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  • Page 1 CUBICON Single Plus User manual...
  • Page 2 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual INFORMATION TO THE USER This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual This is the user manual (170118,En) of CIBICON Single Plus (3DP-310F). The user manual is subject to change without notice in purpose of the product function improvement. HyVISION System is not responsible for the user manual contained error or the user manual supply or use related loss.
  • Page 4 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 10. User Interface ..........................32 11. Printer maintenance and repair ......................44 11-1. Extruder detaching ............................. 44 11-2. Extruder maintenance ..........................46 11-3. Auto leveling interface part maintenance ....................50 11-4. Heating bed maintenance ......................... 51 11-5.

  • Page 5: Product Introduction

    1. Product introduction Thank you for purchasing CUBICON Single Plus. CUBICON Single Plus is one of the 3D printers of FFF type and easy to use and made in consideration of clients’ convenience comparing to other general FFF type. CUBICON Single Plus features include below.

  • Page 6: Safety Caution

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 2. Safety caution Please read and follow the guide of ‘Safety Cautions’ in prior to printer use. Aim of the guide is to prevent printer user or third party injury and printer damage Serious injury or printer damage may occur, unless you follow this safety guide.

  • Page 7: Directions For Use

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 3. Directions for use Please read and follow the guide of ‘Product use precautions’ in prior to printer use. User shall use the manufacturer’s original filament. * Printer malfunction caused by imitation filament use excluded from complimentary A/S.
  • Page 8 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual General cleaning is conducted by cleaning surface contaminants with scraper, dry cotton cloth. * Damaged lamination of heating bed, caused by regular use, is excluded from complimentary A/S. Heating bed cleaning Cleaning shall be conducted with only high-purity acetone in the case of serious contamination.

  • Page 9: Product Component And Parts Name

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 4. Product component and parts name 4-1. Product components name Cubicon single plus Quick Guide Filament Filter Power cable USB cable Tool box Antistatic brush Scraper Bed cleaning brush Tweezers Control pin Wrench 2 type (2Ø, 2.5Ø)

  • Page 10: Product Parts Name

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 4-2. Product parts name (1) Cubicon single plus body used filament replacement, detachable extruder separation [1] Top door maintenance/repair. [2] Front door Is used to pull out the model part [3] Level Is used for horizontality inspection in the printer installation process...
  • Page 11 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual (2) Cubicon single plus extruder [1] Extruder part Spills filament and melts it and sends to nozzle [2] Heating bed Is printing platform of output in the printing process. [E1] Filament insert hole Is the hole which puts filament into extruder. A Teflon tube is placed inside it.

  • Page 12: Installation And Printing Preparation

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 5. Installation and printing preparation 5-1. Unpacking ① Take out the product from plastic packing. ② Move the product to installation spot. * Considering volume and weight of the printer, at least two persons shall handle the printer.

  • Page 13: Filter Installation

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual * Driving cable of the extruder or a teflon tube is placed near extruder fixture packing material. Make sure to prevent from pull, breaking, stabbing, press etc. as the extruder connective cable and the Teflon tube are supply channel for the extruder operation and the filament.

  • Page 14: Filament Installation

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 5-3. Filament installation ② Slowly release the filament from filament spool and ① You can open by pushing back a spool door handle of push the filament into filament insert hole * be careful of the the printer body.

  • Page 15: Printer Power On

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual * Make sure that the filament does not come loose in the process of taking out remaining filament spool. And fix the remaining filament to the spool. Make sure that remaining filament does not come loose in storage process.

  • Page 16: Printer Use

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual * In the case of power or USB cable separation, make sure to separate it by pulling connector and do not hold the cable. 6. Printer use 6-1. LCD control panel Press Reset (Emergency) button so that the printer stops its operation immediately and proceed Urgent stop rebooting (soft booting) in the case of problem occurrence in the printer operation.

