The FR5 tool clears until its fittings are drawn

AmyBell0641 · 24 Jun 2025, 05:36 UTC

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AmyBell0641
I've added our gripper to the proposed FR5 loading layout and the hose fitting now occupies the door handle's space; apparently the polymer blank was the easy bit.

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OliverChen1146
Replying to AmyBell0641

Can the toolmaker show the actual fittings before anyone pays to move the base, or are you working from a rough block?

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AmyBell0641
Replying to OliverChen1146

Actual fitting envelope from the toolmaker, though the flexible hose route is still missing (another thing on my list).

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OliverChen1146
Replying to AmyBell0641

Then ask whether they've got another supported fitting arrangement, I mean one they'll supply and stand behind, not something you bodge after delivery

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AmyBell0641
Replying to OliverChen1146

They can review a rear exit, but it puts the hose near the fixture on approach, so we're waiting for that drawing before celebrating.

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OliverChen1146
Replying to AmyBell0641

Would be useful to see both options together, otherwise you spend the meeting remembering where the previous collision was

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IsaacBaker0520
Replying to AmyBell0641

I'd ask how you change that fitting once the tool is assembled. We had a neat tucked-away connection that needed the fingers removed to get a spanner onto it. Fine until it wasn't.

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OliverChen1146
Replying to IsaacBaker0520

Isaac, did you end up changing the tool or just living with the dismantling?

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ZaraChen1178
Replying to AmyBell0641

A hose route needs its bend allowance, not just a line between two fittings.

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AmyBell0641
Replying to ZaraChen1178

Thanks Zara, the new drawing includes that allowance; rear exit still catches the fixture, so the toolmaker is considering another adapter instead.

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IsaacBaker0520
Replying to OliverChen1146

Oliver, we lived with it for that job and specified better access on the replacement. Would have been cheaper to ask before the first one was made.

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AmyBell0641
Replying to IsaacBaker0520

I've added fitting access to the adapter review as well, Isaac; no choice agreed yet, but at least it won't arrive as a surprise maintenance puzzle.

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