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Chapter 3 Maintenance and Inspection
3.1
Maintenance & Inspection Intervals and Purposes
The table below lists the intervals and purposes of maintenance & inspection required
for your robot.
Maintenance & Inspection Intervals and Purposes
No.
Intervals
What to do:
Needed:
1 Daily
before
starting
operations
Inspection jobs specified
in Section 3.2.
To use your robot safely.
2
Quarterly
Inspection jobs specified
in Section 3.3.
To maintain the precision of the robot and to prevent
failures caused by overheat of the robot controller.
3
Semiyearly
Inspection jobs specified
in Section 3.4.
To check the rotary sections and slideways of the
robot and its controller for wear, preventing seizure,
breakage, and other serious failures that could result
from wear.
4
Biennial
Replacement of backup
batteries specified in
Section 3.5.
To retain the position data stored in the electronic
absolute encoders built in the robot unit and the
robot-specific data (programs, parameters, etc.)
stored in the internal memory of the robot controller.
Caution: Maintenance and inspection must be carried out by a trained
worker who possesses the ability to perform these tasks safely.
Before performing maintenance and inspection jobs, read the
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, "4. Precautions while Robot is
Running" and "5. Daily and Periodical Inspections."
3.1.1
Precautions for installation and maintenance of robots for clean
room use
Notes in handling the cleanroom type
When carrying out maintenance or inspection jobs of the cleanroom type of robots in
your cleanroom, be sure to follow your dust-proof job rules. If you remove the covers
from the robot controller or robot unit, even the cleanroom type may scatter worn belt
dust, piping grease, dust or dirt accumulating inside.
Jobs requiring special care
CALSET
Cleaning of cooling fan filters in the robot controller
Replacement of encoder backup batteries
Replacement of controller memory backup batteries
Replacement of controller fuses
Replacement of controller output ICs
Greasing