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  • Page 1 Olivetti 3D IoT Printer USER MANUAL Code: 596806-02...
  • Page 2 PUBLICATION ISSUED BY: Olivetti S.p.A. Telecom Italia Group Via Jervis, 77 - 10015 Ivrea (TO) Copyright © 2018 Olivetti All rights reserved...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    APPENDIX A – OLIVETTI 3D IOT LABELS ......................1 Label positions and meanings ..........................1 APPENDIX B – OLIVETTI 3D IOT PRINTER CARE AND MAINTENANCE ............. 1 Cleaning the printing table ............................. 1 Lubricating the axes and the spindle nut ....................... 2 Cleaning the feeder ...............................
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  • Page 5: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION GENERAL SAFETY PROVISIONS Important safety-related provisions are provided in this section which must be observed when installing and using the printer: read and follow attentively these instructions and all other information provided in this manual. SAFETY WARNINGS Pictograms are applied to certain parts of the printer as safety warnings, these warnings must be observed attentively by anyone preparing to use the printer HOT SURFACES The hot surfaces warning symbol warns of the presence of devices having high temperatures.

  • Page 6: Transportation And Installation

     The 3D IoT printer is not suitable for use by persons under 14 years of age, and anyway always under the direct supervision of an adult. Make sure that children do not tamper or play with the equipment.
  • Page 7  The heated parts must be left to cool for a certain length of time at the end of printing or when printing is interrupted: leave the machine to cool down (approx. 5 minutes) before attempting to access the printing area. It is good practice to check that the machine temperature shown on the front display (of printhead and, if heated, table) is less than 40°C before attempting any interventions.

  • Page 8: Maintenance Operations Safety Standards

    MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS SAFETY STANDARDS Printer maintenance must be carried out exclusively by adequately trained personnel. The principal rules to follow when carrying out maintenance operations on the printer are:  Before carrying out any interventions on the printer, make sure that it is in a safe condition. ...

  • Page 9: Package Contents

    PACKAGE CONTENTS The following items are contained in the Olivetti 3D IoT printer package:  1 3D IoT Printer  2 Front door keys  1 SD Card, 4GB or greater  3 Allen Keys (1.5 mm, 2.5 mm, 5 mm) ...
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  • Page 11: Chapter 1 - Introduction

    Chapter 1 – INTRODUCTION PRODUCT OVERVIEW The Olivetti 3D IoT printer exploits Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) technology to create 3-D objects through layer upon layer deposition of material in 2-D. This chapter describes the printer design and introduces the terminology that will be used in the rest of the manual.

  • Page 12: Printer Design

    PRINTER DESIGN The main printer controls are located at the front of the printer where there is also a door fitted with a lock for accessing the inside of the printer. Figure 1-1 Front view REFERENCE DESCRIPTION Touch screen display SD card reader Printer door with lock User Manual...
  • Page 13 The upper dome-shaped casing can be opened by releasing the catch from the inside, applying light pressure on its lower part. Figure 1-2 Internal catch for locking/unlocking the upper dome 596806-02 User Manual...
  • Page 14 When the front door is opened, the extruder assembly can be seen clearly. Figure 1-3 Extruder assembly REFERENCE DESCRIPTION Extruder Fans for cooling material being printed Extruder cooling fan User Manual 596806-02...
  • Page 15 Figure 1-4 Hot-end close-up REFERENCE DESCRIPTION Nozzle Hot-end Hot-end set screw Filament feeder assembly 596806-02 User Manual...
  • Page 16 Figure 1-5 Feeder assembly terminals and pressure adjustment screw REFERENCE DESCRIPTION Bowden quick release coupling Filament pressure adjustment screw User Manual 596806-02...
  • Page 17 At the rear of the machine, there is the housing for the bobbin containing the filament, the power switch and power socket. Figure 1-6 Rear view REFERENCE DESCRIPTION Bobbin holder Feeder Power switch Power socket 596806-02 User Manual...

