Workshop owner evaluating a first automation purchase

LinArcher0357

Lin Archer

MidlandsJoined 26 Sept 2025192 posts

About

Workshop owner evaluating a first automation purchase. Currently exploring palletising and small-batch automation. Working around no spare production machine; planning a 4-week trial before making a decision.

PalletisingSmall-batch automation

Conversations

How do I measure where status processing gets stuck? (Fairino FR10, status trend recording)

AmyCarter0989 · 33 points · Programming & support · 3 Sept 2026

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Can this alternating pattern support the load it arranges? (Fairino FR5)

LinArcher0357 · 24 points · Applications & integration · 3 Sept 2026

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A packaged-products warehouse: Fairino FR10 pallet plan: support and tool access need the same review

EllaAbbott0033 · 7 points · Applications & integration · 3 Sept 2026

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What proves delivery of the specific crate assigned to the controller package? - placing samples in fixtures

NinaAdams0153 · 12 points · Buying robots from China · 31 Aug 2026

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Can this reach sketch support an arm choice?

ZaraBarnes0569 · 15 points · Fairino robots · 30 Aug 2026

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A small parts assembly workshop: What should I send support about these intermittent Fairino FR10 stops?

JaneAbbott0075 · 17 points · Buying robots from China · 29 Aug 2026

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Where would you start with gradual pickup drift? (Universal Robots UR5e, tray-to-fixture transfer)

JuliaBennett0761 · 32 points · General robotics · 28 Aug 2026

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Fifty-day UR5e housing ticket has a video but no narrowed cause

ElliotBrooks0857 · 25 points · Buying robots from China · 22 Aug 2026

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another trim-plate set, and the scratch captions still outrun the evidence

ClaraBrown0872 · 3 points · Programming & support · 22 Aug 2026

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Our UR5e request pulse is brief, but the ownership gap is the bigger handover problem

JasperBrooks0812 · 8 points · Applications & integration · 20 Aug 2026

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The cap-transfer demonstrations start with different amounts of preparation already done

VictorBennett0707 · 30 points · Buying advice · 20 Aug 2026

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product-box bearing direction has not made it into our UR5e tool review

JackArcher0428 · 9 points · Applications & integration · 16 Aug 2026

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A carton palletising project: The layer pattern fits, but some cartons sit over gaps

RebeccaBrooks0865 · 19 points · Applications & integration · 9 Aug 2026

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Light assembly workshop: Seller promised an extra tool cable, not just the installed one

JaneBell0684 · 33 points · Buying advice · 3 Aug 2026

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Our carton has a preferred support direction. The pattern rotates it. - planning alternating carton layers on a pallet

LinArcher0357 · 32 points · Applications & integration · 3 Aug 2026

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A compact fixture loading station: What should I report about this incomplete parts tray unloading improvement?

DanielAli0217 · 32 points · Applications & integration · 1 Aug 2026

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Where did our bracket records put the correction between checks?

NathanChan1069 · 7 points · Applications & integration · 28 Jul 2026

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Why is the FR10 pattern still awaiting support evidence after the carton outline is done?

LinArcher0357 · 20 points · Applications & integration · 27 Jul 2026

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Can our rotated FR5 cartons bridge these support gaps?

BenBennett0718 · 5 points · Applications & integration · 26 Jul 2026

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Universal Robots UR5e: Seller has gone quiet over our setup manual mismatch

MinaChan1120 · 21 points · Buying robots from China · 25 Jul 2026

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