the locator helped, then we changed trays

HanaBrooks0796 · 10 Aug 2025, 02:52 UTC

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HanaBrooks0796
I added a rear locator to our UR5e sleeve-transfer tray and got a lovely little run of clean placements. Then we swapped the tray and clipped a pocket edge. So much for my triumphant update. I want to post something useful for the next person trying this. The locator seems worth keeping, but I haven't earned the word fixed. What would you include in the comparison?

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AdaArcher0390
Replying to HanaBrooks0796

Did you replace it with the same tray after refilling, or a different physical tray? Those are rather different tests

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HanaBrooks0796
Replying to AdaArcher0390

A different physical tray. Same drawing number, which I lazily took to mean same fit. Thanks for making me spell that out.

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NaomiBell0680
Replying to HanaBrooks0796

Did it actually sit against the new locator? I've had trays apparently in place with a lip riding on the stop. Looked fine from where I was standing.

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HanaBrooks0796
Replying to NaomiBell0680

I didn't check before removing it. Annoying answer, but it's the honest one. I can report the missed placement, not claim what caused it.

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MeiAdams0168
Replying to HanaBrooks0796

Photograph the two empty trays beside each other first. Undersides too. Cheap check, and it gives you something less vague than same drawing number if they're visibly different.

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AdaArcher0390
Replying to HanaBrooks0796

Can the person changing trays see the contact with that rear stop, Hana?

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NaomiBell0680
Replying to AdaArcher0390

That's what caught me on ours, Ada. Rear edge hidden by the next shelf. I was pushing the front and feeling very certain about something I couldn't see.

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AdaArcher0390
Replying to NaomiBell0680

Naomi, did you change the stop or just make the seating check visible?

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HanaBrooks0796
Replying to AdaArcher0390

Mei, the underside photos showed an extra rib on the second tray. Toolmaker is checking its contact with the locator. Ada, the rear contact is hidden from the loading position, so I've included that in the change request too. My update now says improved on one tray, failed after substitution.

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NaomiBell0680
Replying to AdaArcher0390

Ada, we changed the stop position. A mirror got suggested but would've been one more thing to clean and knock. Different station from Hana's, so I can't say that's her answer.

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