  • Page 18: Printer Axes Orientation

    The printer axes origin, known as the Home position, is the front left corner of the printing table. Figure 1-7 Orienting the Olivetti 3D IoT printer axes Starting from the origin, the positive direction of the X axis ordinate is from the left of the worktable to the right side, the positive direction of the Y axis ordinate is from the front door towards the rear of the machine, while the Z axis is oriented vertically, its ordinate increasing as the printing table descends from the top downwards.
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  • Page 21: Chapter 2 - Printer Setup

    Chapter 2 – PRINTER SETUP PREPARING YOUR PRINTER This chapter describes the procedures that must be followed to configure correctly the Olivetti 3D IoT printer and prepare it for the successive printing phase. Unblocking the extruder assembly To protect the printer during transportation, the print carriage is fixed securely in position by plastic banding.

  • Page 22: Touch Screen Display

    Touch Screen Display When the printer is powered on, the main printer status information is displayed on the 3.5” Touch Screen. Current Extruder New Extruder temperature setting temperature setting Current Printing Table New Printing Table temperature setting temperature setting Current Acceleration Auto Home setting (metres per second squared)

  • Page 23: Aligning The Printing Table

    Aligning the printing table To obtain good printing quality it is essential to ensure that the first layer deposited is distributed in a uniform manner on the printing table. To achieve this, you must ensure that the printing table is aligned correctly. Although the printer has been set up correctly at the factory, it may have been subjected to vibrations during transportation making it necessary to repeat this procedure.
  • Page 24 The Touch Screen displays the Bed Levelling message while the extruder assembly takes up the Home position. Figure 2-5 Bed Levelling Display 4. Touch the display at bottom left (Position 1 in Figure 2-5). The extruder assembly moves to this first adjustment point.
  • Page 25 Figure 2-7 Adjustment nut locations After having completed the first adjustment, touch the display this time at Position 2. The extruder assembly moves to this second adjustment point. Repeat the adjustment in the same way as illustrated in step 5, working on the related selflocking nut. In all, there are 4 adjustment points for each of which you must carry out adjustments as described in step 5.
  • Page 26 The table below provides some examples of problems caused by incorrect alignment of the printing table and provides suggestions for how they can be resolved. Problem Reason Solution Nozzle touches the glass Glass is too near the nozzle Turn the nuts of the printing table a few degrees in the anticlockwise direction to increase the distance between nozzle and printing table...

  • Page 27: Adjusting The Printing Nozzle Height

    Adjusting the printing nozzle height To ensure correct printer operation and optimise printing quality, apart from aligning the printing table, it might be useful to adjust also the printing nozzle height. Although this procedure has already been carried out at the factory, you may need to repeat it as the printer may have been subjected to jolts during transportation.

  • Page 28: Loading The Filament Bobbins

    Loading the filament bobbins To correctly load the filaments containing the materials for printing, follow the procedure below: 1. Unscrew by hand the protection screw mounted at the rear of the printer. 2. Insert the washer and cylindrical tube onto the hexhead screw. 3.
  • Page 29 Figure 2-11 Putting bobbin with filament into position 4. Insert the bobbin with the filament onto the bobbin holder. With the end of the filament trailing to the bottom left of the bobbin, feed the filament into the input slot to the feeder. This means that, looking at the machine from the back, when the filament is pulled upwards the bobbin rotates in a clockwise direction.
  • Page 30 Figure 2-13 End-of-filament sensor (inside printer) If an obstacle is perceived during the passage of the filament inside the sensor, it is advisable to withdraw the filament downwards, push downwards the teflon tube inserted in the upper part of the sensor (see figure 2-14) , until the tube itself can not be pushed further down, and then try again to insert the filament.
  • Page 31 8. Adjust the hot-end temperature to the correct operating value for the type of filament loaded (for example, 200°C for PLA). To adjust the hot-end temperature:  from the Start menu, press on the RIGHT arrow of the T0 line until the required temperature value is displayed.
  • Page 32 The following table gives some examples of error conditions that could be caused by incorrectly loading the filament with possible solutions. Problem Reason Solution The filament is not fed through by Insufficient pressure as a result Increase the pressure of the feeder the feeder unit.

  • Page 33: Preparing The Printing Table

    The last operation to accomplish before proceeding with printing is to prepare the printing table. If you are going to use the table covered with PEI (polyetherimide) film - already mounted on the 3D IoT printer - no preparatory steps in fact are needed for the table, nor to increase the adhesion of material to the table.
  • Page 34  DISTANCE (mm): 100.  SPEED (mm/sec):  ACCELERATION (mm/sec Press the RIGHT arrow on the Z row to lower the table: Figure 2-21 Move command for Z axis 2. when the table has completed its movement, remove the four clamps by pressing lightly on their metal wings.

