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Tiertime UP300D
User Manual
www.tiertime.com
Page 1: ...1 Tiertime UP300D User Manual www tiertime com...
Page 2: ...1 5 2 Auto Calibration 12 Auto Calibration from Touchscreen 12 5 3 Load Filament 13 6 First Print 16 6 1 Slicing 16 6 2 Connect and Send Print Job to Printer 20 6 3 Remove the Printed model 21 7 Print...
Page 3: ...Connection 68 8 6 Wi Fi Network Connection and Settings 70 9 Initialize 72 10 Print Boards 73 10 1 Perf Glass Board 73 10 2 Flex Glass Board 73 10 3 Glass Surface 73 11 Extruders 74 11 1 Convergence...
Page 4: ...goggles when removing the supporting material from models or detaching models from the build plates 5 When printing with plastic filaments the process could generate slight and for some people annoyi...
Page 5: ...ship Tiertime or its resellers will for one year at its option repair or replace at no charge for parts and labor from the date you purchased the product from Tiertime or a reseller Print heads Nozzle...
Page 6: ...e cardboard box using two handles on both sides of the printer and place it on a flat surface 5 Open the Top Lid and remove all the tights and foams inside the printer There are six tights in the mach...
Page 7: ...rter one for PLA Extruder Longer one for TPU Extruder Three Allen Keys 2mm 2 5mm 3mm Three Nozzles 0 2mm 0 4mm 0 6mm 2 In the UP300DD box One roll of 500g PLA Filament One roll of 500g Water Soluble S...
Page 8: ...ter 2 Build Platform 3 Waste Tray 4 Front Door 5 Touchscreen 6 Front USB Port 7 Top Lid 8 Right Side Handle 9 Filament Bay 10 Power Switch 11 Ethernet Socket 12 USB Port 13 Power Socket Y Axis X Axis...
Page 9: ...nt board 2 Open the front door 3 Slide the board onto the build platform and make sure to push the board all the way to the back 4 Close the front door 4 4 Connect the Power Cable 1 Plug in the power...
Page 10: ...he Touchscreen Firmware We regularly update the Tiertime 3D printer s touchscreen program It is important to make sure your UP300D s touchscreen system is up to date before the first use and pay atten...
Page 11: ...Fi and Ethernet connection please refer to page xxxxx 5 1 USB Connection Find a USB cable and connect one end to the computer and the other end to the UP300D back USB port type B Open the UP Studio o...
Page 12: ...irst run initialization in order to operate the printer Go to touchscreen press initialize button 2 Click Calibration 3 AUTO The printer will start the process of calibration 1 Initialize Printer 2 Pr...
Page 13: ...l 1 To install the filament please following the instruction below 1 Remove the vacuumed bag 2 Find the end of the filament and use pliers to make a clean cut of the end 3 Open the door of the filamen...
Page 14: ...ight to 500g 3 Press to extrude material The machine will heat up and buzz when start to extrude It will stop automatically 4 When the extruder start to extrude push the filament into entry 1 on extru...
Page 15: ...een user should choose the correct support material that match the main material For PLA the matching support could be Tiertime PVA or breakaway For more info refer to page xxx Important For Convergen...
Page 16: ...upport for dual material printing For more info on the convergence dual please refer to page xxx UP300D can also use LT HT Single Extruder for single material printing for more info on printing with s...
Page 17: ...K 4 Go to top menu print settings select the correct machine type and print settings eg Layer thick and nozzle diameter the filament type for both extruders The left side material is filament 1 main m...
Page 18: ...d into the A S and the support and main objects will retain high purity of its own corresponding material This is important as mixing the two material not only affect the color of print but also affec...
Page 19: ...xuiliary support to an area not overlapping with the STL model 3 Alternatively user can adjust the location by using the key pad For more info on model layout please go page xxxx 5 Print preview After...
Page 20: ...tton Print to bring up the Wand printer hosting module 1 Click connect printer 2 Select the connected click Ok 3 Click Print to bring up task list 4 Click Print Task to load the TSK file that just sav...
Page 21: ...s recommended to wear gloves for protection Take out the print board with its front handle using the scraper that comes with the machine scraping the model off the print board from one corner of the m...
Page 22: ...uchscreen mainboard If user replaced formatted SD card or replaced touchscreen entirely the calibration data previously made will be lost and the calibration may need to be redone 7 1 Nozzle Height Me...
Page 23: ...lick Nozzle Height button the print head will move the position that is near the platform 7 2 3 Use the height detector included to confirm the nozzle height value User need to put the sensor pad of t...
Page 24: ...24 It is recommend to print a small test object after the measurement check the following for recommended first layer adhesion...
Page 25: ...ace Then the object is print onto the raft for best print quality and platform adhesion The Leveling process could done automatically or manually on UP300D 1 Platform may be tilted and print surface m...
Page 26: ...er should in the available printer list click it to connect 3 Click Initialize and wait for the initialization process finishes 4 Click Level Calibrate 5 Click Auto Leveling the print head will then p...
