ABB IRB 4600 Foundry Prime Product Manual page 174

3 Maintenance
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Action
DANGER
Turn off all:
• electric power supply
• hydraulic pressure supply
to the robot, before entering the robot working
area.
CAUTION
The gearbox can contain an excess of pressure
that can be hazardous. Open the oil plug care-
fully in order to let out the excess pressure.
Use an oil dispenser fitted to the oil plug, gear-
box to drain the oil.
Replace the oil plug, gearbox with a nipple
where a draining hose is fitted.
Connect the oil dispenser.
Open the oil plug, armhouse now pointing up-
wards and use it as a ventilation hole.
Start sucking the oil out from the gearbox with
the oil ejector equipment.
WARNING
Used oil is hazardous material and must be
disposed of in a proper way. See section De-
commissioning for more information.
Note
There will be some oil left in the gearbox after
draining!
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Note
An example of oil dispenser is detailed
in section:
• Type of lubrication in gear-
boxes on page 151
See the figure in:
• Location of oil plugs on page 171
See the figure in:
• Location of oil plugs on page 171
One example can be found in section:
• Type of lubrication in gear-
boxes on page 151
See the figure in:
• Location of oil plugs on page 171
WARNING
The oil plug, gearbox must be open
when the oil dispenser equipment is
used! Otherwise sealings and other
parts will be damaged.
For capacity of the vessel see section:
• Type of lubrication in gear-
boxes on page 151
Product manual - IRB 4600 Foundry Prime
3HAC040585-001 Revision: M