DescriptionRevision• Information about sealing washer oil plugs on the axis-1 and axis-2gearbox changed. Also spare part number is added.• New frame introduced throughout the manual.• A new SMB unit and battery is introduced, with longer battery lifetime.The following updates and changes have been made in this revision:E• Corrected links to lubrication in gearboxes.• Spare part numbers in general corrected.• Added information about risks when scrapping a decommissioned robot,see Scrapping of robot on page 426.• Spare parts and exploded views are not included in this document butdelivered as a separate document. See Product manual, spareparts - IRB 2600.The following updates have been made in this revision:F• Illustration changes in Dimension, mounting surface and guide bushingon page 72.• Term "Guide sleeves" changed to "Guide bushings", see Dimension,mounting surface and guide bushing on page 72.• Information in 2.3.4 Manually releasing the brakes has been updatedand two figures are added.• Motors Type B added for IRB 2600 and IRB 2600ID.• A new WARNING! is added in the section about motor replacement,informing not to mix different motor types.• Minor corrections.The following updates have been made in this revision:G• Information about removing the mech stop bracket added in section2.4.1• Illustrations of cable harness and motors in upper arm, improvedthroughout the manual.The following updates have been made in this revision:H• Turning disk fixture is removed from special tools for Levelmeter calib-ration.• Valid serial numbers changed to type designations (Type A and TypeB) in the section "Checking the oil level" to avoid confusion betweendifferent serial number series.• Oil levels adjusted.The following updates have been made in this revision:J• Information about expansion container added.• Updated number of screws and sizes of screws in Replacing the lowerarm.Published in release R16.2. The following updates are done in this revision:K• Corrections due to updates in SAP terminology.• New standard calibration method is introduced (Axis Calibration). SeeCalibration on page 391.• Clarifications in maintenance schedule.• Information about grounding point added. See Robot cabling and con-nection points on page 104.Published in release R17.1. The following updates are done in this revision:L• Added information about how to handle cabling in the upper arm tube,and upper arm housing, during wrist removal and cable replacement,see Removing the wrist unit on page 343 and Replacing the cable harnessin the upper arm - IRB 2600ID on page 222.• Changed the tightening torque of the oil plug located on axis-1 gearbox.• Recommendation about changing oil in axis-2 gearbox in floor standingposition added.Continues on next page14 Product manual - IRB 26003HAC035504-001 Revision: Q© Copyright 2009-2018 ABB. All rights reserved.Overview of this manualContinued