Page 27: ...to have full control of result 1 At plate leveling interface click the Manual Leveling button 2 Red square now move the box on upper left corner representing the measurement point and the current loca...
Page 28: ...atform height at the measurement point Click Next button to save the current height reading and move to the next measurement point Repeat the measurement for all 9 points then the software will calcul...
Page 29: ...ted model on it Don t remove the object from the surface The printed model includes 4 corners and 4 L shapes 3 In the UP Studio Software find Model Calibration Click Default before entering any new va...
Page 30: ...es If the angle of the corner of the L shape is 90 degrees move to the next L shape Continue this process with each L Shape If all the L shapes are 90 degrees as shown in figures 3 and 4 enter 0 0 for...
Page 31: ...5 mm The H value is the measurement of the L shape s height between the bottom of the ruler sitting on the L shape s base and top of the L shape Thoeratically it is 40 0 mm and the deviation on the he...
Page 32: ...mensional error go to Calibrate Model Calibration Fill in the M1 column with the printed object s actual values and enter the model s correct values into the S1 column Click Confirm The software will...
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Page 34: ...Layout Tools Button Description Add 3D file to build space Slice model and save the data tsk to the directory of the original 3D file Quick Set Bar Model Layout Buttons Print Setting Model list Comma...
Page 35: ...s to keep the original proportion of the model Mirror object along selected axis Autoplace Click this button all the objects in print space will be automatically arranged to become evenly distributed...
Page 36: ...on their preference The support editing result will be shown on the model at real time Support Types There are three types of supports in Tiertime s support generating algorithm They treated different...
Page 37: ...ween the support structure and the surface being supported Increase the layer may make the support easier to remove but increase print time Top Lift Determine how many layers the support will lift abo...
Page 38: ...be supported Min Length Length threshold for the edge support Edges shorter than the threshold will not be supported Support List Enable turn support on or off View hide show support not affecting its...
Page 39: ...ick Gear button to edit current print setting Click the Profile Name to switch to profile management The default profile cannot be deleted User can created new profiles by copying existing profiles an...
Page 40: ...and Expert Mode a lot more print setting are opened up users have much more freedom on setting up print parameters but also has bigger risk of adding errors that result in print failure or defects Aft...
Page 41: ...ed with certain patterns and density Top Bottom The roof and bottom layers of the print Support Automatically generated structure that support the overhang structures Raft Thick layers that are under...
Page 42: ...es Layer thick Max normal thick min thick normal thick tan angle ratio Custom N A Custom layer thickness Allow user to define specific layer thickness for define height range Syntax start height end h...
Page 43: ...r determining top bottom layers Top Layers Layer Set the number of top layers Bottom Layers Layer Set the number of bottom layers Min Area mm2 Threshold area for top and bottom Expand mm Expand the ar...
Page 44: ...age Suspend Lift Top Lift mm Only applied to point or edge features Top lift represent the height which the support will wrap above the actual supporting point or edge If the part contain pointy featu...
Page 45: ...et Zigzag Line Inner Fill N A Infill pattern for Inner Fill Offset Zigzag Line Support Fill N A Infill pattern for Support Fill Offset Zigzag Line Infill Profile N A Extra inner perimeter for infill N...
Page 46: ...Pattern Angle Increase 45o Layer 1 Layer 2 Layer 3 Final Pattern Angle Increase 90o Layer 1 Layer 2 Layer 3 Final Pattern Support Angle 1 o Angle of support infill Support Angle 2 o Angle of sparse su...
Page 47: ...bigger this value the more compensation for small holes Max Shrink N A Set max Shrink ratio for compensation Entity ID Profile different regions of a print are marked with an entity ID so that they c...
Page 48: ...top layer Bottom N A Set extrusion scale of bottom layers Support N A Set extrusion scale of support Jerk N A Set extrusion scale of short paths Raft N A Set extrusion scale of raft Raft Base N A Set...
Page 49: ...Perimeters Infill mm s2 Acceleration for Infill Support mm s2 Acceleration for Support Jump mm s2 Acceleration for non printing movements Extruder Extruder 1 Filament Choose material profiles from Ma...
Page 50: ...settings at the same time Max Raft Speed mm s Max first layer speed of raft If faster than this value will be override by this value Retract Speed mm s Speed for retraction the faster the retraction...
Page 51: ...ion please refer to Part Optimization Link to Main Setting Chain icon means main setting will affect the value of the print profile of this model Broken chain means Part Optimization 1 Optimize along...
Page 52: ...ser to optimize the part on another dimension 1 Click button add child model a cylinder is added as a child model for the cube 2 Select the type of child model and define the dimensions For the child...
Page 53: ...operation and maintenance functions are moved to Wand Therefore when after slicing user need to save the sliced data tsk to hard drive and then use Wand to send the tsk file to the printer 7 1 Wand I...
