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Olivetti 3D IoT 

Printer 

 

USER MANUAL

 

 

Code: 596806-02 

 

 

Summary of Contents for 3D IoT

Page 1: ...Olivetti 3D IoT Printer USER MANUAL Code 596806 02...

Page 2: ...PUBLICATION ISSUED BY Olivetti S p A Telecom Italia Group Via Jervis 77 10015 Ivrea TO Copyright 2018 Olivetti All rights reserved...

Page 3: ...CREATING PRINTABLE FILES FOR THE OLIVETTI 3D IOT PRINTER 2 Creating a 3D model 2 Creating GCODE starting from 3D model 2 GCODE PRINTING 4 Generating overhang supports 4 SUSPENDING AND INTERRUPTING PR...

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Page 5: ...care and wear safety gloves when manipulating heated components HIGH VOLTAGE HAZARD Exercise great caution live electrical equipment MOVING PARTS Moving parts present approach with great care CRUSHING...

Page 6: ...ith strapping tape before starting to print cut and remove this tape USE The 3D IoT printer is not suitable for use by persons under 14 years of age and anyway always under the direct supervision of a...

Page 7: ...using a soft cloth without the use of corrosive chemical products solvents or strong detergents and only after having disconnected the printer from all external power supplies and other cables It is...

Page 8: ...ons Do not touch the printhead as it could be very hot after operation If necessary clean or replace the print nozzle The extruder must be hot to allow the residual material inside the head to soften...

Page 9: ...IoT Printer 2 Front door keys 1 SD Card 4GB or greater 3 Allen Keys 1 5 mm 2 5 mm 5 mm 1 Hex key size 8 1 key 12 mm Washer pin sleeve and hex head screw for filament bobbin mount point 1 Spatula for...

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Page 11: ...Olivetti 3D IoT printer exploits Fused Filament Fabrication FFF technology to create 3 D objects through layer upon layer deposition of material in 2 D This chapter describes the printer design and i...

Page 12: ...rinter controls are located at the front of the printer where there is also a door fitted with a lock for accessing the inside of the printer Figure 1 1 Front view REFERENCE DESCRIPTION 1 Touch screen...

Page 13: ...02 User Manual 1 3 The upper dome shaped casing can be opened by releasing the catch from the inside applying light pressure on its lower part Figure 1 2 Internal catch for locking unlocking the uppe...

Page 14: ...ual 596806 02 When the front door is opened the extruder assembly can be seen clearly Figure 1 3 Extruder assembly REFERENCE DESCRIPTION 1 Extruder 2 Fans for cooling material being printed 3 Extruder...

Page 15: ...596806 02 User Manual 1 5 Figure 1 4 Hot end close up REFERENCE DESCRIPTION 1 Nozzle 2 Hot end 3 Hot end set screw 4 Filament feeder assembly...

Page 16: ...1 6 User Manual 596806 02 Figure 1 5 Feeder assembly terminals and pressure adjustment screw REFERENCE DESCRIPTION 1 Bowden quick release coupling 2 Filament pressure adjustment screw...

Page 17: ...1 7 At the rear of the machine there is the housing for the bobbin containing the filament the power switch and power socket Figure 1 6 Rear view REFERENCE DESCRIPTION 1 Bobbin holder 2 Feeder 3 Power...

Page 18: ...e Olivetti 3D IoT printer axes Starting from the origin the positive direction of the X axis ordinate is from the left of the worktable to the right side the positive direction of the Y axis ordinate...

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Page 21: ...se Unblocking the extruder assembly To protect the printer during transportation the print carriage is fixed securely in position by plastic banding This banding must be removed before attempting to p...

Page 22: ...re 2 2 Touch Screen Display in Rest mode Desktop Menu Current Extruder temperature setting New Extruder temperature setting Current Printing Table temperature setting New Printing Table temperature se...

Page 23: ...correctly Although the printer has been set up correctly at the factory it may have been subjected to vibrations during transportation making it necessary to repeat this procedure To align the printin...

Page 24: ...moves freely between the nozzle and the glass you need to concentrate on the self locking nut Figure 2 7 turning it a few degrees in the clockwise direction to bring the table nearer to the nozzle eli...

Page 25: ...le and the tempered glass is correct for all positions 10 After completing adjustments press the Back key to conclude the adjustment procedures NOTE The first layer printed is normally thicker than th...

