Component cartons supported by an imaginary sheet

VictoriaBriggs · 22 Mar 2026, 20:55 UTC

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VictoriaBriggs
I cannot accept our UR5e layer drawing yet. The turned component cartons bridge lower-layer gaps, and someone has added a sheet to the picture without specifying what it is or how it gets there. I would like that support and tool-access question reviewed before we ask for tooling prices.

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TheoAli0236
Replying to VictoriaBriggs

Ask packaging what support is actually required for the filled case, then have the tool designer show the complete placement and withdrawal with the proposed support arrangement identified.

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LeahChen1191
Replying to VictoriaBriggs

Who added the sheet?

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VictoriaBriggs
Replying to LeahChen1191

Our planner, to make the drawing easier to understand. No material selected and no handling method proposed.

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AnilBell0636
Replying to VictoriaBriggs

Then it is an unanswered design question, not a component. Remove the implied approval from the drawing before somebody quotes around it.

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IsabelAdams0126
Replying to AnilBell0636

I would leave the idea visible as an option with those blanks stated. A support sheet might be worthwhile, but the planner should not accidentally become its designer and replenishment operator.

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LeahChen1191
Replying to IsabelAdams0126

Agreed with Isabel. Cross out assumed support, not the possibility of asking packaging about it.

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TheoAli0236
Replying to IsabelAdams0126

Compare it with a pattern that does not depend on that sheet, if packaging can propose one; that gives the additional material and handling something concrete to compete against.

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VictoriaBriggs
Replying to TheoAli0236

Packaging can propose lower-count straight rows. They will also assess whether a specified sheet option is sensible. We've labelled both as candidates, with no accepted support result for either yet.

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AnilBell0636
Replying to VictoriaBriggs

And price the sheet option only after its feed and empty-stack response are defined. The robot can't replenish a drawing annotation.

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VictoriaBriggs
Replying to AnilBell0636

That work is assigned to the integration lead with packing involved. I've stopped the current tooling quote; it was silently assuming a sheet already beneath every turned layer.

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IsabelAdams0126
Replying to VictoriaBriggs

That should make the next comparison more useful. Include partial layers in both candidates, since the support and access can change before the neat finished stack exists.

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