Stratasys Objet24 - Maintaining the Printer; Routine Maintenance Schedule

Operating & Maintaining the Objet24 3D Printer
6–18 DOC-34014 Rev. C
Maintaining the Printer
Theperformanceofroutinemaintenancetasksisessentialforgetting
satisfactoryresultsfromObjet3Dprinters.Performthetasksatspecified
intervalsforoptimumperformance.
Routine
Maintenance
Schedule
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When switching the printer to online mode, a message is displayed if a
maintenance activity is required to ensure optimum printing quality.
Maintenance notifications can be disabled/enabled from the Options menu.
Frequency Task For More Information
Aftereveryprintjob Cleantheprintheads
andtherollersurface.
See“CleaningthePrint
HeadsandtheRoller”
onpage 19.
Weekly PerformthePatterntest. See“PatternTest”on
page 20.
Weekly Cleanandinspectthe
wiper.
See“Cleaningand
ReplacingtheWiper”
onpage 22.
Weekly Restarttheprinter
computerandthe
server computer.
Every300hoursof
printing
(Areminder
messageappears.)
CalibratetheUV
intensity.
See“Testingand
CalibratingtheUV
Lamp”onpage 48.
Every300hoursof
printing
Optimizetheprint
heads.
See“Optimizing
(Calibrating)Print
Heads”onpage 30.
Monthly,andafter
replacingprintheads
Checkthealignmentof
theprintheads.
See“AligningthePrint
Heads”onpage 27.
Every500
hoursof
printing,oronceevery
sixmonths
Calibratetheloadcells. See“Ca libratingthe
LoadCells”onpage 51.
Every1000hoursof
printing,oronceayear
Preventivemaintenance.
Preventivemaintenanceis
performedalternately,by
thecustomerandan
authorizedservice
engineer.
ContactyourStratasys 
serviceprovider.
Onceayear Inspectthe activa ted‐
carbon
odorfilter,and
replaceifnecessary.
See“Replacingthe
OdorFilter”on
page 53.