Posts by Urthlight

yes yes and yes. We were in the middle of a job when this occured. A week ago this happened and I physically held k0 closed which got the robot moving so swapped k0 and that seemed to fix it. Post mortem on the contactor found nothing but a luttle bit of styrofoam. Now the symptom is the same except now K1 fires and then releases sfter a moment. I swapped the kps this morning and all is the same.

I have an issue with my kuka drive status.

my "S" is green all the time

my "I" the drive status is red, until I hold down the Deadman switch when it usually turns green,

but not always sometimes it will stay red.

I can see that it is acknowledging that the switch is pressed in as I have it set in jog mode

and can see the movement controls appear on the right side of the screen,

I can also see and hear K0 closing and K1 closing and then opening.

However, the I icon will always immediately turn from green to red when I press the program start button

with the message "drive contactor off, intermediate circuit loaded"

There are no errors associated with this issue.

This happens in automatic mode, T2 mode and T1 mode.

I am using a KRC1 pendant if that helps.

The kuka model is a KUKA KRL200 L150

The cabinet is made by GENERAL MOTORS

any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I have a KR C2 control cabinet on a KR 200 Sp/2 Arm. During Mastering the robot applied brakes and tripped the wall breaker on axis A4. After resetting the breaker I am receiving "Error 1043 Quit Bus voltage charging unit is defective PM1" when I push the deadman switch. I can acknowledge and press again and the error returns. We have just completed a 2 week production run.

The error code number points to the KPS. Swapped. The text of the error points to PM1 it is outputting 26.6 it's rated output is 27.3. Is this a problem? It seems to be close enough to the rated voltage to not be an issue. I have a spare that also outputs 26.6.

The message also mentions charging unit, the cabinet shuts down gracefully using the batteries.

My guru suggested swapping the interbus cables which also had no effect.

My input power is 474, 472 and 471 leg to leg, or 274, 273 and 271 leg to ground.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Solved. Check power feed to servo drives. Clean an/or repair.

Is anyone repairing these units aftermarket? It just seems like with what these things cost someone would. Am I in the weeds somehow?

My problem was an internal cable. I bought a newer cabinet and KCP, it was almost Identical. Moved all of my goodies into the donor cabinet including the 7th axis. Back up and running.

I have also found a source for the LCD screen. I am going to fix that too.

I too have this error. I have a spare computer and pendant I get the error with any combination.

I have a (V)KR C2 control cabinet on a KR 200 Sp/2 Arm. I have found a replacement cabinet that seems to be very close to the one that is failing. My goal is to get spare parts for my system so I would like to verify the contents of the replacement cabinet. Does any one know how to decode the various numbers into options? Any insight into the configuration would be of great help.

I am looking for a replacement cabinet and pendant for my company's Kuka Robot Arm type KR200SP/2. The controller is (V)KR C2 and the pendant is KCP KR C1 00-105-201. The Display in the pendant is burned in and looks terrible so just a display would work there. The controller has weird intermittent faults. I see that a complete cabinet is cheaper than buying all of the suspect parts. Obviously I would like a working unit. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

that is precisely what we intend to do. We had a show that wanted this. We had Kuka bid this and it exceded the entire show budget. So my boss wants to look for a surplus item that can fill the bill.

I am looking for a semi-portable 5DOF arm system to manipulate an 80 pound TV monitor. This unit would be trucked in and set up by our install team in theater or convention venues. On the wish list is that it break down as much as possible with counter weights to add mass to the base. I could easily have 5 to 7 guys set up this item. Refurbished equipment is fine as long as spare parts are available. A second arm for parts may be an option.

I have incredible paint and fiberglass teams so cosmetic issues are no problem, I I am looking for a semi-portable 5DOF arm system to manipulate an 80 pound TV monitor. This unit would be trucked in and set up by our install team in theater or convention venues. On the wish list is that it break down as much as possible with counter weights to add mass to the base. I could easily have 5 to 7 guys set up this item. Refurbished equipment is fine as long as spare parts are available. A second arm for parts may be an option.

I have incredible paint and fiberglass teams so cosmetic issues are no problem, I need a reliable arm that I can fix onsite if necessary. 220VAC will probably be the most common power available.

If this is not viable path I would like to discuss mechanical assemblies that could be reworked with modern motor controls. Units without exotic motors and maybe standard industrial motor drives. My panel shop can build new controls around those if we must.

Ideally we would run this from a laptop to a control cabinet to the robot. This would not be a one off. This is an R&D probe for proof of concept. If successful we would be in the market for at least one stage full of robotic monitors. Obviously I would like to invent as little as possible. I have access to programmers for the final bit. My directive is to have one unit by next January.