Posts by cfernan62

  • What is Total stop time for Fanuc R-2000iC/125L?

    Hello,


    I'm trying to calculate per ISO 13855’s general formula for the minimum safe distance is:

    S = (K x T) + C


    What is the total stop time for a R-2000iC/125L given that it is travelling at 100% speed and suddenly e-stopped?


    Sorry, I don't have the manual for the robot and the specification data does not have that information. I'm conducting a risk assessment on a workcell that uses two of these robots and I wanted to confirm that we provide at least the minimum safe distance from the light curtain to the operating range of the robot.


    Thanks in advance for your help.

  • How do you service your end of arm tool?

    What is the recommended method for safely servicing your EOAT?


    I have a robot with tooling to pickup large 4' x 8' boards and would like to know how to safely service and maintain the EOAT.

    I know this would be application specific, but I think that working under the EOAT and relying on the robot brakes is not the safest way.

    We are going to perform a task-based risk assessment and I would like to know how other robot users handle this maintenance task.


    Some of the options that we considered:
    Provide a platform where you can rest the EOAT and be able to work safely underneath the tooling

    On 6-axis robots, provide a maintenance position to present the bottom of the EOAT to the service personnel
    On 4-axis robots, provide some type of jack stand to support end of arm tool while servicing

    Thanks for your assistance.

  • Tool variable for Fanuc robots

    Hello,


    I wanted to know if there is a variable that holds tool information for Fanuc robots. ABB has a variable of type tooldata that stores, weight, center of gravity, tool center point.
    Is there an equivalent data type in a Fanuc robot.


    Thanks for your assistance.