  • Page 35: Chapter 3 - Printing With The Olivetti 3D Iot

    When printing completes, the machine sends the carriage to the Home position. It then switches off the heaters to allow the machine to return to the normal environmental temperature. NOTE: Files in the printing format supported by the Olivetti 3D IoT printer always have the extension .GCODE.

  • Page 36: Creating Printable Files For The Olivetti 3D Iot Printer

    CREATING PRINTABLE FILES FOR THE OLIVETTI 3D IOT PRINTER This section describes the steps necessary for producing GCODE files that can be printed using the Olivetti 3D IoT printer. Creating a 3D model The first thing to do is create a three-dimensional model of the object you want to print.
  • Page 37 Olivetti for simplifying slicing operations you must use Simplify 3D. Figure 3-2 3D model being converted by Simplify3D After generating the GCODE file using the slicer, copy it onto the SD card. Now insert the card into the Olivetti 3D IoT printer to print the model.

  • Page 38: Gcode Printing

    GCODE PRINTING To print your GCODE, proceed as previously explained in the section related to test piece printing, that is: Insert the SD CARD into the slot at the front of the printer Starting from the Desktop Menu press the Menu key and then, in the next screen, the SD key Figure 3-3 From the Desktop Menu, select Menu then SD Select the file to print (e.g.

  • Page 39: Suspending And Interrupting Printing

    SUSPENDING AND INTERRUPTING PRINTING Suspending printing manually Using the menus you can suspend or cancel printing while it is in progress. To suspend printing, select the “Pause” key from the Desktop Menu Printing will be suspended and the extruder assembly moved to the “wait” position. Figure 3-4 Suspending printing After printing is suspended, the “Pause”...
  • Page 40 Figure 3-6 “Resume Saved Job”, with Restart command  now select the “Restart” command. The printer begins to extrude slowly, filling the nozzle to the appropriate level. During this phase, the screen below is shown on the display (Figure 3-7). Check that the printer is extruding in a regular manner then confirm the restart operation by selecting “Restart”.
  • Page 41 The machine automatically heats the extruder to the appropriate temperature for this operation. Once the temperature has been reached, proceed as follows: using the down arrow, activate extrusion of a small quantity of material use the up arrow to retract the filament to be replaced. After removing the bobbin with the filament, proceed to load the new filament (see section “Loading the filament bobbins”...
  • Page 42 Suspending printing automatically Printing can be suspended automatically under two conditions: a. end-of-filament sensor detects filament is finished. In this case, printing is suspended. The printer retracts any residual filament before moving to the pause position, as indicated by these two screens: Figure 3-10 End-of-filament screens Select “Ch Filam”...
  • Page 43 b. power supply failures when the power supply is interrupted, the mini-UPS integrated in the printer comes into function: printing is suspended, the printer retracts the residual filament and then switches off. During the save procedure the screen below is shown on the display: Figure 3-11 Screen that appears for power interruptions Printing can be restarted following this sequence: ...

  • Page 44: Removing Printed Pieces

    REMOVING PRINTED PIECES When printing concludes, wait until the printing table returns to the normal environmental temperature before attempting to remove the printed part. At this point, proceed as follows:  lower the table using this sequence: 1. Starting from the Desktop Menu, press the Menu key then, in the next screen, the Prepare key Figure 3-14 From the Desktop Menu, select Menu then Prepare 2.
  • Page 45 4. Press the RIGHT arrow on the Z row to lower the table: Figure 3-16 Move Command for Z axis  when the table has stopped moving, proceed to remove the printed piece. If necessary use the spatula supplied in the kit, taking care not to damage the PEI film covering the printing surface. NOTE: The printing table is composed of 4 mm tempered glass.

  • Page 46: Menus And Navigation

    MENUS AND NAVIGATION From the Olivetti 3D IoT printer User Interface you can access all commands necessary for carrying out printer adjustments, maintenance operations and printing itself. From the Desktop Menu you can display and modify the principal parameters: Current Extruder...

  • Page 47: Main Menu

    MAIN MENU The Main Menu can be accessed by pressing the Menu key that appears at the bottom right of the start screen /Desktop Menu. Figure 3-18 Main Menu From the Main Menu you can select:  Prepare to access its related submenu ...

