Hi all. I purchased 2 Kawasaki robots to use in my welding shop. I know nothing about them but was told the worked 5 years ago and have been sitting ever since. Any tips or advice before I just start running wires and start clicking buttons that I have no idea what they do. The 2 machines are a UX120 and a Js-30. They have AD controllers with teach. 1 computer has a disk in the side. Other than that it’s a guessing game of what computer goes to what machine
Kawasaki ux120
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NolaJohn -
September 6, 2023 at 9:23 PM -
Thread is Unresolved
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kwakisaki
September 6, 2023 at 9:35 PM Approved the thread. -
Welcome to the forum..............
There's a very long road of learning for you for sure and with limited documentation and spare parts available and the many different variants of AD controllers that were produced.
If you have never done this type of thing before, you are going to require a lot of reading and patience as AD controller experience (due to the age) is very limited here and may not be a 5 min job to get things going.
As a starter for 10, go to the following link where I and other members have posted many manuals:
The 2 initial hurdles you will face will likely be:
- Due to the age of the systems, you are likely to have dead batteries for the SRAM and Encoders.
- These will need replacing.
- Configuring and wiring the safety circuits and other links that are required just to move them.
There may be enough information in the link above to assist you with the above.
But the obvious thing is to get them suitably mounted, hooked up and then powered up and see if there is life and just what the systems are reporting back.
Then probably grab some images and provide them here so we can see what you've got and we can go from there.
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You should be able to attach some images using the attachments option or you can copy and paste direct into the reply window.
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Thank you for the tips yesterday. It gave me the courage to start taking the boards out and having a look.
I would of powered it up first, but in light of the batteries leaking, that was a good call on your part for sure.....
I will have to upload the pictures to a computer as they will not load on here via iphone
Not too sure about the iphone situation, I don't use my phone for the forum so I couldn't comment.
But you should see the same as you would via a PC.
Can you see the following options at the bottom of your 'reply' area, I used the PC snipping tool and then copy and pasted it in the 'reply' area, you should be able to do the same.
Your attachment option should also be available, but you will be limited to 2Mb initially as a new member.
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So you need to change the encoder batteries also, housed in the rear of the robot where the umbilicals are connected.
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For 600 error, check:
- Operation Panel Emergency Stop
- Teach Pendant Emergency Stop
- External Emergency stop circuit is wired correctly.
FYI
Limit switches also form part of the safety circuit, so if any are triggered or the circuit is open circuit, this will also produce 600 error.
As for PLC communication error what is the error code associated with it?
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Have you a 1AS board installed - This is a usual component for communications to an AB PLC?
What sort of AD Controller is it?
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What sort of AD Controller is it?
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There should be a rating plate on the controller?
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Not a lot I can do really as I'm in the dark..............
Can you navigate around the user interface after it's powered up?
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What happens if you go into teach, press and hold the deadmans in AND then press motor power button?
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