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Cobra 350 User's Guide
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2.3 What to Do in an Emergency or Abnormal Situation
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Skilled persons
have technical knowledge or sufficient experience to enable them to
avoid the dangers, electrical and/or mechanical
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Instructed persons
are adequately advised or supervised by skilled persons to enable
them to avoid the dangers, electrical and/or mechanical
All personnel must observe industry-prescribed safety practices during the installation, oper-
ation, and testing of all electrically-powered equipment.
IMPORTANT:
Before working with the robot, every entrusted person must con-
firm that they:
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Have the necessary qualifications
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Have received the guides (both this user’s guide, and the Robot Safety Guide)
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Have read the guides
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Understand the guides
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Will work in the manner specified by the guides
2.3 What to Do in an Emergency or Abnormal Situation
Press any E-Stop button (a red push-button on a yellow background) and then follow the
internal procedures of your company or organization for an emergency or abnormal situation.
If a fire occurs, use CO
2
to extinguish the fire.
Releasing the Brakes
In case of an emergency or abnormal situation, the inner and outer robot arms can be manu-
ally moved without high power. However, only qualified personnel who have read and under-
stood this User's Guide and
Robot Safety Guide
should manually move the robot into a safe
state. Joints 3 and 4 are held by brakes, which can only be released with the Brake Release but-
ton. This requires 24 V power to the robot.
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WARNING:
PERSONAL INJURY RISK
Cobra 350 robots are not collaborative robots. They require a dedicated work
area that will prevent personnel from coming into contact with them during
operation.
Releasing an E-Stop
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CAUTION:
PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE RISK
If the robot’s E-Stop is triggered, ensure that the cause of the E-Stop is resolved,
and all surrounding areas are clear before releasing the E-Stop.
After the E-Stop button has been manually released, the robot will wait until the motors are
manually enabled.
There are two ways to enable the motors:
