Sanding Kit
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4. MOUNTING
(continued)
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June 2019
V1.0
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For installation on
Universal Robots
A
SSEMBLING
THE
S
ANDER
1. Remove the orange cap covering the compressed air inlet
of the sander.
2. Screw the provided ¼ inch NPT air fitting into the sander
air inlet. Tighten using a 11/16 inch wrench.
Move the robot wrist to make it point upwards. This
will facilitate mounting your product.
M
OUNTING
THE
S
ANDER
ON
THE
R
OBOT
W
RIST
1. Secure the adapter plate on the robot wrist with four
M6 screws, using a 4mm hex key. Align using dowel pin.
2. Insert the sander into the adapter plate, and insert one
M3 screw into the hinge, using a 3mm hex key.
3. Secure the holding plate over the adapter plate with three
M4 screws, using a 3mm hex key.
4. Press the sanding soft interface disc pad to the sander.
5. Select a sanding media, and gently press it (grit side up)
into the sanding soft interface disc pad.
6. Tighten the adapter plate set screw until you feel some
resistance, using a 3mm hex key. The screw allows turning
on the sander.
S
UPPLYING
A
IR
T
O
T
HE
V
ALVE
For more details, see Figure 2.
1. Push the 3/8 inch air tube into the sander air
inlet fitting.
2. Push the 3/8 inch air tube into Port #2 of the
valve.
3. Screw in a ¼ inch NPT air fitting in Port #1 of
the valve.
The ¼ inch NPT air fitting for Port #1 is
not included. Insert your own air fitting
based on your air line specifications.
4. Connect your air supply line to Port #1.
To change the rotation speed of your
random orbital sander, turn the knob
found under the air inlet, on the sander.
5. Secure the valve to the cabinet using the valve
magnetic clip.
5. WIRING
1. Turn off your robot controller.
2. Plug the black wire of the valve into a
0V
connector of the
robot controller.
3. Plug the red wire of the valve into a
Configurable Output
.
6. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
1. Insert your Copilot licence dongle into a USB port of your
robot controller.
2. Insert a USB stick loaded with the
.urcap
into the
Teach pendant.
3. Tap the triple bar icon
in the upper right corner, select
Settings
, then
System
from the left navigation pane.
4. Tap
URCaps
in the pane, then
at the bottom of the
screen, and select the USB stick loaded with the
.urcap
.
5.
Open
the file
Robotiq_Copilot-X.X.X.urcap
.
6. To activate the URCap, tap
Restart
in the bottom right
corner of the screen.
To access features available to the Finishing Copilot
software and essential to your sanding applications,
the USB licence dongle must remain plugged in a
USB port of the robot controller.
S
TRONG
MAGNETS
. H
OLD
VALVE
BRACKET
FIRMLY
WHEN
ATTACHING
IT
TO
A
SURFACE
TO
AVOID
DAMAGING
MAGNETS
.
!
To configurable
outputs
Plug
3
2
Provided air
fitting
1
Not
provided
To Sander
To air supply
Figure 2. Supplying air to your valve.
C
ONNECTING
A
C
ENTRAL
V
ACUUM
S
YSTEM
(O
PTIONAL
)
To connect your central vacuum system to the
sander, plug it into the 7/8 inch round socket
found under the air inlet of the sander.
