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
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Connex500/350 User Guide
14. AfterreplacingaUVlamp,itisrecommendedthatyoucalibrateits
powerforthevariousprintingmodes.Thefinalscreenallowsyouto
continuetotheUVCalibrationwizard(see“TestingandCalibrating
theUVLamps”onpage 7‐49).
Figure 7-94: Final wizard screen
Built-in Tests
ThesoftwarethatrunsyourConnexprintercontainsasuiteoftestsfor
regularlycheckingthehardwareandsoftware,andfortroubleshooting.
Youcanconfigurebasiccommunicationsandenvironmentteststorun
automatically,whentheConnexsoftwareopens.Inaddition,youcanruna
morecomprehensivesetoftestsbeforeprocessingaprintjob,asasystem
ch
eck,toensureoptimumprintingresults.
Becauserunningthetestseffectstheoperationoftheprinter,youcanonly
opentheBuilt‐inTestsinterfacewhentheConnexsystemisnotprinting.
Thetestsuitefeatures:
• Theorganizationofprinting‐relatedtasksincategories:
Communications
Datacards
Temperatures
Voltages
Encoderrepeatability
Print‐headheating
Print‐headfilling
• Acleardisplayoftestresultsandthesourceofanyfailures,enabling
youtodetermineifprintingispossibleorworthwhile.
• Theabilitytomonitortestresultsforspecificcomponents.
• Troubleshootingtips.
Runningthesetestscanhelpidentifyproblemsintheprinterhardwareand
software.Alargenumberofhardwaredefects(ornear‐defects)warnsyou
ofpossibleprintingproblems,eitherforcurrentorfuturejobs.
Objet recommends running the built-in tests in the following cases:
• as a routine test, once every two weeks
• as a system check, before major (long) jobs
• as needed, for troubleshooting