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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Thetransparencysheetisprintedwithsetsofverticallinesinseven
columns,eachshowingtheresultsfromadifferentprinthead.
Figure 7-43: Sample head-alignment test
• Thethreecolumnsontherightwereprintedbytheheadsusedfor
applyingmodelmaterialwhenproducingmodels.Fromrightto
left,thecolumnsrepresentheadsM1,M2,M3,respectively.(There
isnocolumnforheadM0becauseitsalignmentisusedasa
referenceforaligningallotherheads.)
• Thefourcolumnsoflinesontheleftwereprintedbytheheadsused
forapplyingsupportmaterial.ThecolumnsrepresentheadsS3,S2,
S1andS0,respectively.
9. Foreachcolumnoflines,useamagnifyingglassorloupetoinspect
pairsofconsecutiverowsprintedonthetransparencytoseewherethe
ve
rticallinesalign.
Figure 7-44: Comparing rows of alignment lines
Note: It does not matter which pair of lines you inspect, since they were all
printed by the same head. Choose a pair of clearly printed lines for the
inspection. (Since some nozzles may not print clearly, you may have to
inspect several pairs of lines to properly view the alignment.)
Optimumheadalignmentisshownwhenthefourthlinesintheupper
andlowerrowsarealigned,asinfigure 7‐44.Intheexampleshown,no
changetotheheadalignmentisnecessary.Ifotherlinesinthesetare
aligned,youneedtochangethealignmentofthathead—inthenext
wizardscreens.
10
. Inthewizardscreenshowninfigure 7‐42,selecttheTransparency
removedcheckbox,andclick
Next.
Alignment-line
numbering, left-to-right
Row pairs