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Instruction manual        

Felix 2.0, 3d printer-kit 

 

Version2 – 12-April-2013

 

 

 
 
 
 
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FelixRobotics 

Wapendragervlinder 17 
3544DL Utrecht 
Netherlands 
 

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Summary of Contents for 2.0

Page 1: ...yright Information This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the pr...

Page 2: ...ours 29 12 Module 6 Y axis time 10 30min 31 13 Module 7 Electronics time 2 4hrs 36 13 1 Mount the powersupply 38 13 2 Guide wires 40 13 3 Connect all wires to the electronics board 42 14 Finishing tou...

Page 3: ...info felixprinters com www felixprinters com Page 3 of 70 18 1 Thermodynamics 59 18 2 Mechanics 59 18 3 Software 59 19 FAQ 60 20 Terms Of Service 61 21 BOM Felix 2 0 64...

Page 4: ...ximately 4 12 hours to assemble and to make your first print Please read the manual carefully and follow it step by step Please don t make any shortcuts unless you know what you re doing It s better t...

Page 5: ...mm Mechanical Nozzle Diameter 0 35mm Chassis Aluminum profiles Build platform Aluminum plate Software XY Bearings Linear ball bearings Software Bundle RepetierHost Skeinforge SFACT Z bearing Linear ba...

Page 6: ...rinter Wrenches 7 and 13mm Tweezers included in kit Nippers Caliper Allen Key set IMPORTANT they need to be preferably long and have a round head at theend Pliers Drill with a variable speed When plas...

Page 7: ...Basic soldering skills Skills to assemble a mechanical construction Technical insight Common sense If you lack any of theseskills or are unsure please get help from someone who can guide you or do th...

Page 8: ...4 80x40protective caps 1 frame connector set 6 handle inclprotective cap 1 hexsockethead boltM6x1 or M8 depends on theused handle type 2 t slot nut 8STM6 or M8 depends on theusedhandle type 2 t slot...

Page 9: ...e beam4 onto beam 1 Slide beam 4 in position On the side of beam 1 where the hex key is positioned there are two drilled holes Tighten the frameconnectors by sticking the hex key through the holes Do...

Page 10: ...n it Take beam 2 again and screw the frame connector on it s far end Then slid it on beam 3 as indicated on the picture Next try toslide it also on beam 4 Thighten the screws again not too tight Now i...

Page 11: ...eams are aligned and leveled it is time to firmly tighten the frameconnectors Get the protective caps and mount them carefully with a hammer Put the damping feet underneath theframe nearthe edge The h...

Page 12: ...win lineair ball bearing set HGW15CC1R300Z0 1 Trapezium spindle bronze nut 1 motor nema 17 2 z spindelmount bottom v2 1 pulley_motor_HTD 1 z axis motor bracket_v10_F2 1 z_axis_carrier_pt1_v15_F2_0 1 z...

Page 13: ...near guide loosely onto the framewith M4x20 bolts Then mount the z axis motor bracket_v10_F2 onto the frame indicated above with m4x20 bolts and important use small washers Put the motor in place and...

Page 14: ...2_v11_F2_0 onto the cart with two M5x16 bolts Don t forget to place the m5 washers Mount a motor onto the plastic part IMPORTANT match the orientation of the wires according to the picture Mount the 2...

Page 15: ...and slide it as indicated on the picture above onto the already mounted plasticpart As indicated screw on both sides m4x20 bolts into the part to clamp the 2 big plasticparts together Mount the big p...

Page 16: ...te of the motor should be 1 2mm Take the z axis_limitswitchvane and slide the nut into the slot On top screw in an m4x20 bolt Don t screw it all the way in let the tip of the bolt touch the flange as...

Page 17: ...top until it reaches the motor and place the z axis assembly in the middle Make sure the brass nut is inside the z axis carrier assembly NOTE It is important not to force the spindle in because when i...

Page 18: ...description Amount Extru_base_v9_F1_5 1 Extru_base_pt2_v5_F1_5 1 Extru_base_pt4_F1_5 1 Extru_arm_v5_F_1_5 1 Extru_airduct_v2 1 motor nema 17 1 Fan 40x40x10mm 2 small bearing 1 extruder_insert_piece 1...

Page 19: ...r plasticpart thin nut Mount the extruder wheel onto the motor with the little set screw from the bag of theextruder wheel The set screw should not stick out more then 0 5mm becauseit might then scrap...

Page 20: ...0 bolt including washer as indicated above Make sure the wires match and also theorientation of the sticker on the fan The fan blows out air at the side of the sticker Take the extru_base_pt2 and dril...

Page 21: ...d parts An m4x40 bolt is required Use 4 large washers and 3 curved washer asshown in the picture above NOTE Make suretheboltgoesstraight into the nut This bolt and washer combination will be used to p...

Page 22: ...bolts onto the extruder base Use m4 selflocking nuts and also use washers The bolts don t have to go all the way through the self locking part of thenut NOTE watch the orientation of the wires and als...

