Information and training
Provide current operating, maintenance and safety information for Robot Cell Retrofits, plus settings, software backups, training and any outstanding actions.
Industrial automation and robotics
Service and Support for Robot Cell Retrofits
Plan documentation, training, spares, maintenance and change control for robot cell retrofits.
Reliable support for robot cell retrofits starts with safe access, clear diagnostics, controlled settings, maintainable parts and information your team can use.
Your support plan should match the people responsible for repeatable production using existing robot-cell upgrades, the production risk and the response your site needs.
On the production floor
Plan straightforward operation, maintenance and recovery — Robot Cell Retrofits
Plan robot cell retrofits around your parts, process, cycle time, tooling, recovery and acceptance criteria. Discuss the highest-risk feasibility questions with Oxford Industrial Automation. Plan the information, access and response needed to keep your operation running safely and consistently.
Discuss your application
Support for your team
Four practical areas to plan
Planned care
Set inspection, cleaning, calibration where applicable and wear-part tasks around operator access, recovery and changeover.
Fault recovery
Give the people responsible for repeatable production using existing robot-cell upgrades clear fault information, safe diagnostic access, escalation routes and a controlled restart.
Future changes
Review new products, parts, software, materials or rates before altering settings that affect run-off criteria and production evidence.
Support information
Keep the right information about robot cell retrofits available to your team
- Agreed existing robot-cell upgrades scope, exclusions and decisions
- Current drawings, line-connection schedule and bill of materials
- Software and parameter backups with revision control
- Risk, test and inspection records for run-off criteria and production evidence
- Operator and maintenance instructions for repeatable production using existing robot-cell upgrades
- Recommended spares based on consequence and lead time
First-line response
For Robot Cell Retrofits, record the equipment or process condition before making a change
Observe
Record the current operating state, active recipe, recent material or variant change and the condition of part, product and process variation for existing robot-cell upgrades.
Make safe
Use the approved isolation or intervention method for repeatable production using existing robot-cell upgrades; never defeat a safeguard or force an output to shorten diagnosis.
Recover deliberately
Use the documented recovery sequence for Robot Cell Retrofits, confirm the first accepted output and retain the fault and action record for trend review.
Change control
Revisit evidence when the duty changes
A new variant or higher rate can alter part, product and process variation for existing robot-cell upgrades, arrival pattern and presentation, required cycle and production pattern, tooling, sensing and process interfaces, operator access, recovery and changeover, and run-off criteria and production evidence. Record the change, assess consequences and repeat the relevant trial or validation rather than assuming the previous result transfers.