Manually Releasing The Brakes - ABB IRB 390 Product Manual

3 Installation and commissioning

3.3.7 Manually releasing the brakes

3.3.7 Manually releasing the brakes
Introduction to manually releasing the brakes
This section describes how to release the holding brakes for the axes motors.
Location of the brake release unit
The brake release unit is located as shown in the figure.
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Releasing the brakes
This procedure describes how to release the holding brakes when the robot is
equipped with a brake release unit.
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Action
The internal brake release unit is equipped with a
button for controlling the axes brakes.
Note
If the robot is not connected to the controller, power
must be supplied to the connector R1.MP according
to the section Supplying power to connector R1.MP
on page 69.
DANGER
When releasing the holding brakes, the robot axes
may move very quickly and sometimes in unexpec-
ted ways.
Make sure no personnel is near or beneath the ro-
bot.
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Product manual - IRB 390
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