Page 26: ...rinting table The material flows out correctly but the line deposited is very narrow in width and has a cylindrical section it comes away from the printing table easily during successive printing oper...

Page 27: ...With the set screw loosened the hot end block is free to move adjust the nozzle to a distance of 0 10mm from the tempered glass table This adjustment can be achieved as described in the previous sect...

Page 28: ...cedure below 1 Unscrew by hand the protection screw mounted at the rear of the printer 2 Insert the washer and cylindrical tube onto the hexhead screw 3 Tighten the screw by hand do not use an allen k...

Page 29: ...can be inserted onto the fixing nut as shown in the figure below The file for printing the wedge is stored on the SD Card supplied in the printer package Figure 2 12 Inserting fork like wedge optional...

Page 30: ...4 Pushing downwards the teflon tube inserted in the upper part of the sensor 7 Continue pushing until the filament appears at the feeder unit located at the front of the machine inside the extruder as...

Page 31: ...uired temperature value is displayed Figure 2 16 Setting the temperature of the hot end 9 Pass the filament inside the feeder unit and push it through for approximately 10 cm until it comes out of the...

Page 32: ...pressed correctly against the gear Increase the pressure of the feeder unit by means of the adjusting grub see Figure 2 17 avoiding setting too high a pressure that could deform the filament The filam...

Page 33: ...stead of the PEI surface by following the instructions below In situations where you want to use the tempered 4 mm glass printing table WITHOUT the PEI film you need to be aware that under normal cond...

Page 34: ...o spray across the table first horizontally and then perpendicularly Be sure to carry out this operation in a well ventilated room far from inflammable objects and other objects that could become cove...

Page 35: ...the SD key Figure 3 1 From the Desktop Menu select Menu then SD 3 Select the file to print e g Logoolivetti1 gcode 4 The machine now starts the automatic printing procedure reading the GCODE file indi...

Page 36: ...vailable for free on Internet sites such as Thingiverse and GrabCAD There are various file formats for 3D models however STL STereoLithography format is recommended for generating and downloading mode...

Page 37: ...lifying slicing operations you must use Simplify 3D Figure 3 2 3D model being converted by Simplify3D After generating the GCODE file using the slicer copy it onto the SD card Now insert the card into...

Page 38: ...erating overhang supports Portions of a model that cannot be printed using the FFF printing process without the provision of an adequate support underneath are defined as overhang As in FFF technology...

Page 39: ...e 3 4 Suspending printing After printing is suspended the Pause screen appears on the display Figure 3 5 Pause Screen From this screen you can a Restart printing by pressing Restart b Stop and save th...

Page 40: ...mperfections in the printed object you are advised to remove by hand the filament that is extruded during the restart phase that is before the nozzle and table come into contact again For this operati...

Page 41: ...ing the down arrow activate extrusion of a small quantity of material II use the up arrow to retract the filament to be replaced After removing the bobbin with the filament proceed to load the new fil...

Page 42: ...cts filament is finished In this case printing is suspended The printer retracts any residual filament before moving to the pause position as indicated by these two screens Figure 3 10 End of filament...

Page 43: ...on the display Figure 3 11 Screen that appears for power interruptions Printing can be restarted following this sequence from the Desktop Menu select Menu from the next Menu select Prepare from the n...

Page 44: ...as follows lower the table using this sequence 1 Starting from the Desktop Menu press the Menu key then in the next screen the Prepare key Figure 3 14 From the Desktop Menu select Menu then Prepare 2...

Page 45: ...rinted piece If necessary use the spatula supplied in the kit taking care not to damage the PEI film covering the printing surface NOTE The printing table is composed of 4 mm tempered glass Although i...

Page 46: ...Acc and Flow Press on the left arrow to decrease a value or on the right arrow to increase it The two right hand keys perform the following functions Home key the machine performs the auto homing man...

Page 47: ...he start screen Desktop Menu Figure 3 18 Main Menu From the Main Menu you can select Prepare to access its related submenu Control to access its related submenu SD to access the contents of the SD Car...

Page 48: ...or levelling the printing table as previously described in the section Aligning the printing table Back Returns you to the Main Menu MOVE COMMAND When you select the Move command the following screen...

Page 49: ...nt door or press the right arrow to move the extruder assembly towards the back of the printer Z Row press the left arrow to move the printing table upwards or the right arrow to move it downwards E0...

Page 50: ...02 CONTROL MENU The Control menu shows the basic printer adjustment parameters Given that this type of adjustment must be carried out exclusively by expert users they can t be modified by the user Fig...

