Workshop owner evaluating a first automation purchase

LinArcher0357

Lin Archer

LA

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

The bright line on our cover changes when someone stands beside the camera

RobBowen · 22 points · Programming & support · 4 Feb 2026

fr5 locator holds the first receiving tray but the replacement rocks

ImranAli0218 · 8 points · Applications & integration · 27 Jan 2026

The FR10 setup handover still points to a different controller panel

YasminAli0180 · 28 points · Buying robots from China · 15 Jan 2026

Why is our FR10 exchange clear only before the door is added?

OwenBarnes0573 · 6 points · Fairino robots · 14 Jan 2026

Our FR10 spare cable is on the order but not in the cupboard

NaomiCarter1028 · 12 points · Buying advice · 1 Jan 2026

Which bracket work should our UR5e comparison record before the final pass?

MeiBrooks0864 · 12 points · Applications & integration · 28 Dec 2025

Which UR5e bracket costs belong after the released failure?

LiamChen1186 · 12 points · Applications & integration · 28 Dec 2025

Two spacer demos with different amounts of preparation

HarishBrooks0837 · 24 points · Buying advice · 24 Dec 2025

The missing FR10 tool body at the door

JamieCarter0991 · 19 points · Fairino robots · 24 Dec 2025

How do I make our FR5 interface review settle events instead of the word ready?

PavelAllen0266 · 11 points · Programming & support · 18 Dec 2025

The UR5e interface guide names a different supplied assembly

CalebBrooks0841 · 6 points · Buying robots from China · 22 Nov 2025

Cannot sign off the UR5e layer pattern with these unsupported edges

HazelBell0658 · 21 points · Applications & integration · 21 Nov 2025

Cannot rank the FR5 trial against a different tray

CalebAli0232 · 29 points · Buying advice · 14 Nov 2025

Why is our FR5 pallet pattern fullest where the carton support is weakest?

LinArcher0357 · 12 points · Applications & integration · 6 Oct 2025

Why does every carton gap belong to somebody else's review?

LinArcher0357 · 6 points · Applications & integration · 30 Sept 2025

Carton end supports above the finger channels

JamieArcher0382 · 13 points · Applications & integration · 30 Sept 2025

The FR5 steel-blank sketch has a door-shaped omission

ZaraBarnes0569 · 36 points · Fairino robots · 29 Sept 2025

Why are we pricing FR5 fingers before checking what supports the cartons?

LinArcher0357 · 8 points · Applications & integration · 29 Sept 2025

FR10 spare cable still absent from the kit

NaomiBarnes0593 · 31 points · Buying advice · 22 Sept 2025