User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer
- Starting the Connex Printer
- Loading Model and Support Cartridges
- Producing Models
- Resuming Production After Printing has Stopped
- Changing the Model Material
- Keeping the Connex Printer in Idle Mode
- Shutting Down the Connex Printer
- Maintaining the Connex Printer
- Routine Maintenance Schedule
- Cleaning the Print Heads
- Pattern Test
- Improving Print Quality
- Cleaning and Replacing the Wiper
- Cleaning the Roller Waste Collector and Inspecting the Roller Scraper (Knife)
- Replacing the Roller Scraper (Knife)
- Aligning the Print Heads
- Calibrating Print Heads
- Replacing Print Heads
- Testing and Calibrating the UV Lamps
- Calibrating the Load Cells
- Replacing the Odor Filter
- Replacing the UV Lamps
- Built-in Tests
- Replacing the Waste Container
- Cleaning the Exterior Panels
- Handling Printed Models
Operating & Maintaining the Connex500/350 3-D Printer
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Maintaining the Connex Printer
Theperformanceofroutinemaintenancetasksisessentialforgetting
satisfactoryresultsfromConnex3‐Dprinters.Performthetasksat
specifiedintervalsforoptimumperformance.
Routine
Maintenance
Schedule
Frequency Task For More Information
Daily,beforeprinting Cleantheprintheads. See“CleaningthePrint
Heads”onpage 7‐19.
Weekly Cleanthebuildtrayand
thesurroundingarea.
Weekly PerformthePatterntest. See“PatternTest”on
page 7‐21.
Weekly Cleanandinspectthe
wiper.
See“Cleaningand
ReplacingtheWiper”
onpage 7‐23.
Weekly RestarttheConnex
printercomputerand
theservercomputer.
W
eekly Cleantherollerwaste
collector.
See“CleaningtheRoller
WasteCollectorand
InspectingtheRoller
Scraper(Knife)”on
page 7‐25.
Every200hoursof
printing(Areminder
messageappears.)
TesttheUVlamps. See“Testingand
CalibratingtheUV
Lamps”onpage 49.
Monthly,andafter
replacingprintheads
Checkthealignmentof
theprintheads.
See“
Aligningthe Print
Heads”onpage 7‐30.
Monthly Calibratetheloadcells. See“Calibratingthe
LoadCells”on
page 7‐51.
Monthly Inspecttheexhaust
system(duct,fan,
connections).
Every2000hoursof
printing,oronceayear
Preventivemaintenance
visitbyauthorized
serviceengineer.
ContactyourObjet
supportcenter.