Manually Releasing The Brakes - ABB IRB 120 Product Manual

2.3.2. Manually releasing the brakes

Introduction to manually releasing the brakes
This section describes how to release the holding brakes of each axis´ motor.
This can be done in three ways:
Brake release button at the front of IRC5 Compact controller
There is no brake release button placed on the robot. It is placed at the front of the IRC5
Compact controller cabinet, beneath the cover over the brake release button. See figure:
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using the brake release unit (placed on the front of the IRC5 Compact controller
cabinet) when the robot is connected to the controller
• using the brake release unit when the robot is disconnected from the controller, but
connected to an external power supply at the connector R1.MP
• using an external voltage supply directly on the motor connector.
Brake release button (beneath the cover)
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