The grip leans only after we refill the tray

AnikaCarter1030 · 15 Jun 2025, 06:44 UTC

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AnikaCarter1030
Our FR5 housing pickup behaves until somebody refills the tray. Then the housing leans in the fingers and we get another request to move the pickup point. Same tray, apparently. Three corrections already and I'm tired of calling this commissioning. What would you look at first?

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ReeceBrooks0819
Replying to AnikaCarter1030

Does refilling mean lifting the tray out? That would be my first question, before anyone adds correction number four to the collection.

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AnikaCarter1030
Replying to ReeceBrooks0819

Yes. Comes out onto a trolley, gets filled, goes back against two stops. Nobody is changing the insert as far as I know.

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ReeceBrooks0819
Replying to AnikaCarter1030

Can maintenance check how it sits against those stops after refitting? A tray can look right from above and still be perched on something.

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AnikaCarter1030
Replying to ReeceBrooks0819

Found a shiny rub on one corner underneath. Not a lump of swarf. Tray rocks on the bench too, which I hadn't tried before.

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ReeceBrooks0819
Replying to AnikaCarter1030

That's worth showing them. How is it supported on the trolley while people fill it?

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MeiAdams0168
Replying to AnikaCarter1030

And is it empty when you do the bench check? We had a light tray sit beautifully until a student filled the outside row. Then it bowed. Took us far too long to stop testing an empty tray.

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AnikaCarter1030
Replying to MeiAdams0168

Empty on the bench. Mei, I'll get the loaded condition checked as well. Reece, trolley has two narrow runners; the corner sits beyond one of them.

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ThomasCarter0973
Replying to AnikaCarter1030

Does the same corner lift on the cell supports, or only on that bench?

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AnikaCarter1030
Replying to ThomasCarter0973

Same corner on the cell supports. Maintenance checked it with the cell isolated. I was about to blame the trolley outright, but they want to check the tray before making that leap.

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ThomasCarter0973
Replying to AnikaCarter1030

Bent tray is enough trouble for now, no need to convict the trolley yet

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RebeccaBaker0517
Replying to AnikaCarter1030

Check the refill handling with the operators. If someone has to press a housing into a tight pocket, that unsupported corner could be taking the load.

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ReeceBrooks0819
Replying to RebeccaBaker0517

Rebecca's point rings a bell. We had a fixture used as a convenient pressing surface because the proper bench was always covered in boxes.

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AnikaCarter1030
Replying to RebeccaBaker0517

That's exactly what I watched. Tight housing, heel of the hand, corner hanging off the runner. Nobody thought of it as pressing, just filling the tray.

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MeiAdams0168
Replying to AnikaCarter1030

There it is. Why is the pocket tight?

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AnikaCarter1030
Replying to MeiAdams0168

A burr on the pocket edge from earlier damage. Toolroom found it. They're repairing the tray and checking the support arrangement, not asking the operators to develop a gentler palm.

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RebeccaBaker0517
Replying to AnikaCarter1030

Good. Give them somewhere to put a damaged tray without leaving the station short. Otherwise it will quietly become the usable one again.

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ReeceBrooks0819
Replying to AnikaCarter1030

What became of the three pickup edits?

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AnikaCarter1030
Replying to ReeceBrooks0819

Integrator reviewed them after the tray repair. Tool setup and verified pickup are now sorted, and the loaded refill trials passed. Stores has a spare tray allocated. Thanks for getting me to look underneath, Reece.

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ReeceBrooks0819
Replying to AnikaCarter1030

Probably the least glamorous useful check of the week.

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