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d) Correction of the printing plate temperature

Thermwaremakesitpossibletoadjustthetemperatureoftheprintingplate.Forthis,theactualtemperatureonthesurfacemustbemeasured

atdifferenttemperaturesettings.Themeasuredvaluesthenmustbeenteredinthermware.Thisway,theprintercanadjustthetemperature

automatically.

Beforestarting,checkifanewrmwareversionisavailable.Ifthisisthecase,downloadit,unpacktheZIParchiveandinstallthe

rmwareonyourprinter.Observechapter"20.FirmwareupdatewiththeArduino

IDE".

• Thermwarehas6temperaturesdened:60,80,100,120,140,160°C.

• Firstset60°Cattheprinter.

When the temperature is reached, wait for at least another 10 minutes for the printing plate to be heated through entirely and the

temperature to stabilise.

• Thenmeasuretheprintingplatetemperatureindifferentlocations.

Do not touch the hot printing plate when measuring! Danger of burns!

Use a suitable meter. We recommend, e.g., a thermal imaging camera or a thermometer with surface sensor (NiCr-Ni or K-bead).

• Determinetheaverageofthedifferentmeasurements.

• Thenheatupto80°Candrepeatthis.Proceedinthesamemannerwiththeothertemperatures100,120,140and160°C.

• Whenyouhavedeterminedalltemperatures,openthermwareonyourcomputerasdescribedinchapter"20.Firmwareupdatewiththe

Arduino

IDE".

• EnlargetheArduino

program window on the entire screen.

• Navigatetothetab"RF2000V2.h"(1inthegurebelow)andinitapproximatelytoline584(mayvaryslightlydependingonthermware).

• Theline"#deneBED_SETPOINT_TEMPERATURES {60,80,100,120,140,160}"(2)denesthetargettemperatures.

These are the temperatures that are set at printer. If everything is going optimally, they will also apply at the surface of the heating plate.

• Theline"#deneBED_MEASURED_TEMPERATURES{60,80,100,120,140,160}"(3)denesthemeasuredvalues.

• Enteryourmeasuredvaluesinthisline(3)orreplacetheexistingonesbytheonesyoumeasured.Thisway,theprinterknowsthat,e.g.,only

112 °C are present at the surface of the heating plate in spite of 120 °C being set, and can adjust the temperature accordingly.

The measured values can, of course, also be lower or higher.

• Whenyouhavechangedallvalues,clickthebuttonwiththearrowdowntosavethechanges(4).

• Thenyoumustuploadthechangedrmwaretotheprinter.Forthis,observeagainchapter"20.FirmwareupdatewiththeArduino

IDE".

Renkforce RF2000 v2 Series User Manual

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