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MBot Cube Duo
3D Printer
User Manual
Revision 1.1
16 May 2017
Sailfish firmware version 7.5
MPrint® software version 1.3.0.6

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  • Page 1 MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Revision 1.1 16 May 2017 Sailfish firmware version 7.5 MPrint® software version 1.3.0.6...
  • Page 2 This manual describes the operation of an assembled MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer. For assembly instructions consult the 3D Printer Assembly Instructions manual that is available for download from http://www.mbot3d.com/product-3d-...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Contents Introduction ........................5 2. Printer Specifications ....................6 3. Software Installation ...................... 7 4. Navigating the Printer Front Panel ................10 5. Filament Loading and Unloading ................12 5.1. Filament Selection ....................12 5.2.
  • Page 4 MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Figures Figure 1 : Important Components of the MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer ......5 Figure 2 : Welcome to the MPrint Setup Wizard screen ..........7 Figure 3 : Select Destination Location screen ..............7 Figure 4 : Select Start Menu Folder screen ..............

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Figure 1 : Important Components of the MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer The MBot Cube Duo is a dual head printer. Two materials can be used at the same time in one print.

  • Page 6: Printer Specifications

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Printer Specifications 2. Printer Specifications Table 1 : Printer Specifications Operational Parameters Build Resolution 0.1 mm (0.004”) Layer Resolution 0.1 - 0.3 mm (0.004 – 0.012”) Build Speed 50 – 120 mm/s (1.96 – 4.72”/s) Extruder Temperature 190 –...

  • Page 7: Software Installation

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Software Installation Software Installation Download the MPrint® software installer from the MBot3D website at http://www.mbot3d.com/software. The installation steps below are for a 64-bit Windows operating system. The default install folder will be C:\Program Files\MPrint on a 32-bit operating system.

  • Page 8: Figure 4 : Select Start Menu Folder Screen

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Software Installation 4. Click Next to display the Select Start Menu Folder screen. Figure 4 : Select Start Menu Folder screen 5. Click Browse to select a different Start menu folder if desired.

  • Page 9: Figure 6 : Ready To Install Screen

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Software Installation Figure 6 : Ready to Install screen 10. Confirm that the displayed settings are correct. 11. Click Next. 12. If the Install USB drivers option is selected, a separate installer will be launched during the installation.

  • Page 10: Navigating The Printer Front Panel

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Navigating the Printer Front Panel 4. Navigating the Printer Front Panel A liquid-crystal display (LCD) screen and five buttons appear on the front panel of the printer. The printer displays the main menu shown in Figure 8 when it is ready to print.
  • Page 11 MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Navigating the Printer Front Panel Some screens assign special meanings to the buttons. Figure 9 shows an example of such a screen - Jog mode. The text on the screen is organised to represents the functions of the buttons in corresponding positions.

  • Page 12: Filament Loading And Unloading

    Filament Loading and Unloading 5.1. Filament Selection The MBot Cube Duo uses filament with a thickness of 1.75 mm. Filament spools are available from various suppliers. While filament thickness is standardised, spool sizes vary. The dimensions that are typically specified for filament spools are shown in Figure 10.

  • Page 13: Table 3 : Material Properties

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Filament Loading and Unloading The dimensions of the spool holders supplied with the printer determine which spools are compatible. The inner diameter of the filament spool should be larger than 30 mm (1.2”). The depth of the spool should ideally be less than 75 mm (3”), with a maximum depth of 100 mm (4”).

  • Page 14: Setting Temperature

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Filament Loading and Unloading 5.2. Setting Temperature You can set the temperature for each of the print heads (left and right) individually. This enables you to use two different types of filament with different printing temperatures.

  • Page 15: Loading Filament

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Filament Loading and Unloading 4. Select the Override GcTemp menu item and press the middle button. 5. Press the up or down buttons to select the new value. 6. Press middle button to accept the selection.

  • Page 16: Figure 14 : Feeding Filament During Loading

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Filament Loading and Unloading Figure 14 : Feeding Filament During Loading 9. When the filament is pulled by the motor, and filament is extruded, press the middle button to stop loading. If a different filament was used before, some of the old colour may be extruded first.

  • Page 17: Unloading Filament

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Filament Loading and Unloading 5.4. Unloading Filament It is recommended that filament should be unloaded before switching off the printer. If filament was not unloaded, first perform the load action for a few seconds. This will make the filament unloading process much easier.

  • Page 18: Preparing A Model For Printing

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Preparing a Model for Printing 6. Preparing a Model for Printing To 3D print something, you need a digital model of the object. The MPrint® software requires models to be in the STereoLithography (STL) file format. This is a very common file format that is supported by many Computer-Aided Design (CAD) applications.

  • Page 19: Slicing A Sample Model

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Preparing a Model for Printing 6.2. Slicing a Sample Model To slice the cube model sample: 1. From the File menu, choose Examples. 2. From the Examples menu, choose 20x20x20mm_cube.stl. The cube is shown as in Figure 16.

  • Page 20: Figure 19 : Model With Overhanging Areas

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Preparing a Model for Printing The raft is printed first before the model itself. This is done to ensure that the print sticks to the print bed. Printing the raft with a different material (using the second print head) can make the raft easier to remove.

  • Page 21: Slicing Other Models

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Preparing a Model for Printing 6.3. Slicing Other Models To slice a model from an STL file: 1. Click the Add button on the toolbar. 2. Browse to the location of the STL file and select it.

  • Page 22: Printing

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Printing 7. Printing Before continuing with this section, ensure that a sliced model is loaded on the SD card (see section 6). Load the filament for the print (see section 5.3). To print from the SD card: 1.

  • Page 23: Glossary

    MBot Cube Duo 3D Printer User Manual Glossary 8. Glossary Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) – A synthetic plastic used in 3D printing. Cartesian printer – A 3D printer that moves its print head along the x-, y- and z- axis.

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