
3 Maintenance
3.4.5. Oil change, gearbox, axis 4
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Draining, oil
The procedure below details how to drain the oil in the gearbox, axis 4.
When using the oil exchange equipment, follow the instructions enclosed with the kit. Art.
no. for the kit is specified in
Required equipment on page 166
Action
Note
1. Run the upper arm -45° from the calibration
position.
2.
DANGER!
Turn off all electric power, hydraulic and
pneumatic pressure supplies to the robot!
For Foundry Prime robots: Do not turn off the air
pressure to motors and SMB.
3.
WARNING!
Handling gearbox oil involves several safety
risks. Before proceeding, please observe the
safety information in section
risks during work with gearbox oil on page 41
.
4. Drain the oil from the gearbox into an vessel by
opening the
oil plug, draining.
Remove the
oil plug, filling
in order to drain the
oil quicker!
Vessel capacity is specified in
Required equipment on page 166
!
5. Run the upper arm back to its calibration
position (horizontal position).
Shown in section
and correct axis position on page 368
.
6. Refit the oil plug, draining.
Tightening torque: 24 Nm.
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