  • Page 17: Lcd Main Screen

    ‘Utilities’ menu is used for G-code copy/delete and the extruder movement, self-diagnosis, auto [4] Utilities level etc. [5] Setting ‘Setting’ menu is used for amendment and firmware update matching to CUBICON Single Plus [6] Information ‘Information’ menu indicates the printer information and time, inside memory capacity.

  • Page 18: Filament Replacement (Loading/Unloading)

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 7. Filament replacement (Loading/unloading) Filament-printing material shall be inserted into the extruder for filament melting with a nozzle and for pushing it. The extruder inserted filament shall be removed to replace another filament. Loading means process of inserting filament into the extruder by melting with nozzle and pushing it, in an empty extruder condition to print a material out.
  • Page 19 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual Be cautious of safety as the extruder moves toward parking location. Cut the end part of filament carefully with a knife or scissors. Filament detection sensor Gear Push in the filament until gear entrance passing through the filament detection sensor.
  • Page 20 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual Make sure to check if the filament is extruding through a nozzle. * Make sure to keep a nozzle part away from your body as nozzle gets hot once nozzle temperature of the extruder gets high and melted filemant is also hot.

  • Page 21: Filament Unloading

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 7-2. Unloading Select ‘Filament’ from the main menu. Press ‘Unloading’ button, once you select ‘Filament’ to unload. Press ‘Start’ button, once temperature reach target temperature. Press handle and take out the filament, once you see an icon on LCD screen, which indicates the filament takeout pressing handle.

  • Page 22: Filament Replacement Using 'Pause

    7-3. Filament replacement using ‘Pause’. The filament replacement can be conducted easily to use by ‘Pause’ function of Cubicon Single Plus. User can replace the filament in advance, if the remaining filament is not enough. User can also change color by replacing different colored filament.

  • Page 23: Test Model Printing

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual * Sensor may not operate properly due to TPU ductility ,in the time of TPU printing. Make sure to go to Setting > Function > Filament check OFF in prior to using ductile filament. * Filament pieces, which come out by automatic unloading in the time of the filament passes through the detection sensor, might be different depending on the printer model.

  • Page 24: Network

    Network In order to print with Cubicon single Plus, make sure to save sliced file to USB memory and insert the printer USB to slot and print the saved file or printing can conducted by connecting PC and USB cable or WIFI. This section explains about USB cable connection and WIFI connection.

  • Page 25: 9-1.Usb Cable Connection Between Pc And Printer

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 9-1. USB cable connection between PC and printer PC and the printer are connected with USB cable. (Make sure to install a cubicreator related driver in the cubicreator installation process.) Indicated icon activation means completion of printing preparation. Refer to the cubicreator manual for detailed printing method.
  • Page 26 Select one between Static IP and DHCP, press search, and search for available WIFI. Once you find available WIFI, select it. DHCP connection Press ‘OK’ and start connection, once you finish inputting password. ‘Connected’ indication will activate, once connection is completed and Network Setting of Cubicon single plus is completed.
  • Page 27 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual Static IP connection Input password and select ‘Next-set’. Input WIFI IP.
  • Page 28 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual Input Subnet Input Gateway, press ‘OK’ and start connection ‘Connected’ indication will activate, once connection is completed and Network Setting of Cubicon single plus is completed.

  • Page 29: Cubicreator3 Wifi Connection

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual Connected IP check User can check current printer IP on 2/2 screen by pressing ‘System information’ on the main menu after WIFI connection. 9-3. Cubicreator3 WIFI connection Activate Cubicreator 3 and select ‘Environment setting’.
  • Page 30 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual Select ‘Use WiFi Connection’ option. Press connection icon. Connect with related printer IP. Refer to Cubicreator3 manual for details. IP can be checked on 2/2 of ‘System Information’.
  • Page 31 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual Once proper connection is finished, Print icon will activate in the same way with USB cable connection.

