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7.1.2 Loading the workpiece
Continuous operation
With continuous operation, the following process is repeated each time a workpiece
is loaded.
CAUTION
Activating Start Process starts the robot and the positioner.
Information Action
Load the positioner or the stationary table.
Note
Loading an IRBP B positioner in a position that is
not calibration position can cause vibration on the
opposite station side.
1
Make sure that the robot, positioner, and travel track
working areas are clear before the system starts. 2
See section Light barriers for po-
sitioners on page 31 .
Press the Pre-reset button (optional) inside the
service area.
3
See Operator panel on page 61 . Press either the Start Process button or the button
for the light barriers on the operator panel.
Note
This must be performed within 10 seconds of
pressing the pre-reset button; otherwise the light
barriers will not reset.
4
Two positioners or two work stations
If there are two positioners or two work stations on one positioner with station
interchange, the loading of one of the positioners or one station side can be
performed while the robot works on the other one. If the welding robot system
includes two positioners, there is a time pre-reset button and a Start Process button
for each positioner. Once the robot has completed the working cycle, it moves to
a waiting position and checks if the Start Process has been pressed. If this has
been done, the robot disengages the positioner or station side on the positioner
that it has completed and activates the next positioner/station side.
One positioner with two station sides
There is a station interchange unit on any positioner with two station sides. When
the robot system receives the ready signal from the operator station interchanges
take place, so that the positioner changes station side in relation to the robot.
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7 Operation
7.1.2 Loading the workpiece