Stratasys Objet500 - Maintaining the Printer; Routine Maintenance Schedule

Objet500 User Guide 6 Operating and Maintaining the Objet500 3DPrinter
DOC-07027 Rev.E 6-23
Maintaining the Printer
Performingroutinemaintenancetasksisessentialforgettingsatisfactory
resultsfromObjet5003Dprinters.Performthetasksatspecifiedintervals.
Routine
Maintenance
Schedule

Frequency Task For More Information
Beforeprinting CleantheUVlamplenses 
Before/afterprinting ChecktheUVlamp
overheatingindicator.
See"UVLampCheck"
onpage6-26.
Before/afterprinting Cleantheprintheadsand
therollersurface.
See"CleaningthePrint
HeadsandtheRoller"on
page6-26.
Daily Cleanandinspectthe
wiper.
See"Cleaningand
ReplacingtheWiper"on
page6-29.
Weekly PerformthePatterntest. See"PatternTest"on
page6-32.
Weekly—when printing with
MED610
CalibratetheUVintensity. See"Testingand
CalibratingtheUVLamps"
onpage6-61.
Weekly Restarttheprinter
computerandthe
servercomputer.

Weekly Cleantherollerwaste
collector.
See"CleaningtheRoller
WasteCollectorand
InspectingtheRoller
Scraper"onpage6-34.
Every300hoursofprinting(A
remindermessageappears.)
CalibratetheUVintensity. See"Testingand
Calibratingthe
UVLamps"onpage6-61.
Every300hoursofprinting(A
remindermessageappears.)
Optimizetheprintheads. See"Optimizing
(Calibrating)PrintHeads"
onpage6-43.
Monthly,andafterreplacing
printheads
Checkthealignmentof
theprintheads.
See"AligningthePrint
Heads"onpage6-39.
Monthly Cleandebrisfromthe
Z-axisshaftwithavacuum
cleaner.

Monthly Inspecttheexhaust
system(duct,fan,
connections).

Monthly Calibratetheloadcells. See"CalibratingtheLoad
Cells"onpage6-68.
Everytwoyearsorevery3500
hoursofprinting
Preventivemaintenance
visitbyserviceengineer.