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 check access for machine fixture loading?

LuisAllen0347 · 21 points · Fairino robots · 23 Jul 2026

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How do I assess a tidy pattern with questionable support? - arranging shipping cartons in pallet layers

HazelBarnes0571 · 20 points · Applications & integration · 21 Jul 2026

5replies E

The tidy tray isn't the one in our workshop - sorted tray loading

ElenaBennett0775 · 28 points · Buying advice · 20 Jul 2026

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Workshop prototype cell: Seller promised an extra tool cable, not just the installed one

RebeccaBarnes0604 · 11 points · Buying advice · 14 Jul 2026

11replies D

How do I hand over FR5 empty-pocket decisions without remaining part of the machine?

CarlaChen1184 · 14 points · Programming & support · 23 Jun 2026

18replies N

Cannot approve the FR5 inspection handshake without signal owners

NathanCarter0982 · 32 points · Applications & integration · 8 Jun 2026

17replies A

A cosmetic metal-parts assembly area: Choosing contacts for Fairino FR5 without ignoring the finish

AlexBrown0907 · 11 points · Buying advice · 6 Jun 2026

3replies N

How do I make event-order bugs repeatable? (Fairino FR5, inspection result reconciliation)

NinaAli0240 · 26 points · Programming & support · 6 Jun 2026

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Our carton has a preferred support direction. The pattern rotates it.

FelixChen1154 · 11 points · Applications & integration · 5 Jun 2026

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Our Universal Robots UR5e arm arrived; the crate for the tooling kit didn't - loading inspection trays

HassanCarter0965 · 24 points · Buying robots from China · 30 May 2026

9replies A

A compact parts transfer workshop: Fairino FR10 pickup drift: fixture, fingers or taught points?

AnnaAli0242 · 40 points · General robotics · 21 May 2026

8replies N

A complete robot delivery with one unfinished spare-kit promise (Fairino FR10, loading sample trays)

NathanCarter0982 · 27 points · Buying advice · 21 May 2026

4replies N

A shared assembly workshop: How much can I claim from our locator trial?

NoraBrooks0844 · 10 points · Applications & integration · 13 May 2026

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LinArcher0357

About

Conversations

How do I check access for machine fixture loading?

How do I assess a tidy pattern with questionable support? - arranging shipping cartons in pallet layers

The tidy tray isn't the one in our workshop - sorted tray loading

Workshop prototype cell: Seller promised an extra tool cable, not just the installed one

Which machine geometry belongs behind our FR5 brass-loading tool?

Our pending UR5e inspection can already have happened

How can I make our FR5 spacer-loading stop report more useful?

FR10 completion already high, reconnect counter says another housing finished

Why does our UR5e pallet picture rotate the carton away from its support?

Who received our returned FR5 gripper controller?

I cannot accept FR5 vacuum tooling from the one carton they smoothed first