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- Page 1 Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual Version 0.4 - 06/2017 Sharebot srl Nibionno Italy All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission page 1...
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Page 2: Attention - Heated Printing Bed
Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual ATTENTION – EXTRUDER The fusion and extrusion system of the thermoplastic filament requires a heated end up to temperatures of 250 degrees and more. The contact, even for a very limited time, with the heated part causes burns. You must avoid to put your hands or other body parts in the printing area when printing and for minutes after the printing process is over. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual Indice generale ATTENTION – EXTRUDER....................................2 ATTENTION – HEATED PRINTING BED................................2 Support Policies ........................................5 Technical characteristics ..................................6 1 - Preliminar Operations ....................................7 Experience Sharebot XXL+..................................8 Opening the package ...................................10 Positioning the printer ..................................11 Assembling the spool-holder ................................12 2 –... - Page 4 Stop the printing process..................................25 Modify the parameters during printing............................25 Detach the printed part..................................26 6 – Generate our Gcode.....................................28 Slic3r..........................................28 Load the Sharebot profiles in Slic3r..........................28 Import the STL to print................................29 Fundamental parameters of Slic3r.............................30 The Slicing process...................................30 Simplify3D.........................................31 7 - Printing behaviour of thermoplastic materials ..........................32 Printing behaviour of PLA...................................33...
- Page 5 Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual Lubrication.........................................38 Belts tension......................................39 Checking of proper ventilation................................39 Firmware Update.....................................39 Warnings on the safety.......................................39 Sharebot srl Nibionno Italy All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission...
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Page 6: Support Policies
Upon receiving your printer, our technicians will assess whether the problem results from a failure, in this case the repair under warranty will be carried out for free, or by improper use of the printer or by an improper use of material not approved by Sharebot: in the latter case we will provide you a quotation to request your consent to repair. -
Page 7: Technical Characteristics
Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual Technical characteristics Printing technology : Fused Filament Fabrication Printing volume : 705 x 250 x 200 mm +/- 10mm Theorical positioning resolution axes X and Y : 0,06mm Risoluzione di posizionamento Z: 0,0025mm Extruder diameter: 0,4mm Positioning resolution axis Z : 1,75mm PLA best extruding temperatures: PLA: 200-230°... -
Page 8: Preliminar Operations
1 - Preliminar Operations Experience Sharebot XXL+ Your professional 3D printer Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ is a tool of precision, designed, developed and assembled in Italy by qualified staff. Before leaving the factory it was submitted to a quality control and to a quality test that guarantees its operation. - Page 9 Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual 7 SD card slot 8 LCD control knob 9 Glass printing bed 10 Lateral ventilation of electronic 11 USB connection (only for update) Sharebot srl Nibionno Italy All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission...
- Page 10 Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual 1 Presence filament sensor 2 Label with Identification Code (inside the printer, on the right part of the chassis) 3 Switch and power cable socket Sharebot srl Nibionno Italy All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission...
