Manually Releasing The Brakes - ABB IRB 140 Product Manual

2.3.3 Manually releasing the brakes

General
The section below details how to release the holding brakes of each axis' motor.
This may be done in one of three ways:
Using the brake release unit when the robot is connected to the controller
Use this procedure to release the holding brakes with the internal brake release
unit.
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• using the brake release unit when the robot is connected to the controller.
• using the brake release unit when the robot is disconnected from the
controller, but connected to an external power supply at the connector R1.MP.
• using an external voltage supply directly on the motor connector.
Action
The brake release button (A) is located at the base of
the robot.
DANGER
When releasing the holding brakes, the robot axes
may move very quickly and sometimes in unexpected
ways!
Make sure no personnel is near or beneath the robot
arm!
Release the holding brakes by pushing the brake re-
lease button.
The brake will function again as soon as the button is
released.
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