Calibration; Automatic Calibration; Auto Z Stage Zero Calibration - Stratasys Fortus 360mc User Manual

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CALIBRATION

This chapter describes basic calibration procedure of the Fortus 360mc/400mc system.

AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION

After tips are changed the user menu will prompt you to perform a series of automatic calibrations: Auto Z Stage
Zero Calibration, Auto Tip-to-Tip Calibration, and XYZ Offset Calibration
Note: Perform an Autohome XYZ before initiating automatic calibration
(Operator Control > Calibrate > AutoHome XYZ).
Operator interaction is not required for Auto Z Stage Zero calibration or the Auto
Tip-to-Tip calibration.
XY and Z Tip Offset requires that the operator analyze a calibration part and
supply the system with correction values.
Note: If the Automatic Calibration fails, then the same set of calibrations must be
run manually - starting with
page 74.

AUTO Z STAGE ZERO CALIBRATION

Auto Z Stage Zero Calibration (
location on the build sheet.
No operator interaction is required.
Auto Z Stage Zero is performed as a part of the tip changing procedure and:
1. If user placement is set to
• Before each job build.
2. If user placement is set to
• At power-up.
If the user placement setting is changed to
•
• If the oven temperature was unstable within the preceding six hours of a job build.
• If the previous job was started when the oven temperature was unstable.
"Auto Z Stage Zero Calibration - Manual Start" on
in the display menu) sets the model liquefier tip to the Z zero
Auto Z Zero
(see "Part Build Location" on page
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YES