  • Page 48: Prepare Menu

    PREPARE MENU The Prepare Menu allows you to carry out the main machine adjustments. Select Prepare to access the following submenu: Figure 3-19 Prepare Submenus  Resume resumes the last saved job, as previously described in the section “Suspending and interrupting printing”...
  • Page 49 After adjusting the previously mentioned parameters, you can move the extruder assembly (X and Y) and the printing table (Z), and turn the filament (E0) feeder gears by pressing the arrows on the X, Y and Z rows:  X Row: press the left arrow to move the extruder assembly to the left or the right arrow to move it to the right ...

  • Page 50: Control Menu

    CONTROL MENU The Control menu shows the basic printer adjustment parameters. Given that this type of adjustment must be carried out exclusively by expert users, they can’t be modified by the user. Figure 3-21 Control Submenu 3-16 User Manual 596806-02...

  • Page 51: Sd Card Menu

    SD CARD MENU Selecting SD in the Main Menu, you can access the SD Card Menu and view the list of .GCODE files present in memory. Figure 3-22 Main Menu with SD key Figure 3-23 Menu SD To select a file and print it, scroll through the list using the arrows then confirm your selection by pressing the OK key.

  • Page 52: Info

    INFO Figure 3-24 Main Menu with Info key When Info is selected in the Main Menu, the Olivetti3D access screen is displayed. Touching this screen you can access printer information including usage data: Figure 3-25 Access screen Figure 3-26 Information Information provided : a.

  • Page 53: Chapter 4 - Wi-Fi Connections

    Chapter 4 – WI-FI CONNECTIONS SETTING AND USING WI-FI CONNECTIONS An Access Point is integrated in the 3D IoT printer, allowing wireless connections to be set up with devices such as PCs, Tablets and smartphones (running either operating system, iOS or Android).
  • Page 54 ACCESS POINT MODE When the Wi-Fi module is powered on it activates Access Point mode. In the lower half of the display, the “name” of the Wi-Fi network generated by the Access Point is shown. To connect a device (PC, Smartphone, etc.) to the Wi-Fi network, from the list of Wi-Fi networks shown on your device select the name of the Wi-Fi network generated by the Access Point.
  • Page 55 STATION MODE To connect the printer to an existing Wi-Fi network, activate “Station Mode”. To do this, select Wi-Fi from your browser screen then click on STA. Figure 4-4 Selecting Station Mode (STA) in browser screen In the “Station Configuration” screen, select the Wi-Fi network you want to connect the printer to and enter its password.
  • Page 56 After completing the configuration, close the browser on your device and connect to the printer Wi-Fi network. Open the browser again and enter the address:  If the Wi-Fi network addressing is managed manually, type in the browser the assigned address (in the figure 4-5 sample, the IP Address is 192.168.0.52) ...
  • Page 57 CHANGING MODE FROM STATION MODE  ACCESS POINT To change the mode from Station Mode to Access Point, select Wi-Fi again from your browser screen and click on AP. Alternatively, you can use the “RESET” key in the printer Wi-Fi Menu to reset the original Access Point setup.

  • Page 58: Printer Control Via Wi-Fi: Features

    PRINTER CONTROL VIA WI-FI: FEATURES Once the Wi-F connectivity is on, it’s possible to access the following features through the browser of the personal device (PC, smartphone, etc.). PRINTER DATA The “home page” (accessible by clicking on the olivetti3D logo in the menu line) shows the main data of the printer (Firmware Version, Wi-Fi Version, Serial Number) and other information regarding the use of the printer (Power-on Time, Printing Time, meters of extruded filament).
  • Page 59 PRINTER COMMANDS By clicking on the word "Moves" in the Menu line, the screen shows the current parameters of the printer (temperature of the extruder and bed, flow, speed, etc.), and further down the commands to move the axes and to set the parameters. The commands available are different depending on whether the printer is in stand-by or during printing: ...
  • Page 60  commands available during printing: o set of the parameters related to the print (extruder and bed temperature, speed, flow, etc.) Figura 4-11 Browser screen – “Moves” window during printing User Manual 596806-02...
  • Page 61 SD MENU By clicking on the word “SD” in the Menu line, the screen shows the SD card contents. Durting the stand-by, the available commands are the following: a. select one of the gcode files saved on the SD card and start printing it, by clicking on the "print" command (which appears once the file is selected) b.
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  • Page 63: Appendix A - Olivetti 3D Iot Labels

