3D Systems sPro, User Manual

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SLS p r o c e s s 3 A B O U T T H I S G U I D E
u s e r ’ s g u i d e w h a t ’ s i n s i d e ?
Wh at ’s I n s i d e ?
This SLS Process User’s Guide includes the
sections summarized below. General safety
guidelines are presented first. The rest of the
Guide is organized in two parts. The first part
covers SLS process procedures and the second
covers SLS equipment.
At the end of this guide, you will also find a
Glossary of SLS process terms and an Index . Click
on any red TLA (three-letter acronym) or
SLS process term in this section to display a
definition.
Safety Guidelines and Instructions
The Safety section tells you what you need to
know to avoid injury or equipment damage. Read
this section
before you switch on power to any
SLS equipment or handle DuraForm material.
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To verify that your facility was properly
prepared for SLS system installation, see the
s
Pro SLS Process Facility Guide and SLS Process
Facility Layout . For detailed material safety
information, see the DuraForm Material Safety
Data Sheets (MSDS’s). Printed copies of these
documents were included in your SLS powder
material shipment. You can also download
MSDS’s for SLS materials
from3D
Systems’ website. (See Other Useful
Documents on page 7.)
SLS Process Procedures
The instructions in these four sections step you
through the SLS process in a general way. When
necessary, they refer you to detailed machine
operating and maintenance instructions in the
equipment section of this guide.
SLS Process - overview of the SLS process from
powder to parts.
Build Preparation - how to prepare 3-D parts for
building using the SLS system’s Build Setup
software; how to clean, power-up, and start-up
SLS equipment, and perform pre-build checks.
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A “ build ” is a 3-D printout of a build packet
containing STL file s of one or more 3-D part s.
You create build packets in the Build Setup
application. See your Build Setup online Help
for detailed build packet setup instructions.
Build Parts – how to run build s on the SLS
system, and how to monitor, control, and modify
a build in progress.
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You use the Sinter application to run a build.
See your Sinter application online Help for
detailed build instructions.