Installation And Commissioning; Introduction - ABB FlexTrack IRT501 Series Product Manual

2 Installation and commissioning

2.1 Introduction

General
The FlexTrack IRT 501-66 /66R /90 /90R includes one or more carriages moving
on a modular track made of crossmembers, sidemembers, rack, and covers. This
unit can be either installed on a concrete floor, or on a FlexiCell platform.
For detailed information regarding mechanical installation requirement for concrete
floor and FlexiCell platform, see
Protection standards
Standard FlexTrack IP54.
Explosive environments
The FlexTrack must not be located or operated in an explosive environment.
Terminology
Designation
Robotic system
Robot
Manipulator
Controller
Translation unit
Carriage
Track
Travel length
SMB Box
SMB
Recirculating ball bearing
linear guide system
Linear guideway
Ball bearing block
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Definition
The robot and the FlexTrack.
The manipulator and the controller.
The 6 axis mechanical unit of the robot.
The motion system used to control the manipulator & FlexTrack
(i.e. ABB IRC5).
The complete carriage assembly including all moving parts
(cable track, lubrication system, sensors, and so on).
The moving part of the FlexTrack. The top plate receives the
tooling / robot.
The static part of the FlexTrack.
The track is delivered as modules to be assembled by the cus-
tomer, as described in
Maximum stroke of the carriage.
The Serial Measurement Board Box, a control box which in-
cludes the SMB card for the FlexTrack axis as well as the re-
solver position backup battery.
The Serial Measurement Board is a integrated circuit board
used to measure and store the position of each robot axes.
Is the system of both the linear guideway and the ball bearing
blocks which achieve high precision linear motion.
Is the lubricated rail (steel beam) on which the ball bearing block
slides.
Is the sliding block which translates on the linear guideway.
Also known as linear block or linear guide block.
The ball bearing block contains the recirculating balls which
roll on the linear guideway.
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