Draining oil
Use this procedure to drain oil from the gearbox.
NoteAction
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Move the robot to the position shown in the
figure.
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• A: Oil collecting vessel
DANGER
Turn off all:
• electric power supply
• hydraulic pressure supply
• air pressure supply
to the robot, before entering the robot
working area.
2
WARNING
Handling gearbox oil involves several safety
risks, see Gearbox lubricants (oil or grease)
on page 36.
3
CAUTION
The gearbox can contain an excess of
pressure that can be hazardous. Open the
oil plug carefully in order to let out the ex-
cess pressure.
4
See the figure in:
• Location of oil plugs on page 174
Open oil plug, draining.5
Note
Draining is time-consuming.
Elapsed time varies depending on the
temperature of the oil.
Drain the gearbox oil using an oil collecting
vessel.
Tip
Insert a compressed air hose approximately
100 mm into the gearbox, to vent the gear-
box.
This speeds up the draining significantly.
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3 Maintenance
3.4.6 Changing the oil, axis-4 gearbox
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