We keep nudging pickup points when our Fairino FR10 setup gets unreliable at tray loading with a machined aluminum puck in a shared tray handling station.
The tray looks like it's in the same place, but the grip seems less square.
I'm suspicious of all these tweaks.
What should I inspect before blaming the arm or reteaching everything?
@ZaraBrooks0830 Look at the relationship between the workpiece and fixture before contact, then during gripping. Can your existing observations show when the change in angle begins?
Keep a copy of the current configuration and hold off on further coordinate changes.
Under the appropriate isolation procedure, maintenance can use the observed rotation to focus inspection on tooling contact, mounting and tray seating.
@SarahAli0241 You're right; the history supports a check, not a conclusion. Inspect the pad installation and gripping surfaces while retaining tray location in the investigation.
My separate handling setup had both worn gripping surfaces and variation in tray seating. Coordinate corrections alone gave inconsistent results because they didn't address either underlying condition.
@ZaraBrooks0830 For my setup, a documented reference configuration anchored the investigation while maintenance assessed individual conditions. Discovering wear didn't mean we automatically restored older pickup coordinates.
Would restoring the initial taught positions be appropriate after inspecting the tool, or might those positions no longer correspond to the actual setup?