DescriptionRevision
• Warning of heavy weight is changed to include the complete robot in-
stead of only the arm system, section Replacing the base on page 241.
• Separated robot dimensions and mounting hole measurements in
drawings. See Fitting equipment on robot on page 82.
• Added section Setting the system parameters for a suspended or tilted
robot on page 72.
• Corrected spare part numbers for axes 3, 4, 5 and 6 motors. See Upper
arm and Upper arm ID.
• Added VK covers to the instruction for upper arm cabling replacement,
IRB 2600ID. See Replacing the cable harness in the upper arm - IRB
2600ID on page 221.
• Changed information about which attachment screws to remove when
removing the base from the robot. Previously the instruction said "Re-
move the attachment screws securing the gearbox to the frame", now
it says "Remove the attachment screws that secure the base to the axis
1 gearbox". See step in the end of the removal procedure in section
Replacing the base on page 241.
• Changed information about the robot position when removing motor.
See Removing motors on page 286.
• Added step about removing/refitting axis 1 motor when replacing the
axis 1 gearbox. Also added information about guide pins. See Replacing
gearbox axis 1 on page 339. Also minor additions concerning the mating
of gearbox and motor, in all such instructions.
• Added information about lifting accessories and how to attach them to
the upper arm of the robot, see Attaching the lifting accessories to the
upper arm on page 253.
• Additional information in the procedure for replacing the base with im-
proved lifting instruction etc., see Replacing the base on page 241.
• Added a second roundsling to the lifting instruction for the complet robot,
see Lifting robot with roundslings on page 68.
• Changed type of oil in axes 1, 2 and 4 gearboxes. See Type of lubrication
in gearboxes on page 151.
The following updates and changes have been made in this revision:C
• Added instructions for how to measure the play of axis 5 and 6 of an ID
upper arm. See sections Measuring the play, axis 5 (ID upper arm) on
page 272 and Required equipment on page 275.
• Deleted the spare part number for harnesses in Spare parts - lower arm
and instead inserted a reference to the Electrical connections.
• Corrected the spare part numbers for cable harnesses, see Electrical
connections.
• Corrected measurement that belong to figure xx0300000187, when fitting
tools for measuring the play of axis 5, see Measuring the play, axis 5
on page 268.
• Corrected faulty information about attachment screws between upper
and lower arm (figure, screw dimension and tightening torque), see
Replacing the complete upper arm on page 249.
• Added information about releasing the motor brakes in order to set the
weight of different axes onto lifting accessories, see Replacing the
complete upper arm on page 249, Replacing gearbox axis 3 on page 354
and Replacing gearbox axis 2 on page 345.
• Changed the instruction for how to replace the axes 2 and 3 gearboxes
without having to remove the cable harness, see Replacing gearbox
axis 3 on page 354 and Replacing gearbox axis 2 on page 345.
• Added safety information about preventing roundslings from sliding
when lifting the upper arm tube, see Replacing complete tubular shaft
unit on page 258.
• Added information about removing painting, if any, from assembly sur-
faces when replacing gearboxes and motors.
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