ARDUINO MATERIA 101 user MANUAL Revision 02 24 NOVEMBER 2014
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 WELCOME TO 3D PRINTING ARDUINO.CC/MATERIA101 © 2011-2015 Arduino LLC. All rights reserved. The Arduino name and logo are trademarks of Arduino, registered in the US and in the rest of the world. Other product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective companies. Materia 101 is designed by Sharebot for Arduino.
00 3 User Manual Arduino Materia 101 INDEX 05 06 07 Technical Support Technical Specifications Warning: Temperature 18 04 – Configuring the printer 19 Loading the filament 19 Preparing the printing bed 19 Learning to set up the plate 19 Calibration 20 Regulating final leg of axis Z 08 01 – Preliminary Operations 20 Calibrating axes X and Y 09 The anatomy of the Arduino Materia 101 20 09 Opening the package Recovering of scraps and usage of M99 (software calibration) 09 The pr
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 31 08 – Consideration about model orientation 32 Orientation 32 Just one object? 32 Support structures 33 Printing Details 35 09 – Everyday maintenance 36 Cleaning the printer 36 Printing bed 36 Feeding mechanism 36 Nozzle 36 Lubrification 36 Tightening the belts 36 Correct ventilation 37 Updating the firmware
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you have any problems in using our printers, the procedure to be followed is as follows: — Check the manual and guides available on the web site; — Contact the dealer from which you purchased the machine; — Contact technical support by filling out the form beside remember to fill in all fields. Our technicians will get in touch with you within 3 working days.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Printing technology: Fused Filament Fabrication Mono extruder printing volume: 140 x 100 x 100 mm +/- 5mm Theorical positioning resolution axes X and Y: 0,06 mm Positioning resolution axis Z: 0,0025 mm Extruder hole diameter: 0, 35 mm Filament to be extruded diameter: 1,75 mm PLA best extruding temperatures: 200-230° Tested and supported printing filament: PLA Experimented printing filaments: Cristal Flex, PLA Termosense, Poliuretano Termoplastico
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 ATTENtion TEMPERATURe The fusion and extrusion system of the thermoplastic filament requires a heated end up to temperatures of 250 degrees and more. The contact, even for a very limited time, with the heated part causes burns. You must avoid to put your hands or other body parts in the printing area when printing and for minutes after the printing process is over. The current temperature of the extruder is indicated on the LCD screen.
01 8 User Manual Arduino Materia 101 Preliminar Operations Your Arduino Materia 101 is equipped with a series of accessories that allow you to make it immediately operative.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 Anatomy of Arduino Materia 101 Your professional 3D printer Arduino Materia 101 is a tool of precision, ideated, developed and assembled in Italy by qualified staff. Before leaving the factory it was submitted to a quality control and to a quality test that guarantees its operation. It’s very important, before you can use the printer, knowing all the technical terms used in this handbook and identify all the specific components that form a Arduino Materia 101.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 Assembling the SPOOL-HOLDER To assemble the spool-holder please see chapter 3, figures 9, 10 and 11 of the assembly manual. Remember that the wire must run unhindered and facing the direction of the extruder. Unblocking the extruder To avoid damage during transport, the extruder is secured with clamps. The clamps must be carefully cut and removed to allow the extruder to move freely.
02 11 User Manual Arduino Materia 101 THE 3D Printing Process Before you start printing with your Arduino Materia 101, it is important to understand how you arrive at a finished object.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 Before you start printing with your Arduino Materia 101, it is important to understand how you arrive at a finished object. This allows you not only to know what you need to do to give form and substance to your ideas, but to identify any constraints and limitations of the technology used by the printer. In the table (Fig.1, page 17) the steps required make successful 3D print are summarized.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 will not print. If you are working on a STL downloaded from the internet or given to you by a client, there is free software for checking and correcting STL-files, such as Netfabb. The “slices” are printed in a specific format (called G-code). This format is nothing more than a set of instructions for moving the instrument (cutter, laser or extruder head) along a path (X, Y, and Z axes).
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 Printing Steps Table Printing Environment Operation Output — Common used CAD software — Design the object — Common used format for your file — Common used CAD software — Import/save file in .stl format (or .obj) — File .stl — Slic3r Software — Generate command file for3D printer — File .gcode — 3D Printer: Arduino Materia 101 — Select file and preloaded filament profile — Printed object Fig.
03 15 User Manual Arduino Materia 101 LCD panel Arduino Materia 101 is a printer that supports both stand-alone operation and control from a computer (OS X, Windows or Linux). In both cases, the LCD Panel provides functionality for booth status and editing.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 Arduino Materia 101 is a printer that supports both stand-alone operation and control from a computer (OS X, Windows or Linux). In both cases, the LCD Panel provides functionality for booth status and editing. INFORMATION SCREEN When the printer is printing or waiting for a job, it fills the the screen’s 4 rows (composed of 20 characters) with the following information (Fig.1): The first line contains the extruder’s actual temperature followed by a zero.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 From here you can disable the motor, set the x, y and z axis to zero, heat and cool down the extruder, manually move the different motors on the printer, and change plastic filament. In the next chapter you will use this menu to adjust the level of the printing surface. The next item is the fan speed, adjustable from 0 to 255; with very low values the fan may not even spin.
