Depends on the dynamic of your shop. When I worked at a small shop on holidays we got let go early for the day before the holiday and paid 8 hours. At the factory we have had things like birthday lunch once a month. We just had a patriotic day contest and the department with the most percentage of patriotic ware won a pizza party. Food is always good! I guess the question is are you trying to dig out of a morale issue or stay ahead of the curve?
Posts by jhowes
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The motion paths are set and currently use little of the 4th axis. The umbilical is the main problem cause. Due to the winding up of a spring it pulls against the robot creating small part placement issues. We need to be accurate to .2mm. The theory is how can you write neatly while I am bumping your arm (Proven by a machine test). By rotating the axis 180 degrees it allows access to the robots air fittings and electrical plug, if the robot were not upside down it would not be an issue. After all if they didn't want them changed why would you make it a soft limit?
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Robots are inverted on the ceiling of the machine. I am looking to rotate the 4th axis 180 degrees to eliminate an external umbilical and relieve running wear and movement issues. The current soft limits are set to -190 to 190. I only need a possible 25 more degrees. I can open it up to a -370 and there is little impact on the wires and have not found a hard stop as of yet. Has anyone stretched the limits as of yet. Need to avoid the electrical connection and the EOAT.