Robot Station

Assembly
Instructions

GB
10/02

Intended use

This station has been developed and produced solely for vocational and further
training purposes in the field of automation and communication. The company
undertaking the training and/or the instructors is/are to ensure that trainees
observe the safety precautions described in the manuals provided.
Festo Didactic herewith excludes any liability for damage or injury caused to
trainees, the training company and/or any third party, which may occur if the system
is in use for purposes other than purely for training, unless the said damage/injury
has been caused by Festo Didactic deliberately or through gross negligence.

Description

MONT.ANLEIT

Designation:

D:MP-MA-S-ROBOT-1-GB

Status:

10/2002

Author:

Frank Ebel

Graphics:

Doris Schwarzenberger, Albert Sigel

Layout:

10/2002

Festo Didactic GmbH & Co., D-73770 Denkendorf, 2002

Internet: www.festo.com/didactic
e-mail: did@festo.com
The copying, distribution and utilisation of this document, as well as the communication of its
contents to others without the express authorisation of Festo Didactic is prohibited. Offenders will be
held liable for the payment of damages. All rights reserved, in particular the right to carry out patent,
utility model or ornamental design registration

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Contents

1.

Notes on safety ________________________________________________ 5

2.

Short description_______________________________________________ 6

3.
3.1
3.2

Views and tools ________________________________________________ 8

Views ________________________________________________________ 8
Required tools _________________________________________________ 9

4.
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
4.10
4.11

Assembling the station _________________________________________ 10

Step 1 _______________________________________________________ 10
Step 2 _______________________________________________________ 11
Step 3 _______________________________________________________ 12
Step 4 _______________________________________________________ 14
Step 5 _______________________________________________________ 16
Step 6 _______________________________________________________ 17
Step 7 _______________________________________________________ 18
Step 8 _______________________________________________________ 19
Step 9 _______________________________________________________ 20
Step 10 ______________________________________________________ 21
Simulation ot the robot cell ______________________________________ 22

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Contents

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1. Notes on safety

In the interests of your own safety, please observe the following safety instructions:

General
Trainees must only work on a station under the supervision of an instructor.
Observe the data in the data sheets for the individual components, particularly
all safety instructions!
Electrical
Electrical connections are to be wired-up or disconnected only when the power
supply is turned off!
Use only extra-low-voltages of up to max. 24 V DC.
Pneumatic
Do not exceed the maximum permissible pressure of 8 bar (800 kPa).
Do not switch on the compressed air supply until you have established and
secured all tubing connections.
Do not disconnect air lines under pressure.
Particular care is to be taken when switching on the compressed air supply.
Cylinders may advance or retract as the compressed air is switched on.
Robotic system
Do not touch any moving part of the robot during operation. Any work within the
operation space must be done after switching off the power.
Do not store a teaching box not connected to the robot control close to the robot
because the built-in EMERGENCY-STOP device is not functional.
If the gripper contains a part during an EMERGENCY-STOP, this will be dropped
during the reset function (nest travel).
Mechanical
Attach all components securely on the mounting plate.
No manual intervention is to take place unless the machine is at rest.

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2. Short description

View of Robot station

The Robot station can transport workpieces that are fed via the slide and place them
in the assembly retainer module. The sensor in the gripper allows the robot to
differentiate workpieces by color (black/non-black). The sensor in the assembly
retainer module monitors the orientation of the workpiece.
From the assembly retainer module the robot sorts the workpieces into various
magazines or passes them on to the downstream station.
Combination with the Assembly station allows assembly of workpieces.

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Short description

The function of the Robot station is

to determine the material characteristics of a workpiece,

to remove workpieces from a retainer,
to deposit workpieces on the assembly retainer
to deposit the workpieces into the 'metallic/red' magazine or the 'black'
magazine or
to pass on the workpieces to a subsequent station.
The Robot station consists of the following:

Robot RV-2AJ with robot controller

Slide module
Retainer module
Assembly retainer module
Magazine module
Profile plate

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3. Views and tools

3.1
Views

Robot station, plan view

Robot station, side view

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Views and tools

Robot station, front view

3.2
Required tools

Tube spanner, 9 x 10
Open ended spanners, 6 x 7, 12 x 13, 22 x 24
Slot-head screwdriver, 3.5
Allen key, 5

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4. Assembling the station

4.1
Step 1

14. Nut
13.
12.
11.
10.
9.
8.
7.
6.
5.
4.
3.
2.
1.

10

Profile plate

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Assembling the station

4.2
Step 2

2.1 (2x)

2.5
2.2 (4x)
2.3 (4x)

2.6 (2x)
2.7 (2x)

2.4 (4x)

2.1

Cable duct

2.2

Socket-head screw

2.3

Washer

2.4

T-head nut

2.5

Top-hat rail

2.6

Socket-head screw

2.7

Washer

2.8

T-head nut

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2.8 (2x)

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4.3
Step 3

5.

3.
1.

12

Mounting the electrical system

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Assembling the station

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4.4
Step 4
11 (5x)
10

14.

9.

7.
6.

7
4

8 (2x)
9 (2x)

5
6

14

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Assembling the station

I/O terminal

Terminal

Protective earth terminal

Solenoid valve

Assembly retainer module

Fit a fibre-optic cable with function diffuse sensor to position A. Scew the
fibre-optic cable from the bottom of the module into the thread. The sensor
head is mounted flush to the upper surface of the module. Fix the sensor head
with a nut M6 x 0.75.

Cable fixture (2x)

Mechanical connectors (2x)

10

Adapter plate
The distance edge profile plate edge adapter plate equals 15 mm.

11

Cable fixture (5x)

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4.5
Step 5

13

14

2.

2.

16

12

12

StationLink receiver

13

Robot RV-2AJ

14

StationLink emitter

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Assembling the station

4.6
Step 6

15 (4x)
16

15

Socket head screw, M 3 x 8 (4x)

16

Gripper module
Detailed information on assembling the gripper module please find in the
Gripper module assembly instructions.

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4.7
Step 7

19
A

13.

6.

8.

18
17 (3x)

18

17

Fibre-optic device (3x)

18

Service unit

19

Retainer module
Fit a fibre-optic cable with function diffuse sensor to position A. Scew a nut
M6 x 0.75 up to the end of the thread. Screw the fibre-optic cable from the
outside of the module into the thread. Screw the sensor head until the thread
is visible at the inside of the retainer module. Fix the sensor head with the nut
M6 x 0.75.

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Assembling the station

4.8
Step 8

21

8.

11.
10.

20 (2x)

20

Magazine module

21

Slide module

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4.9
Step 9

12.
10.
8.

4.

22 (4x)

22

20

Cable fixture (4x)

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Assembling the station

4.10
Step 10

Station fully assembled

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4.11
Simulation ot the robot cell

22

The robot cell 'Robot station' is stored in the directory 'Sources\Robot

programs\RV-2AJ\Cosimir\Robot\Robot.mod' of the CD-ROM supplied. For the
simulation of the robot cell you need Cosimir Industrial or Cosimir Professional.

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