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Quick Start Guide

FELIX Food 1.5

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Page 1: ...www FELIXfood nl support felixprinters com Zeemanlaan 15 3401MV IJsselstein The Netherlands Quick Start Guide FELIX Food 1 5...

Page 2: ...efore performing maintenance or modifications The power supply meets all CE mark regulations and is protected against short circuit overload over voltage and over temperature Printer placement Place t...

Page 3: ...OT BRACKET 6 7 2 PREPARE THE PRINTBED 8 8 DISPLAY AND POWER 12 8 1 DISPLAY OVERVIEW 12 8 2 INSTALLING THE DISPLAY UNIT 13 8 3 INSTALLING THE POWER CABLE 14 8 4 DISPLAY MENU OVERVIEW 15 9 CONNECTING TO...

Page 4: ...zed piston extruder switch twin Suitable for 100 mL standard luer lock type Standard nozzle diameter from 1 6 2 5 and 3 5 mm 8G 11G 14G optional Heated syringe temperature range 20 C up to 80 C STANDA...

Page 5: ...Page 4 Guide FELIX Food V1 5 5 FELIX Food at a glance Page 4 Guide FELIX Food V1 5 Display Camera Foot Bracket Power Plug Power Switch Heated Bed Syringe Holder optional heated Dual Extruder Assembly...

Page 6: ...FELIX Food V1 5 A 1x Allen key B 1x MicroSD card USB Stick C 2x M4x12 bolts D 3x 100ML Luer lock Syringes E Stainless steel nozzle pack 6 needles F 1x Foot bracket G 1x Power cable H 1x Power unit I...

Page 7: ...Install Foot bracket 1 Take the printer out of the box and remove the foam blocks 2 Place the foot bracket on a sturdy flat surface and place the printer onto the foot bracket Fix the foot with 2x su...

Page 8: ...Page 7 Repeat at the back of the printer Finished Guide FELIX Food V1 5...

Page 9: ...inter on a stable surface and locate the Z stage bed bracket arm Push the Z stage to the top position of the spindle while rotating the spindle clockwise by hand Guide FELIX Food V1 5 Page 8 Guide FEL...

Page 10: ...the lever at the bottom of the buildplate Shake the lever and firmly push on the bolt head to loosen the mechanism This may take some force but if you listen closely you can hear it pop loose Guide F...

Page 11: ...buildplate by the two black end blocks and rotate the bed assembly 90 degrees Rotate the buildplate until the edges of the bed bracket arm are parallel Guide FELIX Food V1 5 AVOID COLLISION WITH THE...

Page 12: ...Page 11 Flip the lever back to lock the buildplate into its position Finished Guide FELIX Food V1 5...

Page 13: ...Page 12 Guide FELIX Food V1 5 1 2 3 4 5 Ethernet LAN USB External USB stick or other printers Ribbon cable USB internal Webcam 8 1 Display Overview IMPORTANT Make sure the power is turned off when co...

Page 14: ...ing the display unit Guide FELIX Food V1 5 1 Connect cables on designated positions 2 Slide the screen onto the metal pins NOTE Watch out that the cables are not pinched when installing the display in...

Page 15: ...onto the power cable the white housing of the connector could come out of the printer If that occurs push it back in place 1 Insert the power cable into the printer and the power socket 2 Flip the pow...

Page 16: ...top Stops everything only use when necessary Timelapse Timelapse menu Advanced Eeprom console Printer commands Useful command presets Shutdown Shuts down server Restart UI Restarts the touchscreen int...

Page 17: ...ble networks appears select your network and insert credentials The printer is now connected to the WLAN Wi Fi 9 Connecting to the internet Guide FELIX Food V1 5 9 2 Connect via LAN Plug in the cable...

Page 18: ...Connect through web UI Once the printer is connected to the internet you can setup the printer on the web UI remote control To use remote control tap the Settings button Tap the Info button Guide FELI...

Page 19: ...dress or scan the QR code on the device which is connected to the same network NOTE No IP adress shown Check your printer s internet connection Enter the IP adress in the URL bar of the internet brows...

Page 20: ...Page 19 Guide FELIX Food V1 5 Page 19 Guide FELIX Food V1 5 Page 19 Guide FELIX Food V1 5 In your webbrowser tap the go to printer button...

Page 21: ...Page 20 Guide FELIX Food V1 5 Page 20 Guide FELIX Food V1 5 You ve succesfully reached the web UI of the 3D printer...

Page 22: ...s calibration wizard will automatically level the printbed for you First place the stainless steel flexplate on the build plate and make sure it s free of any debris Tap the Printer Calibration button...

Page 23: ...Page 22 Tap the Bed Levelling button Tap the Yes button Guide FELIX Food V1 5...

Page 24: ...Planning on using the heated bed Enter your desired bed temperature here to ensure the most accurate sensor reading for the bed levelling If you re not going to use the heated bed tap the Custom Temp...

Page 25: ...before you start the bed levelling calibration Are you not using a heated bed Set this value to 0 C The printer will now start the bed levelling sequence When the calibration is done the printer will...

