ABB Robotics IRB 4600 Manual page 174

3 Maintenance
3.4.7 Changing oil, axes-5 and -6 gearboxes
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The figure shows wrist variant 12/20 kg
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A
B
Required equipment
Equipment
Lubrication oil
Oil collecting vessel
Standard toolkit
Draining axes-5 and -6 gearbox - wrist 60 kg
Use this procedure to drain oil from the gearbox.
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Oil plug, tilthouse
Oil plug, wrist (also used as air inlet when draining from oil plug A)
Note
The gearboxes for axes-5 and -6 are the same.
CAUTION
The gearbox can contain an excess of pressure that can be hazardous. Open
the oil plug carefully in order to let out the excess pressure.
Action
Move the upper arm to a position where it
points downwards.
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Note
Where to find information of the type of oil,
article number and the amount in the gear-
box, see section: Type of lubrication in gear-
boxes on page 144
The capacity of the vessel must be sufficient
to take the complete amount of oil.
Content is defined in section
on page 385.
Note
Product manual - IRB 4600
3HAC033453-001 Revision: Y
Standard tools