ABB Robotics IRB 4600 Manual page 151

Filling oil, axis-1 gearbox
Use this procedure to fill the gearbox with oil.
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Product manual - IRB 4600
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3.4.2 Changing the oil, axis-1 gearbox on floor mounted robots
Action
DANGER
Turn off all:
• electric power supply
• hydraulic pressure supply
• air pressure supply
to the robot, before entering the robot working
area.
WARNING
Handling gearbox oil involves several safety
risks, see Gearbox lubricants (oil or grease) on
page 36.
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.
Open the oil plug, filling.
Refill the gearbox with lubrication oil.
Note
The exact amount of oil to be filled depends on
the amount previously being drained.
Inspect the oil level.
Refit the oil plug.
Note
Only valid for Other design than Type C and
Type D:
Before refitting the oil plug in the gearbox, al-
ways replace the oil plug sealing washer with
a new one. If not there is a risk of leakage.
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3 Maintenance
Note
See the figure in;
• Location of oil plugs on page 146
The type and amount of oil in the
gearbox is detailed in section:
• Type of lubrication in gear-
boxes on page 144
How to inspect the oil level is de-
scribed in section:
• Inspecting oil level, axis 1
gearbox on page 110
Tightening torque:
• 24 Nm
Continued
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