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Level 12 of 13 · Robotics lab

Prove the safety circuit

Level 12 of 13 in the Robotics lab: a free robot programming exercise at Intermediate level, which takes about 25 minutes. Walk the safety wiring and prove every device: both E-stops, the gate switch, the light curtain and the mode key, and that the air dumps on an E-stop.

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Goal

Walk the safety wiring and prove every device: both E-stops, the gate switch, the light curtain and the mode key.

Done when

The acceptance test marks the skills this level practises.

  • Dual-channel safety relay
  • E-stop, gate and curtain
  • Mode key switch
  • Air dump on E-stop

Skills

  • Dual-channel safety relay
  • E-stop, gate and curtain
  • Mode key switch
  • Air dump on E-stop

Before you start

Level 11, Set up the gripper air, comes first. Do it first if the ideas are new to you.

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13 levels

Levels in the Robotics lab

Teach a robot arm a pick and place job and prove its handshake with the PLC.

Foundation

Levels 1 to 3
  1. Start Safe start
  2. Start Jog
  3. Start Teach and run

Programming

Levels 4 to 6
  1. Start Pick and place
  2. Start Palletising
  3. Start Machine tending

Safety and faults

Levels 7 to 13
  1. Start Safety validation
  2. Start Fault finding
  3. Start Commission a servo axis
  4. Start Meet the robot cell
  5. Start Set up the gripper air
  6. Start Prove the safety circuit
  7. Start Fault-find the cell

Part of the Robotics lab

Teach a robot arm a pick and place job and prove its handshake with the PLC.

Feeds these internships (training, not employment): PLC Programming, Commissioning and Maintenance.

About the Robotics lab

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