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
Test Descriptions
and
Troubleshooting
ThefollowingtableliststhenameofeachtestintheBuilt‐inTestssuite,
togetherwithitsdescriptionandapossiblereasonforitsfailure.Ifyou
needassistance,contactyourObjetserviceprovider.
Test Name Description Possible Reason for Failure
Sub‐System
Communication
Testscommunicationsbetween
Edencomponents.
Disconnectedcommunicationscable.
Faultycable.
FIFONon‐Interrupt/
FIFOInterrupt
TeststhedataqueueintheDATA
PCIcard.
FaultyDATA_PCIcard.
Encoder Teststheencoderʹsreliabilityby
comparingreadingsfrommultiple
runsalongtheX ‐axis.
Faultyencoder.
SystemInfo Comparesthefollowingparameter
valueswiththemi
nimum
requirements.
•Physicalmemory
•Availablememory
• Freespaceondisk
•Monitorresolution
FailureofRAMmemoryallocationin
theEdencomputer.
BlockFilling Analyzesthethermi storreadings
whentheblockisfullandwhenitis
empty.
Faultythermistor.
Interlock Teststheinterlockintheprinter
cover.
Failureofinterlockmechanism.
Faultylatch.
Disconnectedcables.
CabinTemperature Teststhetemperaturelevelinthe
build‐trayarea.
Faultytemperaturesensor(OH
DB).
HeadEEPROM Teststheread/writecapabilitiesof
theprint‐headdrivercards.
Faultyprint‐headdrivercard.
HeadVoltage Checksthecontrolofvoltages
suppliedtotheprintheads.
Faultyprint‐headdrivercard.
TrayHeater Notusedforthisprinter —
Head/BlockHeaters Teststheheatersintheprintheads
andintheprint‐blockbody.
Faultyheatersorthermistors.
Axe
sLimit Teststhehardwareandsoftware
limitsofallaxes.
Faultyhardwaresensors.
WrongMaxPositionparameter.
Vacuum Teststhevacuumlevelintheprint
block.
Faultyvacuumsensor.
Vacuumleakage.
Wrongparameters.