H800 3D Printer Congratulations, you and your Afinia H800 will make great things together “The Afinia H800 is an exemplary printer that sets new standards in safety and HD print quality”
USER'S MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS 1SAY HELLO TO THE Afinia H800 ................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Afinia H800 at a glance ........................................................................................................ 4 1.2 Print Head and mounting..................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Touch Panel ..................................................................
1.1 Afinia H800 at a glance The Afinia H800 with HEPA filter is packed with advanced technologies in a remarkably stylish and robust design.
1.2 Print Head and mounting 1.3 Touch Panel You can do a lot with your Afinia H800 by using the Touch Panel, so it follows your every command. You also use the Afinia software to control the Afinia H800.
1.4 Status Display On the front of the platform sit a row of blue LEDs above the words Afinia indicating either: a.) The progress on reaching the platform target temperaturewhen pre-heating the platform b.) The overall print progress during printing. Located on the front of the platform is the heart beat of the Afinia H800, which indicates the state of the printer.
1.5 What's included The Afinia H800 comes in an even bigger box filled with everything you need to kick start your desktop factory into action.
2 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS STL STereoLithography is the common file format used for sharing and printing 3d files Additive Fabrication The technical term used for the more user-friendly term of 3D printing. ABS Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene. This is a lightweight thermoplastic with resistance to high heat and is the most common plastic used in 3d printing. A strong and generally easy material to print with, but printing large parts can warp.
3 QUICK START This step by step guide might seem long and drawn out, but we highly suggest you follow it to get started. The touch panel can be used to carry out many of the below functions, but if you are unfamiliar with the printer we highly recommend following the below guide to have a better understanding of the process. STEP 1 - UNPACK You'll need a friend in this step to help you remove the Afinia H800 from its box.
STEP 4 - LOAD FILAMENT Remove the magnetic spool cover, then remove the spool of Afinia Premium ABS from its packaging. TIP: Always keep tension on the filament. Never let go of the end of the filament, or it will coil under itself and possibly tangle itself. Feed the end of the filament from the back of the spool into the feeder tube until the end of the filament appears out the other end. Cut the end of the filament off, so it has a nice clean flat end.
STEP 6 - POWER Afinia At the back of the printer: a) Plug in the supplied USB cable to both the printer and your computer. b) Plug in the supplied power supply c) Switch on! The front display will pulse with an orange light to indicate the printer is ready to beinitialized. STEP 7 - AFINIA SOFTWARE CUATION: Double check you have removed all the shipping cable ties and packaging material from the inside of the printer before you initialize the printer! Start the Afinia 3D software and click 3D Print.
STEP 9 - EXTRUSION! Click 3D Print and Maintenance then Click New Spool, select ABS, OK Click Extrude(beep) You'll start to notice the Nozzle temperature starts rising. Once it gets to 260c (beep) push the filament into the print head and you should start to see a thin string come out of the nozzle. Repeat from extrude if it doesn't. STEP 10 - MY FIRST PRINT Download the "My first print" Bunny from here http://www.3dprintingsystems.com/support Open the Bunny.STL file Click "Scale", select 0.
4 AFINIA3D SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 4.1 Windows Start the setup.exe file and install it to the specified directory (Default is “Program files/Afinia” or for 64bit computers "Program files x86/Afinia”). Refer to the trouble shooting section for further help. Note: This install includes the Afinia software, the Afinia drivers, spare part files and firmware into your Program files/Afinia folder. 4.2 MAC Run the Afinia Mac Setup.pkg file to install the software.
6 AUTO CALIBRATION When a building is constructed, you must always have a level foundation. The same goes for 3d printing. Without a level platform to print onto or if the distance between the nozzle and platform are incorrect, problems will occur during printing, such as warping. Auto calibration does not need to be done every time you print, only when you start to have problems. 6.
7 PLATFORM LEVELING There are three different way to level the build platform 7.1 Automatic Leveling This is the easiest method and if using this then you may not need to use the other two methods below. This stores the nine point calibration in the Platform Calibrate window. The platform doesn't physically level, the variance is measured by the platform calibration and when printing the raft this variance is accounted for. You might notice your raft is thicker on one side to the other. 7.
Click the FLand FR buttons to check the back and under the underneath thumbwheel to align the back height. Once you’ve leveled the platform, run the Automatic Leveling. in the Platform Calibration. After it’s complete, check the variances Always check the nozzle height after manually leveling the platform. Click 3D Print then Maintenance. Enter 200 in the To: box and click theTo:button.Increase the value slowly to get the platform about 1mm away from the nozzle.
8 LOADING & UNLOADINGFILAMENT You can either use the touch panel buttons to extrude or withdraw the filament from the print head. TIPS: Always keep tension on your spool, otherwise your filament will become tangled. Always withdraw your previous filament before loading new filament. Click New Spool if changing between ABS or PLA 8.1 Loading / extrude filament Cut the end of the new filament off so the filament has a clean edge to enter the print head.
9 GENERAL MAINTENANCE 9.1 Caring for the Perfboard TIPS: Never attempt to remove a printed model while the perfboard is loaded inside the printer. The perfboard is a hard wearing platform and can be used time and time again. You don't need to remove the plastic from the inside holes, as when heated these become sticky and help the model stuck down to the platform to reduce warping. Once a print has completed, using the gloves remove the perfboard and let it cool down.
11 .SAFETY CONSIDEERATION NS Warn ning Hot Surrfaces! Neveer touch the print head, nozzle n or priint bed durin ng operation, these will w be too hot h to handlee and could result r in burnns or personaal injury. Alw ways use thee includded safety glooves when haandling the head, h nozzle,, platform or printed parts. Warn ning!Turn offf the printer before b a) placcing your hannds inside thhe printer b) befo fore removing g parts, cablees or covers.
11.1 3.1 . Legal Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice. AFINIA MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Afinia shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this Material.
FCC ID: O26-H800A This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