  • Page 32: User Interface

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 10. User Interface Menu tree Print Heating Filament •Print standby status Cool Down Start Start(Deactivated) Stop - Start Unloading - Up-Folder Loading File - Information USER - USB / I - Memory Heating Filament • Printing under process...
  • Page 33 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual * Menu composition of pre-print and printing under process are different. *. Menu composition is subject to change in accordance with a firmware and cubicreator version.  Main > Print > Ready for Print [1] Back...
  • Page 34 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual Main > Print > file Selection [1] Start Prints selected file [2] File-Info Shows information of selected file (over Cubicreator3.0 version) [3] Heating Enters to Heating menu [4] Filament Enters to Filament menu  Main > Printing...
  • Page 35 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual [1] Continue Connects and prints paused files from paused point. [2] Stop Stops printing (Pup-up is activated after FW1.1) [3] Heating Controls current temperature [4] Filament Enters the filament loading / unloading  Main > Heating...
  • Page 36 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual  Main> Filament [1] Filament type Selects filament.( ABS, PLA, TPU, user description) [2] Start Starts selected operation [2] Stop Stops current operation [3] Unloading Pulls out filament [4] Loading Puts in Filament  Main > Utilities...
  • Page 37 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual  Main > Utilities > File Manager [1] Copy Copies selected file after moving with △▽ [2] Delete Deletes selected file [3] Up-Folder Gets out from inside folder to top folder [4] USB/inside memory Enters to USB / inside memory ...
  • Page 38 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual  Main > Utilities > Diagnostic [1] Start Self-diagnoses main parts (enters to above screen, once ‘Warning’ icon is pressed)  Main > Utilities > LED & Sound [1] Nomal Color Selects inside light color in the time of not printing...
  • Page 39 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual  Main > Utilities > Auto Level Test [1] Start Selects filament suitable material and starts test  Main > Utilities > System Log [1] Copy Copies system log...
  • Page 40 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual  Main > Setting [1] Preheat Adjusts setting value of filament temperature [2] Function Configures filament detection sensor and filter ON/OFF [3] Time Configures current time [4] Network Transmits Gcode using inside WIFI [5] Firmware...
  • Page 41 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual  Main > Setting > Function [1] Filament Check Turns ON/OFF the filament detection sensor [2] File Sorting Sorts file order by name/date [3] Filter Fan Turns ON/OFF filter fan [4] Rear Fan Adjusts rear fan power with + - button. Flexible adjustment is required based on outside...
  • Page 42 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual  Main > Setting > Network [1] Search Searches Wi-Fi signal [2] Connect Connects to selected Wi-Fi [3] Static IP Selects fixed IP [4] DHCP Selects flexible IP  Main > Setting > Firmware [1] Download...
  • Page 43 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual  Main > Setting > Language Basic language is English. Other languages can be selected  Information Indicates the printer information and total printing time, inside memory capacity and network information...

  • Page 44: Printer Maintenance And Repair

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 11. Printer maintenance and repair 11-1. Extruder detaching * Printer malfunction may occur, in the case of separating or installing removable etruder while power is ON. Make sure to proceed the detachable extruder separation/installation when the printer power is OFF and nozzle temperature is equal to indoor temperature.
  • Page 45 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual (2) Attaching Attaching is basically in reverse order of detaching. Make sure to attach the extruder after inserting it to fixture part and tighten knob in clockwise direction, once you can hear clicker after hole, which is put on shaped fan of rear extruder, is engaged. Do not put the knob with force as accurate combination is required.

  • Page 46: Extruder Maintenance

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 11-2. Extruder maintenance Nozzle of the extruder is located at the bottom of the extruder and it is the part, which makes model as filament melts and comes out. Nozzle is the consumable part of the printer and can be worn out or filament carbonization leftover, impurities of filament might be piled up inside due to continuous nozzle use.
  • Page 47 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual Turn and separate the bolt from cover front in counterclockwise direction with wrench of 2Ø diameter. Be mindful of a gear fan, which is installed to the cover and separate the cover. Then remove all filament leftover and filament powder from the gear with the antistatic brush.
  • Page 48 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual The extruder gear can be rotated with D-gear of motion by turning the power ON in the extruder pullout condition. Make sure to rotate the gear pressing handle. In the case of cleaning with air compressor, quality decrease and equipment malfunction may occur due to powder insert to shaft.
  • Page 49 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual Make sure to remove the filament with tweezers, which is inserted to filament entrance of detachable extruder (3) Inside nozzle cleaning Cleaning inside nozzle is basically possible with filament loading. Clean the inside with nozzle control pin in the case of loading is impossible due to change of inside filament property caused by materials mix.

