Moving Each Axis With Motor Power Off In Emergency Stop - Denso VS-G Series Installation & Maintenance Manual

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
VS-G
Without brake
VS-G-W
VS-G-B
With brake
VS-G-BW
UL-Listed VS-GW-UL
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
Axis
VS-G, VS-G-W
Move the robot arm by
1st axis
hand.
Release the brake with
2nd axis
the teach pendant or
mini-pendant, and then
3rd axis
move the robot arm by
hand.
4th axis
Move the robot arm by
5th axis
hand.
6th axis
Axes with brake
With the teach pendant or mini-pendant
2nd to 4th axes
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
2nd to 6th axes
of the Teach Pendant" and Chapter 6 "Using the
Mini-Pendant."
With the brake release switch
(For details, refer to Section 1.6 "Brake release for
All axes UL-Listed robot units.")
Note: The teach pendant or mini-pendant cannot
release the brakes.
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
VS-G-B, VS-G-BW
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.")
10
How to release brake
VS-GW-UL
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)