FMEA For A Gripper Drop

A delta robot drops one flexible pouch every 1,200 picks after a SKU change to glossy film. FMEA separates failure mode, effect, cause, detection, and mitigation before choosing a fix. Not quite: jumping straight to more vacuum treats the symptom as the cause. It can increase deformation, hide the angled-acceleration issue, and create a new quality defect while the original drop risk remains. Function State the intended function: pick one pouch from the infeed, maintain grip through acceleration, and place it squarely into the tray. FMEA starts with the function because failure only makes sense relative to what the system…

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