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Page 11: Opening The Package
Opening the package Your Sharebot XXL+ is equipped with a series of accessories that allow you to make it immediately operative; there is no software because it is open source and constantly updated. Software must be downloaded from the Sharebot website to always have the latest version . Alternatively, we recommend the purchase of Simplify3D from our website to take advantage of the potential of Sharebot XXL+. -
Page 12: Positioning The Printer
Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual Positioning the printer For proper operation, the printer must work in a clean and dust-free space, with an ambient temperature between 10° C and 30° c. It is also preferable a position away from drafts or air conditioning. -
Page 13: The Workflow Of 3D Printing
2 – The workflow of 3D printing Before you start printing with your Sharebot XXL+ it is important to understand how you arrive at a finished object. This allows you not only to know what you need to do to give form and substance to your ideas, but it helps you to identify any constraints and limitations of the technology used by this printer. In the table we summarized the... -
Page 14: Downloading From Internet
Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual Downloading from internet Internet offers many ready-made 3D models, but also in this case there are differences between the models that you “see fine” and those who “print well”. A good indicator of the ability to print the file extension: the most popular 3D printing is STL (websites that intend to offer printable objects use this format). If there is no STL it is likely that the intended use is different and the result on a 3D printer is not guaranteed. -
Page 15: The Printing File: G-Code
The file also contains the heated printing bed temperatures and those of the extruder, linking the file not only to the printer but also to the material to be used. As we shall see in the following pages, with the LCD Panel it is possible to modify some parameters while printing: Sharebot XXL+ offers you the possibility to modify a lot of parameters of the G-Code during the printing. -
Page 16: Lcd Screen
3 - LCD screen Sharebot XXL+ is a printer that supports both printing stand-alone both control from one computer (OS X, Windows or Linux). In both cases the LCD screen provides functions both for consultation both editing. Our suggestion is to print always in stand-alone mode, saving gcodes on the SD card. -
Page 17: The Control Knob
The Control knob To the right of the LCD there is a knob which rotates with small clicks and can be pressed as a button. With this knob you can interact with Sharebot XXL+: turning it clockwise you decrease the selected value, turning it anticlockwise it increases. During menu scrolling, rotation anticlockwise flows downward and vice versa. When the LCD is on the information screen, the rotation of the knob acts on FR percentage, increasing or decreasing the speed of all the movements and so the printing speed. -
Page 18: Prepare" Menu
Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual “Prepare” menu This menu is used to set up and manage the printer, such load and unload the filament, pre-heating the extruder and the printing bed, launching 'autohome or moving all the different axis. In practice, you have complete control of the printer and you can perform all management and maintenance operations. -
Page 19: Tune" Menu
Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual “Tune” menu The item is displayed only while the machine is printing; the commands we find in are: Info Screen Check filament: ON/OFF Change filament Fan speed Nozzle Flow Speed The first voice is about the sensor that monitors the presence of the filament. When the sensor no longer detects the filament, the printer goes automatically into change filament procedure (identical to that described afterwards);... -
Page 20: Setting The Printer
Setting the printer Your Sharebot XXL+ is a mechanical device built with care both in design and in the assembly from qualified staff in Italy. To keep it in a state of optimal functioning is necessary to compensate some normal processes of adjustment, for example, due to repeated thermal cycles of extruder motors and print heated bed. - Page 21 Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual Now that the filament is inserted, dock again the PTFE guide. In case you want to print with the check filament sensor disabled, you can load the filament bypassing the sensor itself, positioning the spool-holder in a upper position, in such manner that the filament reaches all the print area smoothly.
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Page 22: How To Calibrate The Printing Bed
Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual How to calibrate the printing bed This operation, although at first a bit hard-working, it will become an habit for you that you will want to do before every prestigious print, taking only a few tens of seconds. With experience you might even make regulations "on the fly" while printing the first layer, if there is evidence of some... -
Page 23: Plate Levelling (Calibration)
Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual irregularity in thickness. Acquiring the right sensitivity for the calibration of the printing plate, even just looking frontally, it will be an advantage for you and potential warranty for prints always optimal. Plate levelling (calibration) From the "prepare"... -
Page 24: Adjusting Pression Force On Filament
Adjusting pression force on filament Your Sharebot XXL+ is equipped with an amortized bearing opposed to the extruder cogwheel. This solution allows to compensate irregularities in thickness that some filaments may present, helping the dragging of it. The correct pression already regulated when you receive the printer. -
Page 25: Let's Print
You can now read the contenent of the SD card, files and folders. Chose the file you want to print by pressing the control knob on it, and the printing process starts. Your Sharebot XXL+ starts heating the extruder and the printing bed while executing an auto-home, then reched the setted extruder temperature, it will start p rinting t he first la yer. -
Page 26: Detach The Printed Part
Detach the printed part When printing is complete, your Sharebot XXL+ positions the platen down and park the extruder. In this position you can easily extract the printing glass after removing the clips to detach the printed object it from. - Page 27 Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual As advice, avoid using price as an element to make strength (pulling) or lever (folding) it could break. If now you still can't detach the part, you can put the glass plate under water (warm is better), thus enabling the dissolution of the hairspray and a facilitated detachment of the printed piece.
