User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- About This Guide
- Safety
- Introducing the Alaris 3-D Printing System
- Installing Objet Software
- Using Objet Studio
- Using Job Manager
- Operating & Maintaining the Alaris30 3-D Printer
- Starting the Alaris30 Printer
- Loading Model and Support Cartridges
- Producing Models
- Resuming Production After Printing has Stopped
- Changing the Model Material
- Keeping the Alaris Printer in Idle Mode
- Shutting Down the Alaris Printer
- Maintaining the Alaris Printer
- Routine Maintenance Schedule
- Cleaning the Print Heads
- Pattern Test
- Improving Print Quality
- Cleaning and Replacing the Wiper
- Cleaning and Replacing the Roller Waste Collector
- Aligning the Print Heads
- Replacing Print Heads
- Calibrating the Load Cells
- Replacing the Odor Filter
- Replacing the UV Lamp
- Replacing the Waste Container
- Cleaning the Exterior Panels
- Backing-Up and Restoring Printer Settings
- ReInitiate Wizard
- Handling Printed Models
DOC-24000 Rev. A 7–3
Alaris30 User Guide
TheAlarisprinterinterfacescreenopens(seefigure 7‐3).Allmonitoring
andcontrollingoftheAlarisprinterisdonefromthisinterface.
Figure 7-3: Alaris30 interface
Loading Model and Support Cartridges
Alarisprintersusetwocartridgesofmodelmaterialandtwocartridgesof
supportmaterial,eachweighingonekilogramwhenfull.Agraphical
representationofthecartridgesandtheircurrentweightappearsinthe
printerinterface(seefigure 7‐3).
Note: The printer-control interface displays the type and weight of the
material cartridges loaded only if the printing-materials drawer is
closed.
To load model and support cartridges:
1. OnthefrontoftheAlarisprinter(seefigure 7‐1),pushtheprinting‐
materialsdrawertoreleaseitandpullitopen.
2. Ifyouarereplacingacartridge,removetheoldonebypullingit
straightup.
3. Loadmodelandsupportcartridgesintotheirrespectivecompartments
(seefigure 7 ‐4).
Printer mode
Support material
cartridges
Display
toggle button
Pause button
Stop button
Model material
cartridges
Current activity
Online/offline button
Alaris installations utilize one monitor for displaying both the computer
running Objet Studio / Job Manager and the computer installed inside the
printer. Make sure that the KVM (keyboard-video-mouse) switch is in the
correct position so that the Alaris printer interface is displayed.
If you need to replace the model material currently installed with another
type, see “Changing the Model Material” on page 7-10. Otherwise, make
sure to replace the model cartridge with one containing the same type of
material.
DRAFT 4 - July 11, 2010