ABB CRB 15000 - Manually Releasing the Brakes with the External Tool

3.3.4 Manually releasing the brakes with the external tool
Introduction to manually releasing the brakes
This section describes how to release the holding brakes for the axes motors using
an external brake release tool.
CAUTION
The external brake release tool works on robots with RobotWare earlier than
7.10. On robots with RobotWare 7.10 or later, the tool does not work.
How to release the brakes using the FlexPendant is described in section Manually
releasing the brakes on page 69.
CAUTION
At least two persons should be present when releasing the brakes.
Required equipment
NoteArticle numberEquipment
For releasing the holding brakes
of a joint unit motor if the Robot-
Ware version is 7.8 or older.
Note
The spare parts related to the
brake release function using the
external tool are discontinued
from Q2 2023.
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3.3.4 Manually releasing the brakes with the external tool