After every prolonged 'down' period we have major issues with comms on 7th axis Robots (this has happened on both the ABB and Fanuc Robots).
- Comms is generally from a switch in the Robot cabinet,
- through a connector stand at the base of the 7th axis track,
- through the track into another connector at the base of the Robot,
- through the Robot into another connector at the top of the Robot
- then into the communication device (be it a festo I/O module or Armour block I/O module).
It is designed like this to give several points of sacrificial cable for quick repair/replacement. The cable is Leoni High flex cable (part number F07249-03-04). Cable runs can be quite long in some cases (10 + meters if that is a factor?). In every case the fix is to replace one of the sacrificial cables.
Could I ask the question as to why this happens? And if there is anything we can do to stop it happening (besides continuous running)?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
- Comms is generally from a switch in the Robot cabinet,
- through a connector stand at the base of the 7th axis track,
- through the track into another connector at the base of the Robot,
- through the Robot into another connector at the top of the Robot
- then into the communication device (be it a festo I/O module or Armour block I/O module).
It is designed like this to give several points of sacrificial cable for quick repair/replacement. The cable is Leoni High flex cable (part number F07249-03-04). Cable runs can be quite long in some cases (10 + meters if that is a factor?). In every case the fix is to replace one of the sacrificial cables.
Could I ask the question as to why this happens? And if there is anything we can do to stop it happening (besides continuous running)?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.