NCTS Corporation Robotics Courses

Become proficient in FANUC robot programming, electrical and mechanical maintenance, and troubleshooting of the robots, NCTS delivers complete, comprehensive hands-on training, with about 70% hands-on training and 30% spent in the classroom. Safety is highly stressed during these classes.

Training for all levels and delivered to your facility.

Portable training cells are available. 

Robotic Course Objectives & Outlines

Course Duration: 5 Day (8 Hour Days)

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this module the trainee will be able to understand:   

• Understand robot safety procedures

• Understand robot motion types, Joint, Linear and Circular

• Understand the robot teach pendant

• Create a Tool and User Frame

• Create a Home Position

• Create and name a new program

• Insert motion points into a program

• Edit robot programs

o Speed

o Motion type

o Termination type

o Touch up program points

• Insert I/O commands

• Understand and use system variables

• Save and restore robot programs and back up controller image

• Perform robot mastering at Zero Position and for single axis

• Set up or verify Software Limits

NCTS courses can be customized by content, length of course and format delivery.

Course Duration: 5 Day (8 Hour Days)

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this module the trainee will be able to understand:   

• Understand and perform Background Editing

• Understand and perform the Program Adjust Procedure

• Understand and perform the Mirror Image Utility

• Execute Multiple Programs

• Understand and use the Reference Position Utility

• Understand and use the Position Register Look-Ahead Utility

• Understand and use the Collision Guard Utility

• Understand and use the Condition Monitoring Function

• Understand and use the Distance Before Function

NCTS courses can be customized by content, length of course and format delivery.

Course Duration: 5 Day (8 Hour Days)

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this module the trainee will be able to understand:   

• Understand the Fanuc Controller internal components

• Understand the Robot drive motors and electrical system

• Understand the E-Stop Chain for the Controller

• Understand the function of the Fuses and Jumpers in the Controller

• Understand of the four Fault Code levels used for troubleshooting

• Diagnose and repair faults inserted into the system by the instructor

NCTS courses can be customized by content, length of course and format delivery.

Course Duration: 5 Day (8 Hour Days)

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this module the trainee will be able to understand:   

• Understand the Safety Requirements when working on the Robot

• Safely perform the required mechanical maintenance routines

• Perform Basic Checks and Maintenance

• Perform Mechanical troubleshooting procedures

• Remove and replace Major Components

• Remove and replace the Cable Harness

• Master the Robot

• Grease the Balancer Bushing

• Replacing the Back-Up Batteries

• Greasing the Drive Mechanism

• Releasing Pressure for the Grease Bath

• Recognize irregularities in Robot operation

• Understand how to diagnose problems

• Restore the Robot for operation

NCTS courses can be customized by content, length of course and format delivery.

Course Duration: 5 Day (8 Hour Days)

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this module the trainee will be able to understand:   

• Follow safety guidelines, and demonstrate the use of emergency stops, and servo disconnects.

• Properly power down and power up the controller and demonstrate basic fault recovery.

• Perform robot mastering at Zero position and single axis

• Save, restore, and back up software

• Locate robot inputs and Outputs screen to determine status of system or equipment

• Identify common electrical component issues

• Connect, trouble shoot, internal robot communication cables between all components of the robot system.

• Connect, configure, and troubleshoot end effector and tooling I/O

• Identify the functions of the controller following components and robot electrical drawings.

• Use of position screen, alarms screen, status screens, LED’s and indicators for troubleshooting.

• Troubleshooting robot communications, Fanuc block I/O modules, communications

• Utilization of the UOP inputs and outputs to determine if problems are actual cell or robot faults.

• Utilization of Input and output screens for troubleshooting

NCTS courses can be customized by content, length of course and format delivery.

