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5. What rules should be followed to protect the operator and maintenance personnel?
- To protect the operator, the standards state that:
- 1.Respect the robot: do not assume the next movement of the robot
- 2.know the emergency stop button
- 3. avoid location between the moving arm and fixed objects
- 4.know the robot: pay attention to noises and vibrations
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2. What is the greatest concern in the work cell from a safety standpoint?
Worker safety is the most important concern.
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3. What are OSHA recommendations on robot safety?
OSHA has issued a directive to field personnel instructing them to use ANSI/RIA R1506 standard for safety in robot installations.
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8. Describe three types of presence sensing devices.
Proximity sensing devices light curtains pressure sensing pads
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20. What are the two basic requirements for interlock switch operators?
- 1. Reliable operation under extreme conditions and rough treatment.
- 2. The interlock switch must be able to overcome all attempts to cheat or defeat the mechanism.
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What are the three laws for reducing resistance to automation?
- 1.-Organizations my not install robots to the economic, social, and physical detriment of workers or management.
- 2.-Organizations my not install robots through devious or closed strategies that reflect distrust or disregard for the workforce, because surely they will fulfill their own prophecy.
- 3.Organizations may install robots only on those tasks that, although currently performed by a person, are tasks that the person performs as robot would.
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10.-What causes resistance to robot automation at the management level?
- 1.Concerns by middle managers that an unsuccessful automation project will endanger their future promotions.
- 2. Fear by firs-line supervisors that robot and manufacturing automation will cause additional employee problems and that they will not have management's support in solving them.
- 3.Concern by first-line supervisors that production output will drop during the transition to automation and that they will be held accountable.
- 3.Conflicts concerning responsibility for the project, along with jealousy between manufacturing units and disagreements about distribution of resources
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35. Define the terms loss cost and real loss cost.
Loss costs, is lost revenue and cash outflows. while real costs , are not factored into individual unit cost or the bottom line profit of the company.
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4.-List the major elements of an operator training program.
The list of responsibilities for robot operator or cell team may include programming, program loading, work-cell support loading raw material into fixtures, unloading finished parts, and routine system checkout.
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