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6.4 Decommissioning of balancing device
Note
This section is not applicable to robot variant IRB 6660 - 205/1.9.
General
There is much energy stored in the balancing device. Therefore a special procedure
is required to dismantle it. The coil springs inside the balancing device exert a
potentially lethal force unless dismantled properly.
The device must be dismantled by a decommissioning company.
Required equipment
Note Art. no. Equipment
Content is defined in section Standard
tools on page 381 .
- Standard toolkit
Must protect against spatter of sparks
and flames. - Protective clothing that also covers
face and hands
For opening housing and cutting coils.
The long shaft is a safety requirement. - Cutting torch with a long shaft
These procedures include references
to the tools required. Other tools and procedures may be
required. See references to these
procedures in the step-by-step in-
structions below.
DANGER
Do not under any circumstances, deal with the balancing device in any other
way than that detailed in the product documentation! For example, attempting
to open the balancing device is potentially lethal!
Action on field, decommissioning
The procedure below details the actions to perform on field, when the balancing
device is to be decommissioned.
Note Action
Detailed in section Replacing the balan-
cing device on page 266 .
Remove the balancing device from the robot. 1
Make sure the decommissioning com-
pany is well informed about the stored
energy built up by high tensioned com-
pression springs and that the device
contains some grease. Send the device to a decommissioning
company. 2
The following procedure contains useful
information about decommissioning.
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6 Decommissioning
6.4 Decommissioning of balancing device