Workshop owner evaluating a first automation purchase

ZaraBrown0917

Zara Brown

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ScotlandJoined 10 May 2025116 posts

About

Workshop owner evaluating a first automation purchase. Currently exploring workshop projects and palletising. Working around tight tooling clearance; planning a 17-week trial before making a decision.

Workshop projectsPalletising

Conversations

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What counts as a confirmed defect on a reflective surface? - checking cosmetic metal surfaces with a fixed camera

RobinAdams0164 · 14 points · Programming & support · 30 Aug 2026
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One crate arrived; the rest of the order has no tracking (Universal Robots UR5e, loading assembly fixtures)

MiaBrooks0818 · 33 points · Buying advice · 8 Aug 2026
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Our imported handling package stops intermittently (Fairino FR5)

MayaArcher0388 · 16 points · Buying robots from China · 8 Aug 2026
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Universal Robots UR5e: Do I chase the spare kit separately from our sorting inspection samples setup?

HazelChan1093 · 26 points · Buying advice · 2 Aug 2026
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Fairino FR10: The layer pattern fits, but some cartons sit over gaps

RosaAbbott0031 · 18 points · Applications & integration · 15 Jul 2026
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UR5e component-case layers need the lower pallet and release sequence together

ChenCarter0964 · 32 points · Applications & integration · 8 Jul 2026
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Cannot accept our UR5e carton count before the supports are checked

ZaraBrown0917 · 27 points · Applications & integration · 17 Jun 2026
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Which contacts should I check when mounting brackets rock in the nest?

YasminBaker0441 · 29 points · Applications & integration · 8 Jun 2026
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Long fingers, an adapter, and a quote based on part mass - transferring housings between locating nests

HanaBrooks0796 · 30 points · Buying advice · 8 Jun 2026
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What belongs in a useful robot recovery handover? (Universal Robots UR5e)

ZaraBrown0917 · 22 points · Programming & support · 5 Jun 2026
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Can this alternating pattern support the load it arranges? - stacking packed cartons onto dispatch pallets

LiamAllen0316 · 32 points · Applications & integration · 3 Jun 2026
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Fairino FR5: Our carton has a preferred support direction. The pattern rotates it.

ZaraBrown0917 · 8 points · Applications & integration · 26 May 2026
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What evidence do I need for picking a taped corrugated box? (Fairino FR10, planning vacuum handling of sealed cartons)

RobinAllen0338 · 31 points · Applications & integration · 21 May 2026
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Is alternating the layers actually right for our cartons? - palletising sealed product cartons

DavidBarnes0606 · 7 points · Applications & integration · 10 May 2026
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Do I chase the spare kit separately from our transferring small housings setup? (Fairino FR5)

AdaAbbott0042 · 30 points · Buying advice · 3 May 2026
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The FR5 blank-removal sketch has lost the setter's lifting aid again

PriyaArcher0394 · 27 points · Fairino robots · 25 Apr 2026
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FR5 interface bracket stranded between two configurations

LouisArcher0398 · 25 points · Buying advice · 25 Apr 2026
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I can't accept the FR5 layer count with those carton ends hanging over gaps

ZaraBrown0917 · 14 points · Applications & integration · 24 Apr 2026
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Which lower-layer revision supports our FR10 turned component cases?

MinaBrown0946 · 19 points · Applications & integration · 18 Apr 2026
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Bright streaks move when we present the part differently - planning camera inspection of reflective parts

ImranArcher0392 · 16 points · Programming & support · 4 Apr 2026
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