Preventive/Predictive Maintenance Programs

Over a period of time, all equipment needs some form of maintenance to ensure flawless operation. Motoman has the expertise and capability to support you in maintaining your equipment.

In any maintenance environment, it makes common sense to be proactive about maintaining your equipment and protecting your investment. Motoman has found that companies that are proactive about a preventive/predictive maintenance program have less chance of an unplanned breakdown resulting in costly downtime. To ensure our customers are able to keep production running, we’ve developed the following predictive/preventive maintenance programs.

• Preventive Maintenance
• Extended Preventive Maintenance
• Audit Service Plan
• Audit Service Plan Plus

Please keep in mind, that these programs are recommended. Motoman has also determined that some customers require preventive/predictive maintenance on a more frequent basis and in some instances less frequently. Our Aftermarket Support Team is here to consult you on the best course of action.

Preventive Maintenance

Preventive maintenance is robot model specific for recommended operational time interval or can be subject to environmental situations. For K-Series robots with ERC & MRC controller this service is recommended at 5,000 servo-on hours and for both the SK-Series & UP-Series robots with MRC & XRC controllers, it is recommended at 6,000 servo-on hours. Dependent on harshness of environment recommended interval might be sooner. The Motoman preventive maintenance package includes a full inspection of the drive train, lubrication of the robot and inspection of the main wire harness inside the robot arm. Additionally, this preventive maintenance effort is to determine if there are any immediate service problems ensuring they be addressed before affecting production downtime.

Includes:

• Four to six man-hours labor dependent upon robot model.
• Within 200 miles of service center, technician travel time & travel related expenses.
• Visually inspect robot for obvious exterior damage.
• Check for damage to manipulator, cables and/or connectors.
• Inspect link arm for damage/looseness.
• Verify incoming power 208 VAC phase-phase.
• Check alarm history, note most recent alarms to determine any possible recurrent problems.
• Position Robot to the mechanical "Home" position. Verify proper home calibration.
• "Teach" a job to test the manipulator through full range of motion, exercising all axes.
• Remove the servo pack cooling fan assembly, and inspect the fans.
• Visually inspect all terminals/connectors inside the controller cabinet for looseness.
• Inspect the Programming Pendant keypad, cable, and connectors for deformation/damage.
• Inspect manipulator battery.
• Inspect the timing belts for B/T-axis drives, check for damage and looseness.
• Measure the resistance of the motor brake leads.
• Inspect and reconnect all harnesses. Lubricate as required.
• Inspect Breakaway.
• Lubricate the S/L/U-axis drives in accordance with the applicable instruction manual procedures.
• Lubricate the R/B/T-axis drives in accordance with the applicable instruction manual procedures.
• Lubricate S-axis cross roller bearing & RV gear.
• Verify proper operation of the following (where applicable):
  • Playback box E-Stop
  • Playback box Hold
  • Playback box Play Button
  • Programming Pendant E-Stop
  • Hard stop on S-Axis
  • Shock Sensor
  • Over-run Recovery switch

Extended Preventive Maintenance

This maintenance is model specific for time interval recommended to be completed or can be subject to environmental situations. For robots with ERC controller this service is recommended at 18,000 servo-on hours and for both the MRC & XRC models it is recommended at 24,000 servo-on hours.

The Motoman preventive/predictive maintenance package includes a full inspection of the drive train, lubrication of the robot and replacement of the main wire harness inside the robot arm. Motoman strongly recommends this on-site maintenance, as a worn wiring harness can result in failures of expensive electronic circuits and result in unplanned down time. Additionally, this preventive/predictive maintenance program is to determine if there are any immediate impending service problems so that they can be addressed before affecting production downtime.

Includes:

• Eight to twelve man-hours labor dependent upon robot model.
• Technician travel time & travel related expenses.
• Visually inspect robot for obvious exterior damage.
• Check for damage to manipulator, cables and/or connectors.
• Inspect link arm for damage/looseness.
• Verify incoming power 208 VAC phase-phase.
• Check alarm history, note most recent alarms to determine any possible recurrent problems.
• Position Robot to the mechanical "Home" position. Verify proper home calibration.
• "Teach" a job to test the manipulator through full range of motion, exercising all axes.
• Remove the servo pack cooling fan assembly, and inspect the fans.
• Visually inspect all terminals/connectors inside the controller cabinet for looseness.
• Inspect the Programming Pendant keypad, cable, and connectors for deformation/damage.
• Replace manipulator battery.
• Inspect the timing belts for B/T-axis drives, check for damage and looseness.
• Measure the resistance of the motor brake leads.
• Replace and reconnect all harnesses. Lubricate as required.
• Inspect Breakaway.
• Lubricate the S/L/U-axis drives in accordance with the applicable instruction manual procedures.
• Lubricate the R/B/T-axis drives in accordance with the applicable instruction manual procedures.
• Lubricate S-axis cross roller bearing.
• Verify proper operation of the following (where applicable):
  • Playback box E-Stop
  • Playback box Hold
  • Playback box Play Button
  • Programming Pendant E-Stop
  • Hard stop on S-Axis
  • Shock Sensor
  • Over-run Recovery switch