  • Page 50: Auto Leveling Interface Part Maintenance

    11-3. Auto leveling interface part maintenance The extruder nozzle end part of Cubicon single plus touches interface part of heating bed and decides electric current applying necessity. Also, it recognizes the interval between heating bed and nozzle and adjusts bed height automatically.

  • Page 51: Heating Bed Maintenance

    * The heating bed lamination usage period depends on user’s printing habit. * The heating bed of Cubicon single plus can process printing without using kapton tapes in appropriate temperature in the case of printing our company’s ABS/PLA. However users can purchase and use kapton tape depending on their printing habit or printing model.

  • Page 52: Filter Replacement

    Purafil accelerator, HEPA filter, clear filter, which consist of triple structure of deodorizing filter is used for filtering out contaminants, which occurs from a printer of FFF type in Cubicon single plus. Contaminants of the clean filter may cause not only poor filter performance but also filter fan operation interference and lead to the product malfunction.

  • Page 53: Firmware Update

    * Assembly is the vice versa of separation. 11-7. Firmware update User can download the firmware from Cubicon homepage and install new version of the firmware. Firmware installation by cubicreator Setting –Install new version of the firmware after selecting updated firmware and a file to install. (Refer to...
  • Page 54 Copy UI file and new version of firmware into ‘Firmware’ folder. Select firmware icon of ‘Setting’ after inserting USB memory to Cubicon single plus. Firmware update starts, once ‘Download’ button is selected. Make sure to initialize after firmware update completion-rebooting.

  • Page 55: Firmware Recover

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 11-8. Firmware recovery Cubicon Single Plus has the function to recover previous firmware to prevent any possible problem in firmware update process. (1) Operation method Keep pressing ‘Reset’ button after the printer power is OFF. Keep pressing ‘Reset’ button for 20 seconds after the printer power is ON to recover previous firmware recovery.

  • Page 56: Trouble Shooting

     Printing might be interrupted in the case of including characters such as “.“ in file name. (System recognizes “.“ from back as filename extension)  Only *.hfb and .hvs files are visible on LCD screen of Cubicon Single Plus. Make sure to check if a file is copied properly into USB memory.
  • Page 57  Check if supplied filament is not too thick or not too thin either. The filament in 1.6~1.9mm diameter shall be used for accurate filament supply in Cubicon Single Plus. Using too thin or thick filament may be inserted to equipment and it may lead to equipment malfunction.
  • Page 58  Wait until heating bed cools off sufficiently. Forceful pull out may harm the heating bed. The model is attached onto the floor in the heating bed printing process of Cubicon Single Plus. The model can be detached easily, once the heating bed cools off after printing completion. Proper temperature for the model detaching is different based on the filament and model model and environment.
  • Page 59 CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 11) Printing cannot be processed due to auto leveling failure.  Check if environmental vibration affects equipment in auto level process. Auto level may fail in the case of vibration transmission to equipment.  The printer proceeds auto level of bed in prior to print. The printer stops printing in the case of auto leveling failure (automatically proceeding for several times) due to some reason.

  • Page 60: Product Specification

    CUBICON Single Plus User Manual 13. Product specification Standard Product size 554x579x524 mm Product weight ~25kg (~55lbs) Packing box 640x630x610 mm (25.1x24.8x24.0 in) Packing weight (including the product body ~32kg (70.1lbs) and secondary accessories) Temperature Operation temperature 15 - 35 °C Storage temperature 0 - 35 °C...

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