Prototype machinist exploring small-batch automation

LucaArcher0352

Luca Archer

MidlandsJoined 25 Jan 2025166 posts

About

Prototype machinist exploring small-batch automation. Currently exploring buying robots from china and robot comparisons. Working around an ageing control cabinet; planning a 5-week trial before making a decision.

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Conversations

Two freight references and no clear location (Universal Robots UR5e, loading inspection fixtures)

NoraCarter1018 · 15 points · Buying robots from China · 3 Sept 2026

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The scratch labels look less certain than the images suggest (planning camera inspection of reflective parts)

FionaBrooks0847 · 20 points · Programming & support · 27 Aug 2026

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A supervised machine tending bay: Does our machine-tending layout actually fit the complete tool?

PriyaBaker0481 · 30 points · Fairino robots · 10 Aug 2026

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Lightweight component sorting bench: Different the tool connection adapter, no application evidence

NadiaAllen0291 · 27 points · Applications & integration · 9 Aug 2026

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One crate arrived; the rest of the order has no tracking (loading assembly fixtures)

LucaArcher0352 · 30 points · Buying advice · 8 Aug 2026

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What counts as a confirmed defect on a reflective surface? (presenting reflective components for surface inspection)

ImranCarter1001 · 30 points · Programming & support · 20 Jul 2026

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A precision fixture review area: The CAD fit looks fine. Our samples disagree.

JuliaChen1196 · 23 points · Applications & integration · 17 Jul 2026

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A welded-bracket fabrication workshop: How do I connect fixture location with released dimensions?

EmmaBrown0898 · 5 points · Applications & integration · 13 Jul 2026

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What should a useful connector mismatch report include? (Fairino FR5, placing lightweight housings in fixtures)

LiamBrown0925 · 15 points · Buying robots from China · 10 Jul 2026

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How do I give our FR10 scratch examples a physical reference?

RosaChen1162 · 29 points · Programming & support · 13 Jun 2026

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Our open machine door is missing from the layout (Fairino FR10)

SamArcher0420 · 14 points · Fairino robots · 7 Jun 2026

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An arm on a pallet isn't the complete package I ordered (Fairino FR5, placing assembly inserts)

LucaArcher0352 · 11 points · Buying advice · 5 Jun 2026

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Fairino FR5: What should I document after an incomplete robot delivery?

IsabelChen1170 · 17 points · Buying advice · 3 Jun 2026

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Tracking down the SDK behind a working read-only check

KaiAllen0280 · 13 points · Fairino robots · 2 Jun 2026

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Seller says shipped; carrier only has the label (Universal Robots UR5e, loading inspection trays)

LucaArcher0352 · 12 points · Buying robots from China · 26 May 2026

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Which old measurements can actually guide our fixture review? - planning repeatable welding of bracket assemblies

AaronAdams0088 · 5 points · Applications & integration · 19 May 2026

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