Page 54: ...lick to move print head long Z axis for a small distance click to move the print head long Z axis continuous until reach the end 5 Extruder Settings current material setting use for the extruder curre...
Page 55: ...LAN socket on the back of your UP300D and a LAN icon will appear on the touchscreen To edit the Ethernet Network Settings in UP Studio Open Up Studio in you computer and go to Settings find the print...
Page 56: ...d with a green tick on top click More circled in the red 4 Click the down drop down menu and then select the desired Wi Fi network to connect You may be asked to enter the password of the Wi Fi networ...
Page 57: ...ssfully will appear on top of the UP300D icon Using the touchscreen on the UP300D to setup the Wifi connection Go to Config click Network Settings Select network name on the list type in password if r...
Page 58: ...us 2 Ethernet If It appears indicates the Ethernet is connected 3 Wi Fi It shows the Wi Fi network is connected means network detected but cannot connect to printer 4 Private This lock icon indicates...
Page 59: ...ial Type 2 Withdraw Material 3 Extrude Material 4 Set Material Weight Print 1 Print Job Current List 2 Print Job History List Print Task Management 3 Print Job s Details 3 Pause the ongoing print job...
Page 60: ...l start pushing the filament out once the temperature reaches the melting temperature with a beep You now can remove the filament from the tip of the extruder Extrude To load the filament into the ext...
Page 61: ...the Material Type icon button to change the material type Also you can add customized types of material under Maintenance in the software first and then the new type will be available on the touchscre...
Page 62: ...nt Section Table 5 3 Print Description Name Icon Description Current Print job list The print job list contains the print jobs that are assigned to the printer The highlighted row is the current print...
Page 63: ...the print jobs that have finished Tap the Print Job Name in the list to view the detail print settings You can add the print job back to the Current Print Job List The Clear button will erase the enti...
Page 64: ...ing Table 5 4 Print Description Name Icon Description Pause Pause the on going print job Resume Resume the paused print job Stop The printer will stop the print job completely Extrude To extrude the i...
Page 65: ...zzle to the value you set in the Value Box Nozzle Height is the current printer s nozzle height The default value for the nozzle height for each Tiertime printer has been set as 0mm before leaving fac...
Page 66: ...ing Total Weight This indicates the total material weight which accumulated from the first print LAN M A C The unique LAN M A C address of your printer in Ethernet WLAN M A C It s the unique printer s...
Page 67: ...ll start pre heating 15 minutes ahead of the start of the print job You can read the introduction of Preheating in Maintenance Preheat in the Software User Manual Private Toggle the printer to set a p...
Page 68: ...ernet Network Settings 1 Plug an Ethernet cable to the LAN socket at the back of UP300D 2 The Ethernet connection Status icon should be appear in the Printer Status Bar 3 You now can go to Config to e...
Page 69: ...dress in the network Click the text field to edit click Return to save and exit editing Mask This is printer s mask in the network Click the text field to edit click Return to save and exit editing Ga...
Page 70: ...tion 3 Find the desired Wi Fi Network s name in the list below 4 Tap the name to connect the Wi Fi Network 5 The UP300D is connect to the Wi Fi Network successfully when the red exclamation mark disap...
Page 71: ...ion Status Once this icon appears next to the Wi Fi network name it indicates the printer has been connected to this Wi Fi network Network Information Click the Network Information icon to enter netwo...
Page 72: ...libration and Print buttons on the Main menu of the touchscreen will be greyed out before the printer is properly initialized Click Initialize and confirm the printer will start initializing by clicki...
Page 73: ...otal thickness of Flex Galss is same as Perf Glass It is made for materials that has low shrinkage ratio so that they do not warp as much as material mention above Use this print board for PLA PETG PE...
Page 74: ...irect extrusion design and has 2 gearbox stepper motors build into it It has two cooling fans one for cooling the hotend and the other is a toolpath coupled fan for cooling printed models Convergence...
Page 75: ...ual only listed material pair are recommend to use on the extruder unverified material pairs may not be printable using the extruder Extruder Type Filament Diameter Maximum Temperature Main Material S...
Page 76: ...en Key and the Extruder you would like to install Preparation Withdraw the filament switch off the printer unplug the extruder cable and WAIT until the extruder cools down before taking any further ac...
Page 77: ...77 4 Extruder Internal Structures 5 Remove heater module and heat sink...
Page 78: ...e generated here and there during printing and the post processing stage It is a nightmare to clean it up especially for the machine with full enclosure The waste tray makes the cleaning work fast and...
Page 79: ...om or popular ecommerce web sites like Amazon or eBay To change the Filters The filter system is located at the left side of the build chamber 1 Use a screwdriver to unscrew the two screws in the fron...
Page 80: ...Filtration System HEPA and Activated carbon filters V2 Supported Materials UP Fila ABS ABS PLA TPU and more Filament Diameter 1 75mm Filament Spool Compatibility 500 1000g Tiertime Print Queue Yes Pa...
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