Connex Connex500 Operating & Maintenance Manual

Text of Connex Connex500 User Guide:

• Connex Connex500, Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–8 DOC-13000 Rev. E Printing Indicators TheprinterinterfacescreenchangeswhenyousendaprintjobfromJob Managertotheprinter,andtheprinterisonline(seefigure 7‐5): • ThemodechangesfromPre‐printtoPrinting. • Thespecificactivitybeingperformedisshowninthe“currentactivity” field. • Currentjob‐printinginformationisdisplayed. • Theprinting�

• Connex Connex500, Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–58 DOC-13000 Rev. E Accessing Built-in Tests To open the Built-in Tests screen, do one of the following: • FromtheOptionsmenu,selectBuilt-In Tests. • PressCtrl+Alt+B. Figure 7-95: Selecting Built-In Tests from the Options Menu Test Interface TheBuiltInTestsscreenlistspre‐configuredtests,groupedbycomponent categories.Inthisscreen,youselectandruntests,and�

• Connex Connex500, DOC-13000 Rev. E 7–37 Connex500/350 User Guide Thehead‐purgecycleruns,afterwhichtheWeightTestisprinted. Figure 7-52: Printing Weight Test 15. 32samplesareprintedonthebuildtray,fourforeachoftheprint heads.Thiscantakeupto55minutes. 16. Whenthefollowingscreenappears,opentheprintercover.Enterthe datathatdescribestheconditionofeachprinthead,afterinspecting eachoftheprintedsamples. Figure 7-53: Weight Test Data

• Connex Connex500, DOC-13000 Rev. E 7–35 Connex500/350 User Guide 2. StarttheHeadOptimizationwizardfromtheOptionsmenuofthe printerinterface. Figure 7-48: Starting the Head Optimization wizard 3. Intheopeningwizardscreen,clickNexttobegin. TheWizardConditionsscreenappears. 4. Readtheconditions,selectIAgreeandclick Next. 5. Closetheprintercover,andconfirmthisinthewizardscreen. 6. Inthefoll

• Connex Connex500, Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–12 DOC-13000 Rev. E printerwillbeloadedwithcartridgescontainingtwodifferent modelmaterials,thePrinterModeSelectionscreenappears. Figure 7-11: Printer-mode selection 7. ChoosewhetheryouwanttoproducemodelsinSingle‐Materialmode orinDigital‐Materialmode,andclick Next. Continuewithstep8onpage 13. • Single Material mode Allfourprintheadsareusedtoprint,usingonemodelmaterial.  Thismodeisrequiredto�

• DOC-13000 Rev. E 7–5 Connex500/350 User Guide Producing Models TheConnex500/350printerproducesmodelsbyprintingtrayfiles preparedintheObjetStudioapplicationandsenttotheprinterfromthere. Forinformationaboutpreparingmodelfilesforprinting,see”UsingObjet Studio”

• Connex Connex500, DOC-13000 Rev. E 7–15 Connex500/350 User Guide 12. Whenthefinalwizardscreenappears,makesurethatthescreen displaysthenewly‐loadedmaterial(s).Click Donetoclosethewizard. Theprinter‐controlinterfaceisautomaticallyupdated,andshould displaythenewmaterials.TheObjetStudiointerface(ontheprinter‐ serverworkstation)isalsoupdated,anddisplaysthenewmaterials. Keeping the Connex Printer in Idle Mode Betweenprintingjobs,the

• Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–40 DOC-13000 Rev. E Replacing Print Heads Theconditionoftheprintheadsdirectlyaffectsthequalityofprinted models.Youneedtoreplaceaprintheadifoneormoreofthefollowing symptomsoccurs: • TheHeadOptimizationwizar

• Connex Connex500, DOC-13000 Rev. E 7–43 Connex500/350 User Guide 11. Loosenthescrewsonthedoorofthecompartmentprotectingthe print‐headdrivercards(A),thenpullandliftupthedoor(B). Figure 7-63: Opening the print-head compartment 12. Pulltheprint‐headdrivercardoutofitssocketsothattheheadisfree (A),andremoveitfromthebottomoftheprintblock(B). Figure 7-64: Releasing the print-head driver card to remove the head 13. Makesurethatalongwi

• Connex Connex500, Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–54 DOC-13000 Rev. E 5. DisconnectthepowerconnectiontotheUVlamp. Figure 7-86: Disconnecting the UV lamp Note: Do not disconnect the power connection to the cooling fans. 6. LoosenthescrewsecuringtheUVlampcover(A),andpullthecover up (B),thenout(C). Figure 7-87: Removing the UV lamp cover 7. Pullthelampreflectoroutoftheprintblock. Figure 7-88: Removing the UV lamp reflector

• Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–30 DOC-13000 Rev. E 7. Insertandtightentherollerscraperbladescrews. Figure 7-40: Tightening the roller scraper screws 8. Aftertighteningthescrews,inspectthebladeandmakesurethatitis straight.Ifnecessary,loosenthescrewsandtightenthemagain,evenly. 9

• Connex Connex500, DOC-13000 Rev. E 7–25 Connex500/350 User Guide 12. Selecttheconfirmationcheckboxesinthewizardscreenandclick Next. Figure 7-29: Wiper Cleaning procedure—final confirmation screen 13. ClickDonetoclosethewizard. Cleaning the Roller Waste Collector and Inspecting the Roller Scraper (Knife) Therollerwastecollectorremoveswastematerialscrapedfromtheroller. Suctionremovesthiswastetotheprinter’swastecontainer. Thisassemblyshouldbecleanedweeklytopreventablockageinthetubes leadingtothewastecontainer,sothatwastem

• Connex Connex500, Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–10 DOC-13000 Rev. E If you cannot continue printing: 1. CanceltheprintjobinJobManager. 2. Removethepartiallyprintedmodelfromthebuildtray. 3. SendthejobtotheConnexprinteragain. Changing the Model Material Beforeproducingmodelsusingadifferenttypeofmodelmaterialthanis currentlyinstalled,runtheMaterialReplacementwizardtoflushtheprint blockandfeedtubes. To replace the model material: 1. StarttheMaterialReplacementwizardfromthe�

• Connex Connex500, DOC-13000 Rev. E 7–63 Connex500/350 User Guide To prepare a new waste container: 1. Assemblethecardboardbox,makingsuretopunchouttheperforated sections. 2. Placeanewplasticcontainerintothebox. Note: Do not close the box until you connect the waste drain tube from the printer (see below). To replace the waste container: 1. Openthefrontdoorsoftheprinter. Figure 7-98: Accessing the waste container 2. Carefullyslideoutthewastecontainertoremoveit�

• Connex Connex500, Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–20 DOC-13000 Rev. E 5. Whenthefollowingscreenappears,openthecover. Figure 7-20: Head cleaning wizard—steps 5–10 6. Placethemirroronthebuildtray. 7. Putonthegloves. 8. Soakthecleaningclothwiththecleaningfluid. 9. Cleantheorificeplates,withaback‐and‐forthmotion(seefigure 7‐21). Usethemirrortomakesurethatyouhaveremovedalloftheresidue material. Figure 7-21: Cleaning the heads 10. Whenyouhavefinishedcleaning,selecttheconfirmationcheckboxin

• Connex Connex500, Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–2 DOC-13000 Rev. E Figure 7-1: The Connex500 3-D Printer Starting the Connex Printer 1. Turnonthemainpowerswitch,locatedatthebackoftheConnex printer. Figure 7-2: Main power cable and switch ThemainpowerswitchturnsontheConnexprinter,whichincludes thebuilt‐inConnexcomputer. Printer cover Printing-materials & storage compartment CAUTION! • Do not attempt to operate the Connex printer before being trained by an Objet customer-support representative. • O

• Connex Connex500, DOC-13000 Rev. E 7–27 Connex500/350 User Guide Figure 7-32: Removing the roller waste collector covering 7. Removethecoveringbypullingitout,andthenlowerit. 8. Cleantherollerwastecollectorandthescraperbladesurfaceusing cottonswabs.Makesuretoremoveanyremainingprintingmaterials. Figure 7-33: Cleaning the roller waste collector To check the effectiveness of the roller scraper: 1. Putonthecleaninggloves. 2. Wetaclothwithisopropanol. 3. Usetheclothtowetthebottom

• Connex Connex500, Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–46 DOC-13000 Rev. E Figure 7-70: Installation-check screen 21. Inthenextwizardscreen,selectthecheckboxtoconfirmthatyouhave removedalltoolsandobjectsfromtheprinter. Figure 7-71: Cleared-tray confirmation screen 22. Closetheprintercover. Thewizardcontinuesbyfillingtheheads,thenheatingandpurgingthem. Iftherearenoinstallationproblems,theHead

• Connex Connex500, DOC-13000 Rev. E 7–39 Connex500/350 User Guide However,ifthewizarddeterminesthataprintheadisfaulty—orthatit isnegativelyaffectingmodelqualitywiththecurrenthead configuration—thewizardinstructsyoutoreplaceit.Inthiscase,the followingscreenappears. Figure 7-56: Defective print heads found 18. ChooseReplacedefectivehead(s)ifyouarepreparedtoreplacetheprint headsnow. or— ChooseAbortwizardifyouwanttoreplace theprintheadsatanother time. Ifyouarereplacingtheprintheadsnow,the

• Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–38 DOC-13000 Rev. E Figure 7-54: Measuring the missing line in a printed sample Intheexampleabove,youwouldenter“1”inthewizardscreen. b. Carefullyremovethesample,weighit,andentertheweightinthe wizardscreen. Besuretoremoveandweighthe�

• Connex Connex500, DOC-13000 Rev. E 7–59 Connex500/350 User Guide Status Thiscolumnshowsthestatusofeachtestafteryourunit: Test Selection Area IntheTestSelectionarea,atthebottomofthescreen,youcanquicklyselect orde‐selecttestsbytheircharacteristics: Running Tests To run the selected tests: ¾ ClickRun . Testsuccessfullycompleted. Testfailed. Unknownresults.(Thetesthasnotbeenrunyet.) All Clicktosel ectallofthetestsinthelist. None Clicktode‐selectallofthetestsin�

• Connex Connex500, Handling Printed Models 8–2 DOC-13000 Rev. E Removing Models After Printing Afterprintingmodels,youshouldallowthemtocoolasmuchaspossible beforehandlingthem.Ifadditionalmodelsdonothavetobeproducedon theConnexprinter,itisbesttolettheprintedmodelscoolintheprinter, withthecoverclosed,aslongaspossible. If the Connex printer must be used to produce additional mode

• Connex Connex500, DOC-13000 Rev. E 7–57 Connex500/350 User Guide 14. AfterreplacingaUVlamp,itisrecommendedthatyoucalibrateits powerforthevariousprintingmodes.Thefinalscreenallowsyouto continuetotheUVCalibrationwizard(see“TestingandCalibrating theUVLamps”onpage 7‐49). Figure 7-94: Final wizard screen Built-in Tests ThesoftwarethatrunsyourConnexprintercontainsasuiteof

• Connex Connex500, Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–32 DOC-13000 Rev. E Thetransparencysheetisprintedwithsetsofverticallinesinseven columns,eachshowingtheresultsfromadifferentprinthead. Figure 7-43: Sample head-alignment test • Thethreecolumnsontherightwereprintedbytheheadsusedfor applyingmodelmaterialwhenproducingmodels.Fromrightto left,thecolumnsrepresentheadsM1,M2,M3,respectively.(There isnocolumnforheadM0becauseitsalignmentisusedasa referenc

• Connex Connex500, DOC-13000 Rev. E 7–23 Connex500/350 User Guide Cleaning and Replacing the Wiper Arubberwiperremovesexcessmaterialfromtheprintheadsafterthe purgesequence.Thisisdoneautomaticallybeforeeachprintjob,and performedmanuallyduringmaintenancetasks.Youshouldcleanthe wiperandsurroundingareaatleastonceaweek.Ifthewiperisdamaged orworn,replaceit. To inspect and clean the wiper: 1. Prepare— • isopropanol(IPA—isopropylalcohol)orethanol(ethylalcohol) • disposablecleaninggloves • an

• Connex Connex500, Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–42 DOC-13000 Rev. E 8. Whenthefollowingscreenisdisplayed,opentheConnexprinter cover. Note: The Connex printer disconnects power to the heads for your safety. Figure 7-60: Replace the defective head when this screen appears Removing the Defective Head 9. Ontheprintblock,releasetheupperandlowerscrewsthatsecurethe printheadintheblock.(Ifnecessary,youmayuseascrewdriverto loosenthescrews.) Figure 7-61: Releasing the locking screws 10. Pressdownontheupperandlowerlocking

• Connex Connex500, DOC-13000 Rev. E 7–1 Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer StartingtheConnexPrinter ............................................................... 2 LoadingModelandSupportCartridges.......................................... 4 ProducingModels ............................................................................... 5 PrinterInterfaceColor Key.................................................................. 7 PrintingIndicators ................................................................................ 8 ResumingProductionAfterPrintinghasStopped......................... 9 Changin

• Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–56 DOC-13000 Rev. E 12. ReconnectthepowerconnectiontotheUVlamp. Figure 7-91: Connecting power to the UV lamp 13. Inthewizardscreen,confirmthatyouhavereplacedthelamp(s)and thattheblackstripisattached,thenclick Next. Figure 7-92: UV-instal

• Connex Connex500, Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer 7–50 DOC-13000 Rev. E Whenalltesthavefinished,theresultsaredisplayed.Thisshowsthe currentconditionofthelamps,afterthewizardhascalibratedthem. Figure 7-77: Results and current condition of the UV lamps 3. CovertheUVsensor,andconfirmthisinthenextscreen. 4. Inthefinalwizardscreen,click Done. Figure 7-78: Final UV Calibration Wizard screen

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