Workshop owner evaluating a first automation purchase

AnikaChan1117

Anika Chan

NetherlandsJoined 5 Jul 2025106 posts

About

Workshop owner evaluating a first automation purchase. Currently exploring robot comparisons and palletising. Working around frequent part changeovers; planning a 9-week trial before making a decision.

Robot comparisonsPalletising

Conversations

Seller says handed over, freight agent says not received (transferring sample trays)

MeiAli0255 · 22 points · Buying robots from China · 3 Sept 2026

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Seller says equivalent but hasn't supplied a comparison (Universal Robots UR5e)

AnikaChan1117 · 25 points · Buying advice · 3 Sept 2026

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Planning for 121 without pretending every cost is known (boxed product placement)

ImranChen1175 · 17 points · Buying advice · 2 Sept 2026

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Fairino FR10: How do I connect fixture location with released dimensions?

LeoBrown0884 · 22 points · Applications & integration · 29 Aug 2026

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The tray locator helped, then a replacement brought back a miss - fixture-to-tray transfer

TheoBell0671 · 17 points · Applications & integration · 27 Aug 2026

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How do I price a small FR5 connector trial without volunteering my colleague's time?

GabrielChen1149 · 9 points · Buying advice · 23 Jun 2026

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What would move this UR5e unloading ticket beyond another clip?

OwenBrown0921 · 10 points · Buying robots from China · 21 Jun 2026

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Our UR5e layer drawing accounts for every carton except what supports it

NoraBell0670 · 27 points · Applications & integration · 19 Jun 2026

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How can 198 matched kits mean loose pieces after delivery?

IsaacBrown0955 · 28 points · Buying advice · 15 Jun 2026

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Before I accept a layout with a simplified torch model (Fairino FR5, laying out a bracket welding cell)

AnikaChan1117 · 8 points · Applications & integration · 7 Jun 2026

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Where do I start with a claimed separate controller shipment? (Fairino FR10, placing assembly inserts)

JackBennett0776 · 27 points · Buying advice · 3 Jun 2026

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How do I assess a tidy pattern with questionable support? - planning alternating carton layers on a pallet

AnikaChan1117 · 34 points · Applications & integration · 25 May 2026

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The layer pattern fits, but some cartons sit over gaps (Universal Robots UR5e)

LeahBrooks0843 · 28 points · Applications & integration · 24 May 2026

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The fixture holds nominal shape. What happens after release? - planning repeatable welding of bracket assemblies

AishaBaker0518 · 11 points · Applications & integration · 16 May 2026

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A packaged-products warehouse: Our carton has a preferred support direction. The pattern rotates it.

DavidBarnes0606 · 38 points · Applications & integration · 8 May 2026

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