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1.5 Moving Each Axis with Motor Power OFF in Emergency
Stop
The table below shows which axes have a brake in the VS-G series of robot units. The
brake releasing operation on UL-Listed robot units is different from that on other types.
Robot unit
Model
Axes with brake
How to release brake
Without brake
VS-G
VS-G-W
2nd to 4th axes
With brake
VS-G-B
VS-G-BW
2nd to 6th axes
With the teach pendant or mini-pendant
Access: [F2 Arm]—[F12 Maint.]—[F3 Brake.] on the
teach pendant
For details, refer to the SETTING-UP MANUAL,
Chapter 5 "Commands Assigned to Function Keys
of the Teach Pendant" and Chapter 6 "Using the
Mini-Pendant."
UL-Listed VS-GW-UL
All
axes
With the brake release switch
(For details, refer to Section 1.6 "Brake release for
UL-Listed robot units.")
Note: The teach pendant or mini-pendant cannot
release the brakes.
The table below shows how to move each axis with the motor power being OFF when
the robot is in an emergency stop.
Warning: Performing the brake release operation drops the arm. Make sure
beforehand that the release operation will not cause bodily
injuries or equipment damages.
Moving the axes in an emergency stop
How to move the axes
Axis
VS-G, VS-G-W
VS-G-B, VS-G-BW
VS-GW-UL
1st axis
Move the robot arm by
hand.
Move the robot arm by hand.
2nd axis
3rd axis
4th axis
Release the brake with
the teach pendant or
mini-pendant, and then
move the robot arm by
hand.
5th axis
6th axis
Move the robot arm by
hand.
Release the brake with the
teach pendant or
mini-pendant, and then move
the robot arm by hand.
(For details, refer to the
SETTING-UP MANUAL,
Chapter 5 "Commands
Assigned to Function Keys of
the Teach Pendant" and
Chapter 6 "Using the
Mini-Pendant.")
Select the target axis with the axis
selector, and then move the axis
by hand while holding down the
brake release switch.
(For details, refer to Section 1.6
"Releasing brakes for UL-Listed
robot units.")
(UL-Listed)
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