    Appendix A – Olivetti 3D IoT Labels Label positions and meanings Figure A-1 Front labels SYMBOL COLOUR MEANING MEANING DANGER HOT SURFACES TRIANGLE YELLOW FOLLOW BLUE USE GLOVES CIRCLE PROVISIONS FOLLOW BLUE READ INSTRUCTIONS CIRCLE PROVISIONS PROHIBITED DO NOT REMOVE GUARDS...
  • Page 64 Figure A-2 Internal labels lower side SYMBOL COLOUR MEANING MEANING DANGER PINCHING TRIANGLE YELLOW DANGER MOVING PARTS TRIANGLE YELLOW Figure A-3 Extruder assembly label SYMBOL COLOUR MEANING MEANING DANGER HOT SURFACES TRIANGLE YELLOW User Manual 596806-02...

  • Page 65: Appendix B - Olivetti 3D Iot Printer Care And Maintenance

    Appendix B – Olivetti 3D IoT printer care and maintenance Cleaning the printing table When printing completes and after removing the printed piece, you are advised to clean the printing table so as to eliminate any lacquer or plastic residues that may be present.

  • Page 66: Lubricating The Axes And The Spindle Nut

    4. Press the RIGHT arrow on the Z row to lower the table: Figure B-3 Z axis Move command  when the table has completed its movement, detach the four clamps by pressing lightly on their metal wings.  after removing the clamps, lift the glass table and remove it altogether from the printer. If the glass is partially glued to the underlying resistance, lift with greater force, but taking care not to damage the resistance ...

  • Page 67: Cleaning The Feeder

    Cleaning the feeder The feeder normally does not need to be serviced, however, from time to time, it may be opportune to clean the filament feeder assembly, removing the plastic residues that accumulate during printer operation. To remove plastic dust residues, use a small brush starting from the front slot of the feeder. A fast efficient method is to use a jet of compressed air either from an air compressor or compressed air can, such as normally used for cleaning keyboards and electronic equipment.

  • Page 68: Replacing And Cleaning The Printing Nozzle

    Replacing and cleaning the printing nozzle Whenever you change the printing material it is advisable to replace the printing nozzle also. To replace the nozzle the extruder must be hot - at its operating temperature - so that any residual material within the head softens and does not obstruct the replacement operation.

  • Page 69: Appendix C - Electrical Diagram

    Appendix C – Electrical Diagram Figure C-1 Electrical diagram 596806-02 User Manual...
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  • Page 71: Appendix D - Olivetti 3D Iot Printer-Compatible Materials

    Appendix D - Olivetti 3D IoT printer-compatible materials The Olivetti 3D IoT printer can be used for printing filaments composed of the materials below. Polylactic Acid is a Biopolymer of vegetable origin, completely recyclable, with great versatility and good mechanical and elastic properties.
  • Page 72 Rubber HS may come in contact with food, having been successfully tested according to Regulation 10/2011 / EU (on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food). More information on these materials can be found on the Olivetti 3D site (www.olivetti3d.com) User Manual...

  • Page 73: Appendix E - Sd Card Contents

    Charles Darwin, in .stl e .gcode formats  Printable file description_3D IoT.pdf, short document which describes the above mentioned printing files .gcode files are especially profiled to be printed with the Blue PLA supplied with the 3D IoT printer  FILES FOR PRINTING ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS ...
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  • Page 75: Appendix Feu Declaration Of Conformity

    Appendix F EU Declaration of Conformity Olivetti declares that the radio equipment 3D IoT Printer is in compliance with Directive 2014/53/EU. The full text of the EU declaration of conformity is available at the following address: https://www.olivetti.com/en/support/download-area Transmitter module (Wi-Fi) Operating frequency : 2412 - 2472 MHz...
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  • Page 77: Appendix Gproduct Disposal Information

    - When the equipment has reached its end of life, it must be taken to a specially equipped disposal station where it will be processed separately from urban waste; - Olivetti - a company registered in the Producers of Electrical and Electronic Equipment register - declares that it has activated the procedures for the collection, treatment, recycling and disposal of the equipment in conformity with the provisions of Directive 2012/19/UE.

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