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Training manual • Basic training • Status 03.14
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EOS P 396
1 About this manual ...
Legal notes......................................................................................................................................1.1
Layout and contents ....................................................................................................................1.1
Conventions....................................................................................................................................1.1
Representations ......................................................................................................................1.1
Terms..........................................................................................................................................1.2
Definitions ................................................................................................................................1.2
Pictograms................................................................................................................................1.3
Safety warning in this manual ...........................................................................................1.3
Hotline .............................................................................................................................................1.4
2 Laser sintering process
Basic information on the laser sintering process ................................................................2.1
Physical process ......................................................................................................................2.1
Building process......................................................................................................................2.2
Factors that affect the laser sintering process ....................................................................2.3
Building temperature ............................................................................................................2.3
Exposure....................................................................................................................................2.5
Exposure types ..................................................................................................................2.7
Process-related effects .........................................................................................................2.8
Shrinkage............................................................................................................................2.8
Distortion......................................................................................................................... 2.10
Ambient conditions............................................................................................................. 2.11
3 Layout, function of machine and accessories
Machine...........................................................................................................................................3.1
Layout ........................................................................................................................................3.1
Overview .............................................................................................................................3.1
Front of machine, open ..................................................................................................3.2
Rear of machine, open....................................................................................................3.3
Left of machine, open.....................................................................................................3.4
Front of switching cabinet ............................................................................................3.5
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