Page 23: ...inge door and screw in the m4x40 bolt Make sure thehot end is not free tomove otherwiseexertmore force on the m4x40bolt Guide the cables asshown above Use the hole of the fanand a cable tie to fix the...

Page 24: ...ing 624 1 optosensor 1 IMPORTANT DO NOT let the cart of the linear bearing go off the rail There are small balls in there whichmightfall outwhenthe cartrollsof therail Put the frame upside down Mount...

Page 25: ...stance along the rail and the edge of the beam should be 14mm This way it is centered perfectly over theslot of the beam Mount the x axis motor bracket onto the frame with an M4x16 bolt use a small wa...

Page 26: ...pulley onto the motor shaft upside down The distance between the bottom of the pulley and the face of the motor should be approx 0 5mm this can be adjusted lateron if required Turn the frame in its u...

Page 27: ...as indicated above and place the small tensioning bracket in place when there issometension on the belt Place it just like the picture above that there is still some room to put more tension on the bo...

Page 28: ...s however is apicture from an older revision Cut off the remaining piece of belt Only 2cm should stick out of the end of the extruder base Don t waste any belt There is only one long belt in the kit w...

Page 29: ...OMtable Part description Amount table_2mm 1 Foilheater 4 The goal of this module is to get the foil heater onto the aluminum plate The picture above shows the back bottom side of the plate For illustr...

Page 30: ...w felixprinters com Page 30 of70 Place the sticker without bubbels on the surface Bywiping it piece by piece on the surface from the middele to the edge It should finally look like this You are done w...

Page 31: ...profile protective cap 1 t_slot_nut_5 1 Hiwin lineair ballbearingset 1 t_slot_nut_5_M3 2 t_slot_nut_8_M3 3 ISO10642 M3x6 5N CSK 5 Hexagonsocket head cap screw DIN 912 M3x8 2 Hexagonsocket head cap sc...

Page 32: ...r on Get the small aluminum beam first put the plastic cap on it next to the drilled hole This can be done with a hammer Slide in the small t slot nut on the other side and mount this beam onto one of...

Page 33: ...ree bolts can be slightly re oriented This can be done to exert a little sideway force on the bolt When it still doesn t fit you could try to adjust the position of the small aluminum beam After place...

Page 34: ...the x axis onto the y axis Take the belt and cut it off straight Push the belt inside the bracket Let the belt make contact with as much teeth of the bracket as possible Also push it as far as possibl...

Page 35: ...time tensioning the belt by hand Important is that the small clamp is touching the right edge of thebigger part asshown in the picture above Next step is to tension the belt by turning the tensioning...

Page 36: ...ppers Screwdriver flat and philipshead IMPORTANT Make sure you aregrounded and makesureyou cannot createstaticelectricity Static electricity cankill the electronics board To prevent it do the followin...

Page 37: ...y step to match the schematics above NOTE It is important that the cables are placed as neatly as possible Placing the wires in a messy way can lead to EMC problems The electronics can become sensitiv...

Page 38: ...cs_case_F_2_0_v4_cap 1 Felixprinters electronics 1 mini ATX seasonic 1 Power Cable EU USA Australian or British 1 Pre crimped cables 3 threads 3 USB cable 1 8m 1 Get the parts described in the table a...

Page 39: ...to the stepper drivers Fully clockwise is no power to the stepper drivers Be carefull with turning the potmeter tofull power Over time the stepper drivers may become too hot There is aself protection...

Page 40: ...onics board Make a nice loop for the cables which come from theextruder It must be small large enough that the cable doesn t getstuck around the far edge of the top beam when theextruder is atits end...

Page 41: ...e that whenmoving the table from one side to the loop is just long enough Make use of cable ties to better form the loop They can easily beremoved later on Guide the cables of the foil heater along as...

Page 42: ...se arethesteps Cut the wire to length Strip the wire ends approx 5mm like shown above Not too long because that could potentially cause a short circuit with other wires TIP It is recommended to usecab...

Page 43: ...always on and cools the top part of the hot end IMPORTANT match the color polarity of the wires Connect the heater wires of thebed and hot end 1 Bed 2 Hot end Connect green and purple wire Green wire...

Page 44: ...hold the loops together Now put thecable spiral around it and cut to length Do this also for the z axis loop and the x axis loop Finally for the loop which enters the electronics cabinet Congratulati...

Page 45: ...ugh color the opto sensors of the axes might not work To make them work you can put one of the following thingson the switching vanes a Tippex b Non shining through tape on the flange c Piece of alumi...

Page 46: ...ld the overhanging strokes of plastic around the edges Then afterwards clean the surface with detergent Supplied with the kit is kapton tape After several tests with different kinds of tape we recomme...

Page 47: ...of hot end and the heated bed thesame over the whole movement 5 Move the bed over the hole movement range and while moving adjust the 2 adjustment nuts underneath the plastic parts under the table alo...

