Thank you. Got a trainee, and he's exploring things I've never had to mess with. UGH. LET THE FUN BEGIN.
Posts by 501nmc
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Hello everyone,
I wanted to know what I need to turn on to have the comments come up when I program an input or output. Comments are with their respective I/O but when programming, they do not show up.
Example RO [1 vacuum on] will just show RO 1 when programmed in a routine.
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I was hoping to have the robot look for the switch between the top of the stack and the bottom of the stack. There's about 18 inches total distance between top and bottom. I currently have the operator fill the cardboard to a fill line and then hit a button to reset the cardboard height to 0. We have such a high turnover and no training program for new people that they will forget to hit the reset button and crash the robot after filling it. Some operators as many as 13 times in a 12 hr shift. Don't have time for that many callls. Lol
So basically I would need to move the skip down to the bottom of stack position. It should stop if it sees the di on before it actually reaches the position, is this correct? -
I was reading another thread about a skip function. Is this how the skip function works?
1 skip condition di1=on
2 L (P1 clear of stack)skip,lbl 1
3 RO1 VACUUM=ON
4 wait .25
5 [LBL1]
6 L (P2 BOTTOM OF STACK)
7 L (P3 Home)Now if the robot stops after line one but before line 6 and executes the vacuum on, will the robot continue to line 5 after the vacuum is on causing a crash as its moving to line 6? Would I need to put another jump lable in after the wait statement to bypass the bottom of the stack?
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Hello everyone. I have been using this website for a couple years now to refresh my memory with fanuc robots.
I currently have a problem maybe some of you could help me with. I am using a m10-ia with I believe the rj3 controller. It's just a simple pick and place operation. I am putting parts in a box and placing a sheet of thin cardboard on top of that layer and stacking these layers 35 high. I am doing an offset to pick up the paper but we are talking about .1 at a time. I currently have the operators replacing the cardboard every 4 inches or so. The eaot has spring loaded suction cups that have about 3/4 inch travel and vacuum to pick the parts and the cardboard. Is there a way that I can mount a switch on the eaot and have the robot recognize when the level will be full?
Perhaps using bg logic to monitor for the switch and changing a PR to 0 for the move or to stop the move.I've fooled with robots for over 10 years now but haven't had any formal training on them. I'm sure there is a lot that I do not know. I'm not an engineer, just the old trusty maintenance tech.
Thanks in advance for any help/