Tips And Routine Maintenance; Maintenance Items - Creality K1C User Manual

6. Tips and Routine Maintenance

In the event that any of the above problems arise and cannot be resolved:
① Please visit https://www.crealitycloud.com/product, click "Products" and select the right model,
and then click "Related" to view the tutorials on after-sales service;
② Or contact our after-sales service center at +86 755 3396 5666, or send e-mail to cs@creality.com.

6.1 Maintenance Items

Clean the debris inside the machine to ensure that its operation is not affected.
Machine cleanup
Solution to extruder blockage: After preheating and removing the filaments,
raise the temperature of the extruder and poke into the extruder from top
to bottom using an extruder cleaner until the blocked filaments are poked out.
Replace the nozzle.
Hot end
Check if the wire output is normal, if not, please check if the extruder is blocked.
Check the nozzle for filament residue, if so, heat the nozzle and remove it with a tool.
Check the surface of the platform for residual filaments and glue, if so,
Printing platform
clean the surface of the platform.
Motion mechanism XYZ optic axis lubrication.
Axis movement.
Optimization of vibration veins.
Equipment self-test
Auto Leveling.
Replacement of filaments of the same kind: follow the normal Retreat - Feed process.
Filament replacement
Replacement of different filaments: Preheat the nozzle to reach the target temperature
of the current filament; then retreat it, replace with the target filament, and preheat the
nozzle to the higher filament extrude temperature of the two filaments; feed for 30s
until the filament has been completely extruded, and finally set the nozzle temperature
to the temperature of current filament nozzle.
Maintenance instructions
Before each print
After extruder blockage
Cumulative print time per 500 hours
After each change of filaments
Before each print
Before each print
Cumulative print time per 500 hours
Cumulative print time per 300 hours
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