Robotics lab · Level 9 of 9
Commission a servo axis
Level 9 of 9 in the Robotics lab: a free robot programming exercise at Intermediate level, which takes about 30 minutes. Scale a ball-screw axis, home it, set soft limits, write the PLCopen command sequence, tune it on a trend, gear it to a conveyor and prove the E-stop.
Free · no download · about 30 minutes. Your work is saved on this device. Updated 18 Oct 2026.
The brief
- Client
- Linwood Cartons
- Site
- Cell R-2, transfer axis X1
- Work order
- WO-RB-109
- Task code
- ROB-09
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Type of work
- Practice
Scale a ball-screw axis, home it, set soft limits, write the PLCopen command sequence, tune it on a trend, gear it to a conveyor and prove the E-stop.
Skills you practise
- Scaling and units per revolution
- Homing and soft limits
- PLCopen motion commands
- Servo tuning (Kp and feedforward)
- Gearing
- STO and restart
What the test checks
The acceptance test marks the skills this level practises.
- Scaling and units per revolution
- Homing and soft limits
- PLCopen motion commands
- Servo tuning (Kp and feedforward)
- Gearing
- STO and restart
In this lab
- Teach pendant: jog, teach and run
- Safety: guards, enabling device, safe start
- A handshake between robot and PLC
Levels in the Robotics lab
Part of the Robotics lab
Teach a robot arm a pick and place job and prove its handshake with the PLC.
Feeds these internships: PLC Programming, Commissioning and Maintenance.