Course Duration: 5 Day (8 Hour Days)

Course Outline:

1. Introduction

2. Basic Electrical Safety

a. Work Envelope

b. Safety Devices

c. End Effector Safety

d. Residual Heat Problems

3. Hardware

a. Robot System

b. Controller

c. 6 axes with encoders

d. Teach Pendant

4. Powering up Robot

a. Cold Start

b. Hot Start

5. Set Robot Payload

a. Payload Calculations

b. Armload Calculations

6. Mastering the Robot

7. Executing Teach Pendant Operations

a. Jogging the Robot

b. Changing speed and coordinate systems

c. Identifying the major and minor axis

8. Navigating the teach pendant

9. Create tool user and jog frames

a. Three Point Method

b. Four Point Method

c. Six Point Method

10. Execute and modify existing programs

a. Create Handling Program

b. Add Input and Output Signals

c. Touchup Program points

d. Modify Existing Program Steps

e. Test and Execute Program

11. Inputs and Outputs

a. Monitor, force and simulate inputs

b. Types of I/O

c. Using Inputs and outputs in programming

d. Making Decisions with Digital Inputs

e. PLC to Robot Communications

12. Recover from common programming faults

a. Program Locked By another program

b. Tool or User Frame Mismatch

c. Manual Position Robot to Home Maintenance

d. Estop or Uncontrolled Stop Recovery

e. Alarms and Alarm Codes

f. Program Error Identification

g. Using Fanuc Troubleshooting Codes

13. Perform File and Image Backups

a. Save Individual Files

14. Programming Branch Instructions

a. Branching Overview

b. Unconditional Branching

c. Conditional Branching

d. Wait Instructions

15. Macros

a. Creating Macros

b. Assigning Macros

c. Macro Instruction

16. Programming Positional Register Instructions

a. Positional Register Instruction

b. Positional Register Offset

NCTS courses can be customized by content, length of course and format delivery.

Course Duration: 3 Day (8 Hour Days)

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this module the trainee will be able to understand:   

• Work safely with the robots and vision systems

• Perform proper camera setup and operation of the system

• Understand general vision concepts and lighting

• Use a vision system for error proofing

• Define Tool Frames, Application Frames, and Calibration Grid Frames

• Perform Calibration on the system

• Perform Fixed Camera Calibration

• Define Single View Vision Process and Single View Fixed Camera Vision Process

• Combine Knowledge Gained with Robot Programming to Accomplish Tasks

NCTS courses can be customized by content, length of course and format delivery.

Course Duration: 2 Day (8 Hour Days)

Course Outline:

1. Review of Basic Fanuc Robotics

a. Robot Axis Description

b. Robot Major Components

c. Teach Pendant

d. Jog Robot Manually

e. Change Jog Speed of Robot

f. Jog Robot in Different Coordinate systems

g. Use Motion Keys

h. Change Operating Motion (linear, circular)

i. Recovery from E-stop and teach pendant fault

2. Safety

a. Mechanical

b. Electrical

c. Other Energy Sources

d. Robot

e. End Effector

f. Work Envelope

g. Operating Envelope

h. Overlapping Envelopes

i. Hazards and Types of Hazards

3. Mastering the Robot

a. Zero Degree Mastering

b. Single Axis Mastering

c. Quick Mastering

4. Creating a Tool and User Frame

a. Creating a tool frame using three- and six-point method

b. Creating a User Frame using three- and four-point method

c. Testing the Tool Frame

d. Saving and Assigning the Tool Frame in a Program

5. Review iRVision Basics

a. Fixed Mounted Camera

b. Fixed Frame Offset (UFrame)

c. Tool Offset (UTOOL)

6. Calibrating the Camera

a. Calibrating Grid Frame

b. Calibrating Camera to Grid

7. 2D Vision process

a. Offset Data

b. Found Position Data

c. Measurement Data

8. Create a Vision Process from the Found Position

9. Use Locator Command and Process Tools

10. Program Testing and Verification

a. Pick Program

b. Vision_Run_Find

c. Vison_Get_Offset

d. Find Part

11. Handling Typical Errors

a. Bad Calibration (TCP Calibration)

b. Bad Frame Definition (UFrame Configuration)

c. Failure to Set Reference Position

d. Inconsistent Performance

e. Adjust Pick Position

12. Hands on Exercises

13. Review Questions

NCTS courses can be customized by content, length of course and format delivery.