04 18 User Manual Arduino Materia 101 CONFIGURING THE PRINTER Your Arduino Materia 101 is a product built with care, both in design and in the assembly of the machine.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 Your Arduino Materia 101 is a product built with care, both in design and in the assembly of the machine. To keep it in optimal functionality, it is necessary to compensate with some everyday adjustments. For example: due to the expansion and contraction of the motors, that become hot and cold in a fluctuating manner. With each print, the entire machine is subject to vibrations and movements. In the long run this can loosen the four screws that hold the print bed.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 ADJUSTING THE AXIS Z END-STOP There is a way of adjusting the overall distance from the nozzle to the print surface. To do this, adjust the Z axis “endstop” (a simple on-off switch). Turn the black knob in the back of the machine (see picture); clockwise to increase the distance and counterclockwise to decrease the distance between the surface and nozzle.
05 21 User Manual Arduino Materia 101 Our first print from a SD Card If you have followed the instructions in this manual, you have already set up your Arduino Materia 101.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 If you have followed the instructions in this manual, you have already set up your Arduino Materia 101 by placing it on a table with the spool holder, you connected the power supply, turned on the printer, calibrated the printing bed and you have also uploaded the plot strand. Now you can proceed to your first print. then choose “SD card menu”.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 this print requires more time to cool (and should be printing at a slower rate) or the model could be achieved at a higher speed. Another important parameter is the flow rate that increases or decreases the amount of material extruded. This is to compensate for any changes in the diameter of the filament wire. The flow rate can also thicken or thin out the walls of the model. The “Fan Speed” parameter makes it possible to adjust the airflow on the object being printed.
06 24 User Manual Arduino Materia 101 Creating G-Code files There is a wide range of programs available for modeling software and for slicing software. They come in free open source form as well as paid professional form.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 There is a wide range of programs available for modeling software and for slicing software. They come in free open source form as well as paid professional form. Slic3r is a free one and is used as a reference slicing software. Its versatility makes it useful for beginners and professionals alike. SLIC3R It is made by Alessandro Ranellucci and it is an open source slicing software. It can be downloaded from the download section on www.arduino.cc/Materia101.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 between speed and quality, but you can go down to 0.05 mm or up to 0.35 mm. — Infill: In the next menu, “infill”, the parameter “fill density” expresses the percentage of fill in the printed object. You can set values from a minimum of 5% to a maximum of 100%. This parameter will affect the speed of printing. The lower the fill, the faster the printing. Obviously, with a low filling will have a brittle and light piece.
07 27 User Manual Arduino Materia 101 MATERIALS AND PRINTING BED One of the most critical elements in current 3D printers is the superficial treatment of the printing.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 One of the most critical parameters of 3D printing is the surface of the printing bed. When you extrude first layer of the object, it is smeared by the brass tip onto the print surface. If the cooling plastic loses adhesion, it is very likely that the print will be damaged before the object is completed. There is no single solution for all types of filament.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 Attributable PLA Tips Material Attributable ABS HIPS Extrusion temperature: 235° Plate temperature 90° Fan Off Smart ABS Extrusion temperature : 260° Plate temperature: 90° Fan Off Nylon Extrusion Temperature 240°-265° Plate Temperature: 90° Printable perfectly on garolite phenolics.
08 30 User Manual Arduino Materia 101 CONSIDER THE MODELS ORIENTATION The possibilities offered by your Arduino Materia 101 are very broad, but like all tools, it has its limitations. This must be understood and various countermeasures must be implemented to deal with these.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 The possibilities offered by your Arduino Materia 101 are very broad, but like all tools, it has its limitations. This must be understood and various countermeasures must be implemented to deal with these. 3D printing technology promises to create any shape but there are frequent cases where a print ends with a big disappointment. Orientation Start with considering the orientation of the object in relation to the direction of how the printer builds it.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 attention and has a critical point can still become a print with a guaranteed result. The support is generated by the slicing software if it is enabled at the creation of the print parameters. Depending on the parameters and the shape of the model, you can create a support structure. At the end of printing, with some patience, you remove these structures and the piece remains clean and has the shape you wanted.
09 33 User Manual Arduino Materia 101 EVERYDAY MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING THE PRINTER Arduino Materia 101 does not require any special maintenance, but like all machinery, efficiency is at its highest if it is kept clean.
User Manual Arduino Materia 101 EVERYDAY MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING THE PRINTER tak”). The springs should not be too tight. Avoid putting the motor under too much strain and consequently losing steps. Arduino Materia 101 does not require any special maintenance, but like all machinery, efficiency is at its highest if it is kept clean. THE NOZZLE THE PRINTING BED The first layer of the object you print is essential to the success of the print.