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Page 28: Generate Our Gcode
When the download is ended, decompress the folder and double click the "Slic3r" icon: the software starts without installation: we suggest to create a shortcut on your desktop. During the first run, the software should ask you to set the parameters of your printer: click "cancel" and load the “config bundle Sharebot” as shown in the next paragraph. -
Page 29: Import The Stl To Print
In the configuration file we have setted all the parameters to allow you a well experimented point of start that allows you print almost everything. If you want to create different profiles you can change individual parameters and save configurations with a new name. We suggest you do not overwrite the profiles developed by Sharebot and to check for new profiles releases on our social network –... -
Page 30: Fundamental Parameters Of Slic3R
(for those curves developed in Z) and, consequently, the printing time. The default value is 0.3 mm and is recommended for all prints with Sharebot XXL+ because of its large print area. Fill density: in the next menu, "infill", the item "fill density" concerns the internal material infill of Obviously with a low filling you will have a lighter piece and ... -
Page 31: Simplify3D
The second, but not less important, is the management of the support material: Simplify3D allows you to put it only where you really need it, or alternatively to remove it there where you don't want it (after having create it automatically by the software). Even for this software Sharebot provides profiles dedicated to XXL+ in the download section: www.sharebot.it Sharebot srl Nibionno Italy All rights reserved. -
Page 32: Printing Behaviour Of Thermoplastic Materials
Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual For further details, please consult the Simplify3D user's manual or our dedicated course: www.sharebot.it/index.php/events/event/corso-simplify3d 7 - Printing behaviour of thermoplastic materials One of the most critical factors in the current 3D printers is the surface treatment of the printing plate. When the filament is extruded, the first layer must be daub by the nozzle on the printing surface.;... -
Page 33: Printing Behaviour Of Pla
8 - Consideration about models orientations The possibilities offered by your Sharebot XXL+ are many, but like all the technological tools, this must be understood and used by applying various parameters over time increasingly sophisticated. If from one point of view, as 3D printer technology, promises to create any shape, from another one are frequent cases where a print could finish with a big disappointment. -
Page 34: The Orientation
Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual The orientation Let's begin with a consideration about the orientation of 3D files in relation to the printing surface: the object is built layer by layer and so each new layer is supported by the one previously built. - Page 35 Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual enterprising individual, has been modified with the addition of the only support you need to get a print flawless: the bottom of the chin begins with some ring in anything, so it was added a support calculated tenth of a millimeter.
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Page 36: Details In Prints
Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual The support material are vertical structures generated -in this case – under the surfaces tilted over 45°. Need to consider that in the model surfaces in contact with the support material e will have a coarser surface finish, for the real possibility that the two areas are fused together: this would need a post-processing of the printed part to remove the support material from it and some finishes (if necessary). -
Page 37: Clips Position
250 mm in all the area, except where the clips are. 10 - Ordinary maintenance Taking care of the printer Sharebot XXL+ does not require special maintenance operations, but like all machines, increases efficiency if kept clean. Sharebot srl Nibionno Italy All rights reserved. -
Page 38: Printing Plate
Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual Printing plate The first layer of the object that we print is crucial for the success of printing: for this reason the printing surface must be perfectly smooth, with a uniform layer of hairspray applied. After many prints, layers of hairspray overlap each other and together with the residues of the printed parts compromising the flatness of the surface of the printing glass by creating irregularities: paying attention you can wash the printing glass with warm water and remove any remaining impurities. -
Page 39: Belts Tension
Firmware Update Sharebot XXL+ uses a "Open source" firmware and then benefits from frequent updates. We advise you to periodically check our website for updates firmware, so keep your Sharebot XXL+ in good working condition and potentially improved over previous versions. Instructions on how to upgrade are provided with firmware. -
Page 40: Warnings On The Safety
Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual Warnings on the safety You find on the machine the followings safety labels Description of the safety signs SIGN DESCRIPTION CE Label Indicates the danger of electrocution at electrical casings of the machine . - Page 41 Sharebot Next Generation XXL+ user's manual Report the danger of mechanical moving parts. Report the danger of crushing at the point where the machine is located. Report the danger to the presence of hot surfaces at the point of the machine where it is placed.
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