User's Manual

Operating & Maintaining the Objet500 - Connex 3 3D Printer
6–46 DOC-07000 Rev. A
Replacing the
Waste
Container
Thewastecontainercontainspartiallycuredpolymericmaterialproduced
duringnormaloperationandmaintenanceoftheprinter.Forsafetyand
environmentalreasons,thismaterialiskeptinaspecialleak‐proof,
disposablecontainer.
Thecontainerhasacapacityof10kilogramsofwastematerial—usually
enoughforseveralmonthsofprinteruse.
Theprintersoftwaredisplaysa
warningmessagewhenthereis9kilogramsofmaterialinthecontainer,
andstopstheprintingwhenthenetweightreaches9.5kilograms.Above9
kilograms,thesoftwaredoesnotallowyoutostartaprintjob(oraprinting
activity)untilyoureplacethe
wastecontainer.Youcanmonitortheweight
ofthewastecontainerintheMaintenancescreenoftheprinterinterface.You
canalsovisuallyinspectthelevelofwasteinthecontainer.(Toaccessit,see
page 6‐237.)
To monitor the waste weight (and other indicators) in the printer:
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Inthemainprinterinterfacescreen,clickthedisplaytoggletoviewthe
printerindicators.
Figure 6-60: Printer interface, showing waste weight (red background indicates
operator alert)
Thewastecontainerconsistsofaplasticcontainerinsideacardboardbox.
Youtypicallydisposeoftheentirewastecontainer—includingthebox.
Therefore,youmustassembleanewboxandinsertanewplasticcontainer
beforeyoucaninstallitinthe printer.
Waste weight
Display
toggle button
Replacement boxes, plastic containers, and sealing caps are supplied in the
Objet printer start-up kit and in the preventive-maintenance kit.