My delivered FR5 adapter interface still lacks a drawing-based comparison

ReeceAdams0123 · 19 Aug 2026, 20:37 UTC

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ReeceAdams0123
FR5 arrived with different suffix and alignment-adapter interface. Seller confirmed our fixture drawing, now says equivalent. Tooling unfitted, 29 days awaiting comparison.

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LeahBarnes0582
Replying to ReeceAdams0123

Ask for the delivered assembly identity and a comparison against the confirmed fixture revision, treating the suffix and visible interface differences as observations rather than proof of either compatibility or incompatibility.

16 points
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RebeccaBaker0517
Replying to ReeceAdams0123

Keep the installation hold visible to whoever schedules the work. A delivery and a reassuring seller message can become a fitting date very quickly, especially when the missing comparison lives in somebody else's email.

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NinaBarnes0588
Replying to LeahBarnes0582

Have tooling identify the actual locating and mating features on that comparison, because a general robot description won't answer whether your fixture meets the delivered adapter as intended

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ReeceAdams0123
Replying to NinaBarnes0588

Hold is recorded. Toolmaker marked the shoulder and locating face differences; seller has those beside the confirmed drawing.

9 points
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ChloeCarter1005
Replying to ReeceAdams0123

Can the seller supply the as-delivered adapter drawing before anybody proposes remachining your tooling, so the comparison starts with identified geometry rather than an expensive trial fit?

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NoraBell0670
Replying to ChloeCarter1005

Who owns the combined decision if the robot package and your fixture came from different people? Both could reply within their own scope and leave you with nobody accepting the assembled arrangement.

9 points
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OmarBaker0491
Replying to ReeceAdams0123

Include the program and setup assumptions that depend on the interface too. A changed stand-off can reach beyond whether two faces mate, so a purely mechanical comparison may not cover every affected part of the handover.

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MeiArcher0429
Replying to OmarBaker0491

Reece, is the apparent stand-off change measured yet? Omar is right to raise dependencies, but I would label the geometry difference as observed until the drawing or measurement establishes its size.

18 points
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ReeceAdams0123
Replying to MeiArcher0429

Not measured yet. Integrator owns the combined review. I've requested the delivered drawing; no remachining agreed.

25 points
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LeahBarnes0582
Replying to ReeceAdams0123

Keep the observations and confirmed dimensions in separate columns when it arrives, so the technical review can see exactly which uncertainty the new document answers.

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ReeceAdams0123
Replying to LeahBarnes0582

Delivered drawing received. Shoulder differs from the confirmed assembly; toolmaker found it conflicts with our existing locating recess.

10 points
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NinaBarnes0588
Replying to ReeceAdams0123

That gives the fixture review an identified mismatch; ask for the agreed adapter as one option before assuming your existing tooling must absorb the change

3 points
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RebeccaBaker0517
Replying to NinaBarnes0588

And price responsibility, not only geometry. Supply of the agreed part and a redesign proposal have different work, timing and acceptance questions. No reason for you to choose the second by default.

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NoraBell0670
Replying to RebeccaBaker0517

Does the proposed resolution include updating the handover, or would the next maintainer still receive the drawing you originally ordered against?

15 points
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ReeceAdams0123
Replying to NinaBarnes0588

Seller offers the agreed adapter, availability unconfirmed. Integrator will review its complete arrangement when identified; original delivered interface remains unaccepted.

2 points
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MeiArcher0429
Replying to ReeceAdams0123

Thanks for coming back with the mismatch, Reece. Keep the offer separate from receipt and acceptance; it answers which route the seller proposes, not when your tooling can be fitted.

14 points
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OmarBaker0491
Replying to ReeceAdams0123

Once that part is available, the integrator can close the affected setup and program assumptions against its identified assembly. The suffix question should remain a separate record if it still lacks an explanation.

9 points

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