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Manufacturing menu
This menu allows the user to start the manufacturing process (layering and sintering), and also to see the progress . It
consists of four parts .
Consult the section "Start a manufacturing process" on page 54 for details on basic rules of starting a job .
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Progress area
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Manufacturing progress in %, and total manu-
facturing time already completed,
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The number and the layering time of the cur-
rent layering, and the total layering time,
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The number and the sintering time of the cur-
rent sintering, and the total sintering time .
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Launching area
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Selection of the Start/End cycles:
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Start of cycle
: if selected, executes actions of the
Start cycle
sequence (i .e gas ON . . .), when starting a job .
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End of cycle
: if selected, executes actions of the
End cycle
sequence (i .e Blower OFF . . .), when staring a job .
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Selection of the Layering/Sintering process:
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Sintering
: if selected, enables the sintering process, when starting a job .
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Layering
: if selected, enables layering, when starting a job .
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Selection of the layers:
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Layer “_start_“ to “_end_“
: the numbers of the first and last layer must be indicated. Click on the corresponding
field to complete individually them (a numeric keypad will be displayed).
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Optional: the button
“+1”
increases the
_start_
layer by one and duplicate this value for the
_end_
layer (useful
when producing the first layers step-by-step). The button
“ …]”
increases the
_start_
layer by one, and automatically
fills the
_end_
layer with the
Maximum
layer
value .
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The button
“Aiming”
sets the laser in no-power mode : the laser will sinter (without power) with a red beam .
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The button allows to start the job (according to the selections
Start/End
cycles and
Layering/Sintering
process) .
When activated, the confirmation window appears :
Click on
Validate
to launch the building process, on
Delay
to use the delay start function, or
Quit
to cancel .
Delay start function
The delay start function offers the possibility to start the selected cycles at a specific time. If selected, the user can program
the next start within the setting window:
Click on
Validate
to confirm, or on
Quit
to cancel .
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Manufacturing project
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The current manufacturing file name,
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The layer number already calculated,
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The final layer of the project.