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Summary of Contents for Flow Focus
- Page 1 Focus Quick Start Guide V201016...
- Page 2 • Printhead Filament Paste • Powercable • Glassplate • tape Image 1 - Focus 3D Printer 1. 3D printer 2. Lid 3. Frame 4. Z-axis 5. Display/Touchscreen 6. Glassplate 7. Magnetic connection for printhead 8. Closures 9. Home button 10. Suitcase hinges 11.
- Page 3 Prepare • Open the lid [2] and remove it from the case hinges [10][picture 1]. • Lift the grey frame [3] to the angle of 90° until you hear the clicking of the frame hinges[12] [picture 2]. WARNING! Don’t put your fingers between the frame and the hinge.
- Page 4 Printing Set up • To print an object on the Focus 3D printer, first generate a g-code using a slicing software. For more instructions how to use slicing software, go to page page 8 in FAQ section • Upload your file on the Focus 3D printer via WiFi in the following steps: 1.
- Page 5 Plastic filament printing 2.2.1 Load the filament • The printhead should be a few centimetres away from the glassplate. If it’s not, adjust the height by twisting the white knob [13] on top of the Z axis. • Preheat the printhead and printbed: Prepare >>...
- Page 6 2.2.2 Print • Before you start printing, spray the glassplate with 3DLAC, so that the print doesn’t get loose from the printing surface. For more instructions on how to remove the glassplate for spraying, see FAQ, page 10. WARNING! Don’t spray 3DLAC elsewere except the glassplate.
- Page 7 Paste printing 2.3.1 Fill the syringe. • Fill the syringe with the paste material (for more instructions, see FAQ, page 11). Close the syringe with the red cap and fix the nozzle on the bottom of the syringe. Make sure the nozzle diameter is set in the slicing software (default: 1.6mm olive-green nozzle).
- Page 8 • Place the syringe in the paste extruder (Img. 10, Img. 11) • Push the white button [18] again and push the rack [19] down into the syringe. • Release the button on the right side. Make sure the button goes back to its initial position. If not, slightly push and pull the rack or twist the right button until you hear the click of the button.
- Page 9 2.3.3 Print • Before starting to print, adjust the height of nozzle to the surface you want to print on, by twisting the white knob [13] on the top of the printer to about 1mm from the printing surface (Img 13 - Img 15). •...
- Page 10 Set Slic3r to expert mode by clicking File >> Preferences >> Expert mode • Load the configuration file with proper printing parameters for the Focus 3D printer (File >> Load config… >> select the configuration file which can be downloaded from www.3dbyflow.com/support) Image S3.1 - Slic3r Load Config...
- Page 11 FAQ - Hardware 1. How do I remove the glassplate for cleaning or spraying? The glassplate is fixed to the printer by 3 flexible bedholders – two in corners and one at the rear side of the plate. In order to remove the glassplate, you have to push the rear bedholder horizontally until the plate is lifted (Img.
- Page 12 2. How should I fill the syringe with paste materials? There are three ways you can fill the syringe with paste material. Overall, great attention should be paid to prevent any air bubbles to be introduced while filling the syringe. Add small portions of paste by using a teaspoon (Img.
- Page 13 Image H2.5 - Press red cap on syringe Image H2.6 - Red cap on syringe Image H2.7 - Nozzle on syringe Transfer the paste into a pastry bag, making sure there is no air (Img. H2.8). Then compress the bag into the shape that let it fit into the syringe. Place the bag into the bottom of the syringe and start pressing out the paste and simultaneously pull the bag out of the syringe (H2.9 - H2.10).
- Page 14 For silicone rubber, which can be bought in tubes it’s possible to transfer the material directly to the syringe. Cut the tip of the dispenser to the diameter that fits the groove around the nozzle of the syringe (Img. H2.11 - Img. H2.12). Then press the red cap to the bottom of the syringe. Press out the silicone from the tube (use a silicone gun) directly to the nozzle by keeping the tube and syringe together (Img.
- Page 15 3. It happened to me that the paste printhead went down to the printer and thereby destroyed the nozzle. How can I avoid it? After you switch on the printer you have to adjust the height to the printing surface manually, as mentioned in the Quick Start Guide, page 7.
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