Page 51: ...e SD Card Menu and view the list of GCODE files present in memory Figure 3 22 Main Menu with SD key Figure 3 23 Menu SD To select a file and print it scroll through the list using the arrows then conf...

Page 52: ...en you can access printer information including usage data Figure 3 25 Access screen Figure 3 26 Information Information provided a Firmware version b Printer Serial Number c Power On time total numbe...

Page 53: ...u with Wi Fi key Figure 4 2 Wi Fi menu Pressing the Off key in the Wi Fi Menu the related function is activated In the lower half of the display the following messages appear in sequence Wi Fi Module...

Page 54: ...ogon password is the printer Serial Number This can be found in the Info submenu see previous section its position indicated by the arrow in the Figure here Figure 4 3 Info Submenu Wi Fi Password Seri...

Page 55: ...om your browser screen then click on STA Figure 4 4 Selecting Station Mode STA in browser screen In the Station Configuration screen select the Wi Fi network you want to connect the printer to and ent...

Page 56: ...addressing is managed manually type in the browser the assigned address in the figure 4 5 sample the IP Address is 192 168 0 52 If the Wi Fi network addressing is managed by DHCP type in the browser t...

Page 57: ...POINT To change the mode from Station Mode to Access Point select Wi Fi again from your browser screen and click on AP Alternatively you can use the RESET key in the printer Wi Fi Menu to reset the o...

Page 58: ...in data of the printer Firmware Version Wi Fi Version Serial Number and other information regarding the use of the printer Power on Time Printing Time meters of extruded filament Figure 4 8 Browser sc...

Page 59: ...etc and further down the commands to move the axes and to set the parameters The commands available are different depending on whether the printer is in stand by or during printing commands available...

Page 60: ...8 User Manual 596806 02 commands available during printing oset of the parameters related to the print extruder and bed temperature speed flow etc Figura 4 11 Browser screen Moves window during printi...

Page 61: ...ved on the SD card and start printing it by clicking on the print command which appears once the file is selected b upload a file to the SD card using the Select file command or the Drag Drop mode ie...

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Page 63: ...Label positions and meanings Figure A 1 Front labels SYMBOL COLOUR MEANING MEANING TRIANGLE YELLOW DANGER HOT SURFACES CIRCLE BLUE FOLLOW PROVISIONS USE GLOVES CIRCLE BLUE FOLLOW PROVISIONS READ INST...

Page 64: ...e A 2 Internal labels lower side SYMBOL COLOUR MEANING MEANING TRIANGLE YELLOW DANGER PINCHING TRIANGLE YELLOW DANGER MOVING PARTS Figure A 3 Extruder assembly label SYMBOL COLOUR MEANING MEANING TRIA...

Page 65: ...r the surface in PEI and compromise the adhesion of the printed objects is not recommended Alternatively you can also clean the table after first removing the glass from the printer To do this follow...

Page 66: ...e is made of tempered glass 4 mm thick While it is a safe heat resistant material it is still very fragile so you must be very careful when manipulating it Always use exclusively the glass supplied wi...

Page 67: ...t feeder assembly removing the plastic residues that accumulate during printer operation To remove plastic dust residues use a small brush starting from the front slot of the feeder A fast efficient m...

Page 68: ...n the hot end block still using a 12 mm hex wrench 2 Unscrew the nozzle using the 10 mm hex wrench 3 Wrap Teflon tape three times around the thread of the new nozzle taking care not to obstruct the ho...

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Page 71: ...finish and natural properties able to render the superimposition of layers almost invisible it is ideal for producing aesthetically pleasing objects that are pleasant to the touch Its optimal resista...

Page 72: ...S Rubber HS is a high quality elastomer supplied as a 3D filament with optimal flexural properties great tensile strength and high level aesthetic results It s the ideal material for all industrial an...

Page 73: ...harles Darwin in stl e gcode formats Printable file description_3D IoT pdf short document which describes the above mentioned printing files gcode files are especially profiled to be printed with the...

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Page 75: ...adio equipment 3D IoT Printer is in compliance with Directive 2014 53 EU The full text of the EU declaration of conformity is available at the following address https www olivetti com en support downl...

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Page 77: ...aken to a specially equipped disposal station where it will be processed separately from urban waste Olivetti a company registered in the Producers of Electrical and Electronic Equipment register decl...

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