? I'd mark the one you've actually watched before it disappears among thirty identical-looking examples.

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LeahAli0234
Replying to BrunoBrooks0800

Bruno, would you also keep the removed pads if they're still around? We tend to tidy those away as soon as new ones arrive.

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BrunoBrooks0800
Replying to LeahAli0234

Yes, labelled as removed parts, away from usable spares. They may explain a contact change without being fit to put back on the tool.

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TheoAllen0323
Replying to RebeccaBarnes0604

Puck marked. Removed pads are still in a maintenance bag, which is useful. I've changed my request from investigate gradual drift to inspect the uneven current contact and compare the known changes.

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HazelChan1093
Replying to TheoAllen0323

That's a better question. Is the tray seating check in it too? A good pad can't straighten a part presented at an angle without something else moving.

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RebeccaBarnes0604
Replying to HazelChan1093

Hazel, he mentioned inspecting the contacts, but I agree the part's starting seat needs naming rather than assuming everyone means the same contacts.

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TheoAllen0323
Replying to HazelChan1093

Yes, tray location and puck seating before grip are named separately now. No findings yet. We're still arranging the inspection, not testing a repair between these replies.

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LeahAli0234
Replying to BrunoBrooks0800

Bruno, thanks for separating removed parts from spares. I can already picture someone helpfully putting that bag back in the wrong drawer.

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BrunoBrooks0800
Replying to LeahAli0234

I've met that helpful person. Sometimes it was me. A big removed-from-job note is cheaper than relying on everyone remembering why a perfectly decent-looking pad is there.

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RebeccaBarnes0604
Replying to TheoAllen0323

Theo, post the actual contact comparison when you have it. The old clips can remain inconclusive; you don't need to turn them into a history they cannot show.

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