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Chapter 8 - Maintenance
8.1. HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL ?
8.1.1. SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS
The recommendations for safety are found in the chapter 3 "Safety". They have to be read and understood. In
case of doubt or incomprehension, contact the STÄUBLI technical support. Refer to the service organization label
inside the controller.
Even if it is not specified at every step of trouble shooting, each component change or component disconnection
has to be made with the main switch of the CS8C in the 0 position (off).
Some of the diagnostic steps require to power to be turned on or off. Do not forget to turn it off before changing
components.
8.1.2. REQUESTED LEVEL
Service personnel have to have the experience to be able to perform electrical and mechanical interventions.
Refer to the regulations currently in force in the country concerned.
8.1.3. INTERVENTION LEVELS
The different troubleshooting steps represented below use 3 intervention levels:
• Level
1 (by default): Operations that can be carried out by a maintenance technician without specific STÄUBLI
training.
• Level
2: Operations that can be carried out by a maintenance technician who has undergone specific STÄUBLI
training.
• Level
3: Operations that must be carried out by the STÄUBLI After-Sales Service.
8.1.4. SERVICE METHODOLOGY
The following chapters give a general methodology to trouble shoot the robot. It is based first on visual indicators
provided by the controller (led, display) and on indications provided on MCP (popup messages, statuses).
For each point, it is assumed that previous ones have been checked and operate properly.
8.1.5. ELECTRICAL DRAWINGS
Electrical drawings provided in this manual are for information only. The electrical drawings of the robot is provided
in a separate manual.