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Chapter 1 - Safety
• In hazardous (explosive) atmospheres
• In mobile, portable, marine, or aircraft systems
• In life-support systems
• In residential installations
• In situations where the Adept equipment will be subject to extremes of heat or
humidity. See specifications for allowable temperature and humidity ranges.
WARNING:
Impact Hazard!
It is prohibited to stay in the workcell while the robot is in Automatic
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Mode. The robot can trap you with high speed. The impact can hurt you.
WARNING:
The given instructions about operation, installation, and maintenance in
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this Instruction Handbook must be strictly observed.
Non-intended use of an Adept 550 Robot can:
• cause injury to the personnel.
• damage the robot or other equipment.
• reduce the system reliability and the performance of the system.
All persons that are involved in installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance
of the robot must:
• have the necessary qualifications
• read and follow exactly the instructions in this Instruction Handbook.
If there is any doubt concerning the application, ask Adept to determine if it is an
intended use or not.
1.6
Robot Modifications
It is often necessary to make modifications to Adept robots to successfully integrate them
into a workcell. Unfortunately, many seemingly simple modifications can either cause a
robot failure, or reduce the robot's performance, reliability, or lifetime.
Acceptable Modifications
In general, the following robot modifications will not cause problems, but may affect
robot performance:
• Attaching tooling, utility boxes, solenoid packs, vacuum pumps, screwdrivers,
cameras, lighting, etc. to the inner link, outer link, or column. Any loads attached
to the moving robot parts must be considered part of the payload.
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