Page 48: ...cable the electronics don t work It needs the voltage of the purple wire to drive the logic of the board The power to the restof the board is controlled by the CPU when needed 2 Plug in the USB cable...

Page 49: ...2 Run the setupRepetierHostFELIXPrinters_0_xx exe file and follow the installation instructions 3 Make sure the power cable and USB cable of the printer are connected 4 Start Repetier host 5 Go to Co...

Page 50: ...1 Connect to the printer The connect button should turn green Other checks to see if theprinter is connected properly On the bottom of the repetier host program the following should be displayed If y...

Page 51: ...ow fix the bracket to the frame and start homing again Now repeat this procedure to get thenozzle closer and closer by turning the little screw as shownin the picture above Do this a couple of times u...

Page 52: ...of the profiles 1 to 4is done like this The profiles are easyto adjust and tweak yourself for further improvement To do this just click the configure button This will show a veryelaborate amountof se...

Page 53: ...cer is activated and select one of the profiles 7 Now it is time toslice our first object Press the Loadbuttonor in the Object placement tab AddObjectbutton Then navigate to the folder whereyou downlo...

Page 54: ...fo felixprinters com www felixprinters com Page 54 of70 When the program is done afterslicing the interface should look like this You have now sliced your first object and are readyto go to the nextst...

Page 55: ...nload links to get all the required software This step requires the following software Arduino www arduino cc platform to upload firmware to the printer FELIXprinter firmware check the revision of the...

Page 56: ...rough the Arduino interface and click on the Marlin INOfile A new window will pop up with all the source firmware files All the settings for the FelixPrinter to work correctly are configured Feel free...

Page 57: ...n go up slightly When the temperature is too high you might hear some pops and sisses coming from the hot end When the temperature is too low the extruder motor will have a hard time extruding When pr...

Page 58: ...led out when hot from both sides A tutorial for this is available on the forum on the website When changing different kind of filament it can be done in 2 ways 1 Just cut the old part just above theex...

Page 59: ...nting very small objects try to print at low speed or try to print more at once this gives to previous printed layers time to cool down a bit Heated bed The first layer which is in contact with the he...

Page 60: ...minstead of a continuous 1 75mm There is not enough tension on the extruder arm Increase the tension on the extruder arm a little Be careful by not to put too much tension because theextruder motor ca...

Page 61: ...to change at any time without notice Certain weights measures and similar descriptions are approximate and are provided for convenience purposes only FELIXprinters which operates this Website makes al...

Page 62: ...NY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY RISK LIABILITY AND DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF DEATH OR PERSONALINJURY RESULTING FROM ASSEMBLY OR OPERATION OFOUR PRODUCTS YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR RISK THE INFORMATION MA...

Page 63: ...f service supersede anyother agreement between you and FELIXrobotics to the extent necessaryto resolve any inconsistency or ambiguity between them Theseterms ofservice will be governed by and construe...

Page 64: ...p screw DIN 912 M3 x12 3 Hexagon socket head cap screw DIN 912 M3 x16 10 ISO 4762 M4 x12 12N 2 ISO 4762 M4 x16 16N 6 ISO 4762 M4 x20 20N 15 ISO 4762 M4 x25 25N 6 ISO 4762 M4 x40 20N 4 ISO 4762 M5 x16...

Page 65: ...age motor bracket_v6_F1_5 1 x axis belt mount_v 6_F1_5 1 y stage bracket pt1_v6_F1_5 1 y stage bracket pt2_v5_F1_5 1 y stage bracket pt4_v4 2 z_axis_carrier_pt1_v15_F2_0 1 z_axis_carrier_pt2_v11_F2_0...

Page 66: ...Electonics_case_F_2_0_v4_cap 1 Electronics Heater Cartidge incl 2m wires pre assembled in hot end 1 Thermistor incl 2m wires 1is pre assembled in hot end 2 FELIXprinters electronics 1 Fan 40x40x10mm...

Page 67: ...7 4 Kapton Foil heater including thermistor heaterand wires 1 precrimped cables 3 threads 3 Shielded USB cable 1 8m 1 Mechanics Hiwin lineair ball bearing set small 2 Hiwin lineair ball bearing set la...

Page 68: ...profile incl 1xM8 1xD7 2 40x40x400 profile incl 3xD7 1 80x40x440 incl work 1 40x40 protective caps 4 80x40 protective caps 1 frame connector set 6 handle incl protective cap 1 hex sockethead bolt M8x1...

Page 69: ...way cable pieces of 40cm 2 y axis mid table support 20x10_profile protective cap 1 Fabricated parts Assembled Hot end containing 1 Hot_End_base_1 75mm 1 Hot_End_peek_isolation_1 75_v2 1 hot_end_heated...

Page 70: ...info felixprinters com www felixprinters com Page 70 of70 Kapton tape for heated bed 1 cable ties setof 100 1 cable spiral 1 25m 1 piece of selfadhesive tape 15cm 1 Piece of filament to start 5m 1...

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