Decommissioning Of Balancing Device - ABB IRB 6650S Series Product Manual

6 Decommissioning

6.3 Decommissioning of balancing device

6.3 Decommissioning of balancing device
General
There is much energy stored in the balancing device. Therefore a special procedure
is required to dismantle it. The coil springs inside the balancing device exert a
potentially lethal force unless dismantled properly.
The device must be dismantled by a decommissioning company.
Required equipment
Equipment
Standard toolkit
Cutting torch
Other tools and procedures may be
required. See references to these
procedures in the step-by-step in-
structions below.
Action on field, decommissioning
The procedure below details the actions to perform on field, when the balancing
device is to be decommissioned.
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DANGER
Do not under any circumstances, deal with the balancing device in any other
way than that detailed in the product documentation! For example, attempting
to open the balancing device is potentially lethal!
Action
Remove the balancing device from the robot.
Send the device to a decommissioning
company.
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Art. no. Note
- Content is defined in section
tools on page
For opening housing and cutting coils
These procedures include references
to the tools required.
Note
Detailed in section
device on page
Make sure the decommissioning com-
pany is well informed about the stored
energy built up by high tensioned com-
pression springs and that the device
contains some grease.
The following procedure contains useful
information about decommissioning.
Product manual - IRB 6650S
Standard
435.
Removal, balancing
309.
3HAC020993-001 Revision: Z