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Grounding robot-mounted equipment, 10 installing user-supplied safety equipment – Adept s800 s800 User Manual

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Chapter 3: System Installation

Figure 3-6. Ground Point on Robot Base (standard robot shown)

See Installing 24 VDC Robot Cable on page 32 for additional system grounding information.

Grounding Robot-Mounted Equipment

The following parts of an Adept Cobra s800 Inverted robot are not grounded to protective
earth: the Joint 3 quill and the tool flange. If hazardous voltages are present at any user-
supplied robot-mounted equipment or tooling, you must install a ground connection from that
equipment/tooling to the ground point on the robot base. Hazardous voltages can be
considered anything in excess of 30

VAC

(42.4

VAC

peak) or 60 

VDC

.

Also, see Tool Flange Dimensions on page 108 for the grounding point on the tool flange.

DANGER: Failing to ground robot-mounted equipment
or tooling that uses hazardous voltages could lead to
injury or death of a person touching the end-effector
when an electrical fault condition exists.

3.10 Installing User-Supplied Safety Equipment

The user is responsible for installing safety barriers to protect personnel from coming in
contact with the robot unintentionally. Depending on the design of the workcell, safety gates,
light curtains, and emergency stop devices can be used to create a safe environment. Read the

Adept Robot Safety Guide

for a discussion of safety issues.

Refer to the

Adept SmartController User's Guide

for information on connecting safety equipment

into the system through the XUSR connector on the SmartController. There is a detailed section
on Emergency Stop Circuits and diagrams on recommended E-Stop configurations.

Adept Cobra s800 Inverted Robot User's Guide, Rev H1

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