Page 26: ...le and the build plate Place the desired print surface on the printbed This could be the stainless steel flexplate the silicon baking mat or the glass plate Place a syringe filled or empty in the left...

Page 27: ...Page 26 Tap the Printer Calibration button in the main menu of the printer Tap the Calibrate Z 0 offset button Guide FELIX Food V1 5...

Page 28: ...Page 27 Tap the Yes button The printer will start a homing sequence and halt when done Guide FELIX Food V1 5...

Page 29: ...s on the display menu In this selection menu you can move your bed up or down to calibrate the distance to the nozzle 1 Move the bed with 1 00 mm increments 2 Move the bed with 0 10 mm increments 3 Mo...

Page 30: ...uches the buildplate NOTE The arrows move relative to the nozzle When you press the Up button the nozzle will rise and the bed will be lowered Move the nozzle 0 10 mm up to ensure that the nozzle is n...

Page 31: ...you can press the Finish Calibration button to save the new values Once the values have been saved the display will prompt the message Calibration Finished Afterwards you can tap the Close button to...

Page 32: ...the left printhead will print on the same XYZ postition as the right printhead a XYZ calibration is sometimes neccesary Begin the calibration by putting the silicon baking mat down on the printbed Loc...

Page 33: ...Page 32 On the printer display tap the Printer Calibration button Tap the Manual calibrate XYZ syringes button Guide FELIX Food V1 5...

Page 34: ...Page 33 Read the instructions and tap the Start calibration button to start the calibration wizard The printer will perform a homing sequence and pause at the calibration cross Guide FELIX Food V1 5...

Page 35: ...ld barely touch the silicon sheet in the z direction height When done tap the Next button at the bottom of the menu The printer will switch to Syringe 2 and again pause near the calibration cross Repe...

Page 36: ...Page 35 Tap the Save new Values button to save the XYZ offset values in the EEPROM Calibration is completed Guide FELIX Food V1 5...

Page 37: ...stick containing the G code in the USB port on the right side of the display Tap the USB Stick button in the main menu In the USB stick menu tap the Refresh button on the bottom left side of the touc...

Page 38: ...the page is refreshed your G code file should appear in the menu Here you can choose whether you d like to print directly from the USB stick or import the file onto the printer recommended Guide FELI...

Page 39: ...Page 38 11 2 Upload G code using the web interface Guide FELIX Food V1 5 Overview of the dashboard Tap the Go to Printer button...

Page 40: ...m For now this is only enabled on the inter nal network If you want to access this from an ex ternal network a port needs to be forwarded in your router directed to the IP address of the printer Timel...

Page 41: ...from the syringe and inspect the items for any dirt or impurities Rinse with warm water if necessary Connect the Luer lock nozzle with the syringe If you re calibrating the bed remember to use a stee...

Page 42: ...4 Move the plunger pusher by hand Rotate the big knob clockwise to move the plunger pusher upwards Rotate the big knob clockwise until the plunger pusher is at the very top of the thread Guide FELIX...

Page 43: ...Page 42 11 5 Move the plunjer pusher through menu Tap the Move button in the main menu Tap the Extrude button at the bottom left side of the display Guide FELIX Food V1 5...

Page 44: ...er the extrusion menu of the printer Here you have the following options 1 Select moving distance 2 Move extruder plunger slowly 3 Move extruder plunger quickly Guide FELIX Food V1 5 Page 43 Guide FEL...

Page 45: ...n the top side of the printer to lock the syringe in place You should hear it pop when it s locked in place Rotate the small knob clockwise to lock the plunger into its position Page 44 11 6 Loading a...

Page 46: ...ting a print 12 1 Start a print via the display menu Start by tapping the G codes button in the display menu Tap on your desired file that you would like to print Guide FELIX Food V1 5 Page 45 Guide F...

Page 47: ...play Tap Print to start your print Tap Queue File to add your file to the print queue Guide FELIX Food V1 5 Page 46 Guide FELIX Food V1 5 12 2 Start print via the web UI In the web interface tap the p...

Page 48: ...uder motor cable Z probe loop plug Left syringe heater Thermistor Right extruder motor cable Z probe cables Right syringe heater Thermistor Extruder PCB WARNING Make sure the power is turned off when...

Page 49: ...ozzle even with manual priming there is a good chance the nozzle is clogged ATTENTION lumps may not be larger than 2 50mm Too little material comes out of the nozzle during printing If too little mate...

Page 50: ...set time window Decrease the machine syringe temperature or increase the syringe paste temperature The printer does not home itself when asked for in the menu only moves bed down Sometimes the machine...

Page 51: ...calibration is already very finely adjusted in the factory during the test phase of the machine It may still happen that the syringe needle scrapes on the bed in which case a Z 0 calibration is requir...

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Page 53: ...Page 52 Guide FELIX Food V1 5 WWW FELIXFOOD NL FELIXPRINTERS CHANNEL FELIXPRINTERS Guide V2 4 170323...

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