Sorry to bother y'all again, but is it necessary to use all the robots PLC programs?
Or can I just use PLCIndex and PLCpart and leave the rest up to the robot?
Sorry to bother y'all again, but is it necessary to use all the robots PLC programs?
Or can I just use PLCIndex and PLCpart and leave the rest up to the robot?
Thanks Y'all!
Scotty, the main issue I'm facing now is with the PLC programming itself.
I thought the best way to accomplish it would be through stepping (moving a number in a bit and setting the lines needed equal to that number) is there a better way to go about this?
The PLC we are using is an Allen-Bradley CompactLogix, and it will not be controlling any motion for the robot.
The robot has the palletizing software option for handling tool.
Hello Y'all
I have a R-30iA/R2000iB palletizing robot that will soon need to be switched from teach pendent controls to a PLC. I am in the process of writing the PLC coding for this upcoming change. However, after looking at the PLC programs on the robot I'm not too sure how that all will work out, and looking at the manual has not been too helpful thus far.
Any form of help or suggestions on something to look into would be very much appreciated.
Good day to Y'all,
I'm working on a palletizing cell getting the part drop set up. All the I/O is set correctly and has been verified, But when I go to test it with an empty conveyor the robot continues to parallelize as though the parts were there.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
Good day Y'all,
I have a potential customer who wants to get into robotic palletizing. At the moment they want to get set up for 12 pallets for three or four different box types and patterns.
My question to Y'all is, would this be possible with one robot on a rail unit with handling tool or should I try to sell them on three robots with a palletizing option to cut down on programming time and excess cost to them?
Really, it would depend on how many different boxes and patterns you have, and wither or not that number will increase in the future.
One customer of mine wanted this done, but had over 30 boxes across three different lines, the whole process (with a lot of help from the kind people here since I'm a noob) was made so much easier and took less than a week to setup once I knew what I was doing.
Did you ever figure out how to incorporate the fault reset button?
Good afternoon y'all
I have a customer with an r-30ia running PalletTool who wants to add a light tree to let the operators know if an error occurred since they are not in direct view of the robot at all times. Looking at old posts it appears that I can use the interconnect tab in the I/O t assign a DO to an error, however after looking at the screen I have n idea which option I should assign.
The most common error is a collision detection due to their pallets being of varying height.
Can anyone tell me if I'm on the right track, and if so, what am I looking for in the interconnect screen?
Thanks in advance.
Assuming it is a bad wire, would you happen to have a wiring diagram so I could more easily fix the issue?
And what would you say if the connectors themselves looked fine, but the Ethernet connection at the computer is nonexistent (light is not lit for the Ethernet port)
Ethernet cable or something in the pendent itself?
Hey y'all
Has anyone ever had an issue with a flex pendent where you get a message on start up that says 'trying to connect to the controller'? I've looked around and all I can find is replace the CMOS battery.
I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction?
SAABoholic, so would the first three options you mentioned be with a single axis load sensor or could i use the soft servo setting since the load is relatively low?
TygerDawg, so like a table that pushes up into the grinding wheel?
The robot is a IRB 4400 connected to an IRC5 i believe my customer got it back in '07?
From what I have been told, they want to put a constant load of 20 pounds on the wheel while its grinding, however they could change their mind down the line and want it to put out 50 pounds.
What you suggested is actually similar to what they used to do. They had a bathroom scale, put a block of metal on top and jogged the robot until the force was there and let it grind for some time. What they want now is for the robot to be able to self adjust for the force and move back and forth along a piece of flat-stock, or cut through a tube.
Okay, how would I go about setting the soft servo? Is that just an instruction in the program I'll have to write?
Forgive my lack of knowledge, I'm more familiar with Fanuc...
Hey guys,
I have a customer who wants to restore an old ABB robot to help with quality control and testing new grinding wheels. This is my first step into the world of ABB and am not sure of my options.
What needs to happen is the robot will apply a constant pressure on a wheel that is either grinding or cutting a piece of medal. So what are my options for keeping a constant pressure/force? I've seen some companies make sensors, but are they viable?
Thanks in advance!
Also, the robot is set to switch infeeds after each pick
Sorry, I may have asked about the wrong issue.. The infeed I/O is set and works (checked in the I/O screen); but the robot goes to pick when the input for box present is off.
I have a feeling I need to manually write some code that says to switch infeeds if the input is off, I'm just not sure where that would go.
You're welcome! hope that works out for you!