Operating & Maintaining the Objet1000 Plus 3D Printer
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Maintaining the Printer
Theperformanceofroutinemaintenancetasksisessentialforgetting
satisfactoryresultsfromObjet3Dprinters.Performthetasksatspecified
intervalsforoptimumperformance.
Routine
Maintenance
Schedule
Frequency Task For More Information
Before/afterprinting Ch eck UVlamp
overheatingindicator.
See“UVLampCheck”
onpage 21.
Before/afterprinting Routine cleaningof:
•printheads
•rollersurface
•wiper
•buildtrayand
surroundingarea
See“CleaningthePrint
Heads,Rollerand
Wiper”onpage 21.
Weekly Cleanthepurgeunit
wastecollector.
Seestep15of
“CleaningthePrint
Heads,Rollerand
Wiper”onpage 21.
Weekly PerformthePatterntest. See“PatternTest”on
page 25.
Weekly Cleantherollerwaste
collector.
See“CleaningtheRoller
WasteCollectorand
InspectingtheRoller
Scraper”onpage 27 .
Every300hoursof
printing(Areminder
messageappears.)
CalibratetheUV
intensity.
See“Testingand
CalibratingtheUV
Lamps”onpage 55.
Every300hoursof
printing
Optimizetheprint
heads.
See“Optimizing
(Calibrating)Print
Heads”onpage 36.
Every500hoursof
printing
Replacethewi per. Seestep16
of
“CleaningthePrint
Heads,Rollerand
Wiper”onpage 21.
Every700hoursof
printing
Replacetherollerpump
tubes.
See“Replacingthe
RollerWasteTube”on
page 58.
Monthly,andafter
replacingprintheads
Checkthealignmentof
theprintheads.
See“AligningthePrint
Heads”onpage 33.
Monthly Restarttheprinter
computerandthe
server computer.
Monthly Cleandebrisfromthe
Z‐axisshaftwitha
vacuumcleaner.