Maintenance Plan

Overview

The maintenance intervals may have to be adapted to the greatly varying operational hours depending on the application.

For procedures to replace the different parts, refer to Replacing Parts.

Maintenance Schedule

Intervals

Action

Every 150 hours of operation

or

weekly

oVerify the robot by visual inspection for any damage or missing parts, especially for moving parts and parts at risk for collisions such as grippers, upper arms, lower arms, springs, telescopic axis, or parallel plates.

oReplace the arms if these are bent or dented.

oClean the robot mechanics.

Every 300 hours of operation

or

every two weeks

oVerify the slide films, ball sockets, universal joints, and rolls for wear and replace them if necessary.

oOnly for an optionally mounted VRKPXYYYYY00038, VRKPXYYYYY00039, VRKPXYYYYY00041, VRKPXYYYYY00045, VRKPXYYYYY00046, VRKPXYYYYY00049, VRKPXYYYYY00050, VRKPXYYYYY00052, or VRKPXYYYYY00053:

Verify the cables for wear and replace them if these are damaged or worn out

Every 1,000 hours of operation

or

every three months

oVerify all moving parts for bolted connections.

oVerify the output shaft sealing of gearboxes for deposits of dirt and clean.

Every 2,000 hours of operation

oReplace the springs and spring rolls of the lower arms.

oReplace the ball sockets.

oReplace the slide films of the telescopic axis.

oVerify the universal joints on the telescopic axis and replace them if these are appreciably worn.

Every 5,000 hours of operation

oVerify the ball pins and replace them if necessary.

Annually

oVerify the brake function during operation.

Every 20,000 hours of operation

oReplace the main gearboxes and motors.

oReplace the four-axis parallel plate (with rotational axis bearing).

oOnly for VRKP2•••WD / VRKP4•••WD / VRKP4•••NO / VRKP4•••CW / VRKP4•••WF / VRKP4•••NF robot:

Verify the fans for operation and replace them if necessary.

oWhen using an optionally mounted VRKPXYYYYY00038, VRKPXYYYYY00039, VRKPXYYYYY00041, VRKPXYYYYY00045, VRKPXYYYYY00046, VRKPXYYYYY00049, VRKPXYYYYY00050, VRKPXYYYYY00052, or VRKPXYYYYY00053:

Replace the module.

Every 40,000 hours of operation

oReplace the gearboxes and motors of the rotational axis.

oReplace the upper arms.

Every 1,000 emergency stop situations

oReplace the upper arms.

NOTE:

oThe gearbox has been lubricated for life.

oDo not lubricate the ball sockets.