Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Profi3Dmaker 3Dfactories
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1 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto ries.c om Thank you for purchasing our 3D printer Before any manipulation with the printer please carefully read this user guide U S E R ‘ S G.
2 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto ries.c om Content 1. IMPORT ANT SAFETY NOTICE .......... ........... ............. ............ ............ ........... .............. ............ ............ ............ .............. .....
3 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m 1. IMPOR T AN T S AFET Y NO TICE 1. CAUSING D AM AGE A 3D PRINTER DUE TO F A ILURE OF FOLLO WING IN STRUCTION IN THIS USER MANUAL, EXPIRING THE WA RRANTY VOID.
4 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m 2. P A CKA GE CONT ENT S 1X 3D p rint er PROFI 3 DMAKER 1 X CD 1 x Allen k ey 1 x 3 D glue 2 X pow er sourc e 1 x Spatula 1 X USB.
5 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m 3. DESCRIPTION OF P AR TS Extruder Axis Y Axis X Axis Z Print bed.
6 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m 4. MINIMUM C OMPUTER RE QUIREMEN T - CPU 2,8Ghz - RAM1GB - Int el HG Gr aphics or b etter - HDD 50GB - CD ROM - USB port - Window s XP and new er - Screen r esolution 1200x800 5. INST ALLA TION OF G3DMAK ER Put CD int o CR ROM and open it.
7 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m 7. USB DRIVER IN ST A LLA TION Connect the prin t er to th e comput er and switch pr int er o n. Some oper ation sy st em will insta ll USB driv er aut omaticly . Or ask you f or driver .
8 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m Click right mouse on USB s erial port or on icon with warn ing triangle. Choose actualiz e driver sof twar e and link to the C D driver f older .
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10 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m 8. G3DMAKER se ttings Start G3D MAKER. Fir st time the sof twar e will contr o l if is on server some actualiz ation. If is, download and inst allation will run auto maticall y . After this th e pr ogra m will start and y ou can c onfigure it.
11 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m 9. BEF ORE FIR ST PRIN T 9.1. F ew st eps before first print Bef o r e print is n ecessary t o do this f ew st eps.
12 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m 9.3 introductions of filamen t a) Insert the filamen t into the whit e tube (pic 9.3.1) b) Set te mpera ture of e x truder in c o ntr ol panel (1a). Be sure tha t heater is on (2a) c) Set speed on 1 00 ad leng th 50-100.
13 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m 9.4. How t o use 3d glue 3DGlue is holdin g model on the platf orm. Use it bef ore each prin t on ar ea where y ou will prin t. If is on platf orm too f at la yer of glue r emove it with spa tula or scraper .
14 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m 10. REMOV ING MODEL F R OM THE PLA TF ORM If print is r e ady r emove model fr om the platf orm with spatu la.
15 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m 11.2. load model a) Start th e progr am G3DMAKER an d conne ct to the pri nt er . b) Click on f o lder ic on in left t op Conner c) Load model fr om your dir ectory 11.3. W ork with mo del Model you c an moving on pla tform, r ota te or sc ale.
16 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m Skirt is for properly e xtrusion st art Brim for ho ld small mode ls on platform Set y our desir ed prin t optio ns and pr ess “ Gener at e G-code” . Aft er gener ation pre ss “print bu tton.
17 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m Extra length on restart ( mm): fila ment is g o ing back t o extruder aft er retr act (len gth of retr act + this numb er) Do not put here too high n umber . Usually is O only in some c ases use some lik e 0 .
18 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m Solid infill: speed of solid i nfill can be high er no proble m put her e 80mm/ s besides la yer thickness 0.25mm her e let the valu e 40-50mm/ s T op solid inf ill: value f or speed of top s olid la yer can be l ower .
19 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m Suppo rt material Overhan g thresho ld: chang e of minimum angl e for supp ort gener ation. F or ex ample if you pu t here 40° the support will not cr eat ed f or angle over 40° lik e 41° and higher .
20 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m Hold the belts in right t ension s . If tensi ons ar e low c o rr ect it. Under Y m otor s are 4 scre ws loosen them and push the motor back war ds. Than tigh ten the screw s ag ain. 13.
21 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m 14.3. Low amount of material If you see the print result li ke is on th e pictur e , pr obably this has two r easons. a) T oo lo w mat erial. Decr ease the filament diameter number in the mat erial editor .
22 Version 1/201 3 © Aroja s.r.o. 2 013 www . 3 df acto r ies.co m On this pictur e you can see the l ow material an d too bi g of retr act, mat erial is not properly s et back on n ozzle aft er retr act. 14.4. Retr ac t 14.5. Model accuracy Accur acy depend on fila ment diamet er opti o ns and e xtrusion width.
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