Posts by fazza85

Hi all,

I've been tasked with looking at a rotary table on a customers Fanuc mig welding robot that is not consistently stopping at its 0 position. It is either bang on after a rotation or about 0.1 degree off. This seems totally random when it decides to do this. I'm testing a few things out but was wondering if you need to set a payload for this axis? It's configured as group 4 and currently has 0kg payload configured. My brain is telling me it should have one but people are telling me this is handled by the load ratio setting. Can anybody shed any light on this for me?

Thanks

Hi Kawaguy,

Thanks for your reply

This robot definitely worked before as one of my colleagues visited the customer before shipping it to us and he could jog the robot.

I don't have an RS232 or ethernet cable to hand to connect.

I have no idea what the ID command is. I assume that would involve typing letters which Im unable to do as I can ONLY type numbers?'

Thanks again

Hello all.

A customer has brought a FS10E robot with a C controller to us for some programming.

I have powered the robot on and I am met with the screen shown in the photo attached (apologies for poor picture, most reflective screen ever!)

I literally have no idea what to do. I can only enter numbers on the screen. I assumed there was some sort of password but customer has confirmed there isn't. Drives do not power up when deadman is pressed.

The customer does not have a backup of the robot.

Thanks for any help!

Hello all,

I have previous experience machining using KUKA robots. Loading files from a USB stick on to the robot was straightforward - highlight multiple files from usb stick then copy and paste.

The memory of the robot allowed a reasonable amount of lines of code before the files had to be deleted and new ones copied on on.

We now have a customer asking for a Kawasaki BX200L for machining. We have completed a few trials and have come to the conclusion that the maximum number of lines of code the robot can store at once is approximately 60,000. This isn't a great deal when machining, and means that we have to stop the robot, delete the old file and copy a new one in every few minutes.

Is there a way to have the robot automatically delete old files then load new ones from a USB stick or over a network? So for example:

Load 2 files on to the robot.
When program 1 has finished and it has moved on to program 2, automatically delete 1 and load number 3 on, then when it moves on to 3 delete 2 and load 4 on etc.

Would really appreciate any advice as to whether or not this is possible!

Cheers

Hello everybody.

We have recently borrowed an RS20N robot from Kawasaki to do some milling trials. I have a lot of previous experience milling with KUKA robots. I am having a really hard time getting a TCP that is even remotely good for milling! I have taught literally hundreds of TCPs before for milling and never had any as bad as this.

I am using the XYZOAT method, teaching the 4 points then the 2 positions in X and Y. I am using 2 stainless steel spikes made on a lathe so I know they are straight and accurate. I am not getting any errors on the pendant saying my angles were too narrow.

After teaching the TCP and selecting the appropriate tool, when I rotate around the point, it drifts horribly, about 4-5mm away from where it started! I am new to Kawasakis so don't really know what to do to try and fix this. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

So I minimised the HMI and ran the .exe for the tech pack and it errors and generates a log file. It seems to be having a problem opening the "run once" key in the registry.

Has anybody ever encountered this before?

Good day all,

I am working on a KR500, KRC4 with KSS 8.2.2.

I am trying to install Load Data Determination 6.2. I do the installation as normal, the box pops up asking if I want to install the software, I say yes and then.......nothing. Absolutely nothing. The usual box that appears saying "you need to reboot to complete installation" does NOT appear. I can continue to use the SmartPAD as usual. I tried a reboot just in case it did complete the install and it doesn't.

I have tried other tech packs and they all do the same thing.

Is it possible that somebody could have blocked the installation of tech packages?

Quote from wes_mcgee

you can share a folder on the network from the robot side(networked in the same fashion as WoV). You just minimize HMI and do this through windows. You can't however copy directly to the R1(or sub directories). So we copy to a transfer folder and then move it from within the pendant. It is probably the same number of steps in that regard, but no usb. Does Directory Loader still exist?

Hi Wes,

I am currently in Dubai playing with an Agilus, and I have successfully been copying files over a network from a Windows 8.1 laptop directly to the R1 folder, specifically in to the Programs folder. If it not a valid .src file it only shows up as a .txt document.

I am browsing the folder from the laptop, dragging files across, then I open the folder and they are there, no problems.

Afternoon all,

Simple question, as the title suggests - how do you guys teach a TCP?

I use the 4 point method, driving a machined spike to another spike. I do 3 teaches with a short spike, then another 3 with a long spike, input this into PowerMILL and it calculates everything using an average of the 3.

I'm not having problems with this, I'm getting an average error of 0.1 on each teach on the pendant, but was just wondering how other people do it? What directions do you approach from? Completely vertical, completely horizontal? Would be good to have an idea of how I could do this better.

Cheers

We are located in sunny Liverpool

Hi vvelikov,

Yes we use PowerMILL Robot Interface to output our files.

I couldn't give you a rough price as I don't deal with the quotes unfortunately, but it depends on what robot you want, what spindle etc. You can e-mail me with your required spec if you like and I can get a price for you.

craig@cncrobotics.co.uk

Hi happytrigger,

We regularly machine with rotary tables.

KUKA Robot Machining

That was the most recent installation I did in London. They have an MGU 3900-219. In that particular video it was only being used to index the part but some customers keep the spindle stationary and turn the table.

We use PowerMILL by Delcam.

If you have any other questions I'll be happy to help!

To change the password for each user mode, at the log in screen there should be a change password button. Enter the current password then your new password.

Yes it's endless.

Hello all,

I have just installed a KR210 with an MGU 3900-219 for machining foam. At the end of a program I would like the MGU to reset back to 0, but it just rounds up or down to the nearest 360 degrees. So if my program ends with E1 at 270 degrees and my home position was E1=0 it rounds up to 360. Reason being, if there is a slight error in position over one complete revolution I don't want this to be extrapolated over 10 or 100 complete rotations.

I've tried temporarily setting the MGU to asynchronous and using an ASYPTP {E1 0} line but it still doesn't move. As a test I did ASYPTP {E1 10} and it simply rotates it to 370 degrees.

I understand that in theory 360 degrees is the same position as 0. Is there any way to do this? I'm sure as with everything else I'm overthinking what I've tried so far!

Cheers

I would assume so. I requested it from Mike at KUKA, the serial number of the file matches the robot. I've not had any problems with any other files he's sent me.

Can you do that on KRC4, because when I've tried it in the past I just get Windows displayed at what I think was a logon screen or something.

You'd think you worked for KUKA or something!

I think he is asking if he can start a program up, remove the key THEN lock the pendant so you can't do anything unless you have a password.

Afternoon good sirs,

I'm trying to apply a .PID file to the Agilus we have in the workshop at the minute, but I'm not having much luck. I keep getting the following errors:

Hard drive read error
PID import: Error 8 importing file prec_rob0000501068.xml

Not really sure what, if anything, to try to resolve this. Any of you good folks had this error before?

Cheers

Thank you fellas, that did the trick