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9 Decommissioning
Product Manual, Control Cabinet IRC5P 3HNA009834-001 en Rev.06 205
9 Decommissioning
General
The components of the robot are manufactured from many different materials. Some
of them are listed below to facilitate scrapping, i.e. so that the components can be
disposed of in a way that does not have a detrimental effect on anyone’s health or
the environment.
CAUTION!
Decommissioning must always be performed in accordance with
standards and regulations of the country where the robot is installed.
Manipulators
Control Cabinet
Material Examples of components Part of
Copper Cables, motors All robot types
Cast iron/nodular iron Foot unit, base unit,
vertical arm (axis 2 arm) lower part IRB 5400 / IRB 540 / IRB 580
Foot unit IRB 5500
Foot unit, base, arm assembly IRB 52
Foot unit, base, inner arm IRB 5300
Steel Gears, screws, base-frame, etc. All robot types
Foot unit, axis 7 arm/axis 8 arm IRB 5500 w 2 axis swing arm
Samarium-Cobalt Brakes, motors All robot types
Plastic/rubber (PVC) Cables, connectors, drive belts etc. All robot types
Oil, grease Gearboxes All robot types
Aluminium Covers, sync. brackets All robot types
Vertical/horizontal arm
(axis 2 arm/axis 3 arm) All robot types except IRB 52
Base unit IRB 5500
Outer arm and tower IRB 5300
Castings in wrist, arms All robot types
Material Examples of components
Copper Transformers, cables
Tin Cables
Alu-Zinc sheets Control cabinets, various sheet material parts
Iron Transformers
Polyester Circuit boards
Plastic/rubber (PVC) Cables, connectors, pendant, covers (drive units, I/O units) etc.
Lithium Batteries