How often should you service an industrial robot?
Service intervals by operating hours, what each check covers and how to plan it without stopping production.
Robot maintenance technical know-how
Practical guides, fault diagnosis and best practices to keep your ABB, KUKA and FANUC robots in production. Written by our technical team.
Preventive vs. corrective robot maintenance: which saves you more
What each type of maintenance covers, when to apply it and why preventive lowers total cost.
FANUC robot alarms: what SRVO, SYST and MOTN mean and how to act
What FANUC alarms mean, common causes and first actions before calling the service team.
DC bus fault on KUKA KRC4: causes, diagnosis and solution
What the DC bus is, symptoms, common causes (KPP, KSP, wiring) and how it is diagnosed and solved.
SMB batteries in ABB robots: what they do and when to change them
What SMB batteries are, what happens when they run out and how to change them without losing the ABB robot's calibration.
Stopped industrial robot: a quick diagnosis guide for the floor
Quick checks (alarm, safety, power, air) before calling the service team, and what to note down.
How much an hour of line downtime costs (and how a contract avoids it)
How to calculate the real cost of downtime from a fault and why a maintenance contract reduces it.
Original vs. reconditioned robot parts: when to choose each
Cost, availability, warranty and when each option suits to minimise downtime.
How to extend the life of an old industrial robot (S4, KRC2, R-J3)
Critical points to watch, parts for older generations and when to maintain rather than replace.
Loss of accuracy: what mastering and axis calibration are
Why a robot loses accuracy and what mastering and axis calibration are on ABB, KUKA and FANUC.