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Dear customer,

Thank you for purchasing the Heated Bed Upgrade Kit for your Ultimaker 

Original!

This assembly manual will guide you through the build process step by 

step. Besides this assembly manual there’s also a brand new user manual 

available online: 

www.ultimaker.com/pages/support/manuals

There’s also a wealth of information, tips, tricks and amazing Ultimaker prin -

ted objects on our online community forum. Drop by and say hello: 

www.ultimaker.com/forum

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Happy building and printing and we’ll be in touch!

Team Ultimaker

Technical specification  

Temperature

Operating heated build

plate temperature 

50 - 100 degrees celsius

Printing with PLA  

65 degrees celsius 

Printing with ABS  

100 degrees celsius 

Electrical

AC INPUT  

 

100 - 240 V,   

   

Approx.  4 AMPS, 

   

50  - 60 HZ

   

221 watt max .

Power Requirements 

24 V DC @ 9.2 AMPS

Summary of Contents for Heated Bed Upgrade Kit

Page 1: ...English V1 0 Heated Bed Assembly manual Original...

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Page 3: ...tents Introduction Specification p 4 A Preparing the frame p 5 B Mounting the electronics p 11 C Assembling the Z stage p 15 D Installing the Z stage electronics p 24 E Updating the Firmware and Calib...

Page 4: ...ld process step by step Besides this assembly manual there s also a brand new user manual available online www ultimaker com pages support manuals There s also a wealth of information tips tricks and...

Page 5: ...Hex Key Wrench 1 5 1 Powerplug Template 1 Heated Bed PCB Template 1 5 Note Make sure you have al the parts before you start with the next step 7 Warning When installing electronics or prefor ming any...

Page 6: ...1 Use the Hex Key Wrench 1 5 to undo the top two screws in the Z coupling 2 Unscrew the Top caps 3B so you can remove the guiding rods Remember to save all the nuts and bolts 6...

Page 7: ...3 Remove the guiding rods from the frame 4 Lift the bed upwards and tilt it to remove it from the frame 7...

Page 8: ...5 Remove these 4 screws from the Z motor and save the screws you will re use them to install the new motor 6 Turn the machine on its side and remove the Z motor 8...

Page 9: ...late with the corner shape 9 Line up the template with the back left corner of the frame and secure it with tape 10 Take the handdrill and the 14mm drill bit and drill out the hole You can use a cente...

Page 10: ...ole you just drilled Tape the template in place 14 Take the drill and the 3 2mm bit and drill through the 4 black circles in the tem plate 10 11 Cut out the Heated Bed PCB Template 12 Cut out the hole...

Page 11: ...d upgrade power cable 1 Heated bed upgrade temperature cable 1 Heated bed upgrade switch cable 1 11 Note Make sure you have al the parts before you start with the next step 7 Warning When installing e...

Page 12: ...he 4 10mm black spacers on the screws 17 Now put the pcb in place and secure it with the 4 white Hexagon Spacers and screw the 3 M3x 10mm scews in the cornes marked here 12 15 Remove the cover from th...

Page 13: ...hown in the picture and screw down tight 13 18 Take the 3 Cables that came with the Heated Bed Up grade kit and take the one with just the Red and Black cable Note make sure RED CABLE is inser ted in...

Page 14: ...1 Attach the other side to the Temp3 connector on the ulti maker electronics board 23 Loop all the cables through the velcro strip near the ultimaker logo 14 21 Connect the power cable to the connecto...

Page 15: ...M3x8 A2 4 Countersunk M3x20 A2 3 M4x10 8 Heated Bed Cable Clip 1 Glass Retainer clips 4 Knurled Nut Platform 3 Washer M6 3 Key Wrench T2 5 1 Pliers or M3 wrench 1 Wooden Z stage parts 5 Copper Grease...

Page 16: ...the thicker gray cables These supply power to the heated bed 25 The two thin black cables connect to the PT100 tempera ture sensor and go in the two left holes 16 NOTE MAKE SURE THE SE CABLES ARE SCR...

Page 17: ...for the left back side 17 26 Take 2 Glass Retainer clips 4 countersunk m3x8 screws and 4 m3 locknuts 27 Use the m3x8 counters unk screws with the locknuts to secure the glass retainer clips on the rea...

Page 18: ...t tighten yet Note Don t screw the bolts down all the way They need to be able to move in order to center them on the guiding rods later 18 29 Take the Base plate two bearings and the 8 M4x10 bolts P...

Page 19: ...the thumbscrews through the apropriate holes in the baseplate 19 32 The M6 washer has a flat and a rounded side Slide it over the Thumbscrew with the rounded side facing upwards now apply some copperg...

Page 20: ...spring and the heated bed Now take the countersunk 20mm screws and screw eve rything together Dont fasten these screws too tight 37 Next take the Z Lead Nut and place it on the top of the baseplate 3...

Page 21: ...the Glass plate and the heated bed should now look like this 21 38 Now from the bottom of the baseplate use the 4 M3x10mm screws and screw everything tight Note The Z Lead Nut is screwed onto the Z mo...

Page 22: ...3x 12mm screws and 10 M3 nuts 42 Now place the big 6mm piece marked Ultimaker and place it upside down Next insert the two middle plates 22 41 Take the two 4mm middle plates and insert two M3 nuts 43...

Page 23: ...and secure it in place with 4 M3X14mm screws 23 45 Now place the two sides on the cap Make sure that the piece with the protruding part is on the left side of the cap away from the notch 45a secure bo...

Page 24: ...B M3 screws and nuts 2 Z limit switch 1 Green axle grease 1 Powersupply Cable 1 24 Note Make sure you have al the parts before you start with the next step 7 Warning When installing electronics or pre...

Page 25: ...First guide the cable of the new end switch through the cableduct and plug it back into electronics board Then screw in the bolts but don t tighten them yet 47a Place back the Rod caps at the bottom...

Page 26: ...ds through the Z cap and move the cap to the top of the frame Secure it the re with some tape so it doesn t get in the way 26 48 Place the guiding rods halfway back into the frame 47b Lock them in pla...

Page 27: ...the rods through the bearings and push them all the way down into the slots in the bottomplate 51 Take the Z motor and insert it through the hole in the bot tom of the frame 52 Grease up the Z stage a...

Page 28: ...s 54 and 55 for each of the 8 bolts on the bearings alternating between the left and right be aring This is to make sure they are aligned correctly If the Bed is aligned correctly it should move up an...

Page 29: ...n with the bed Note Note tape the cable ends together to guide it through the cableduct more easily 58 Remove the tape from the z cap and place it over the bearings on the bed Insert the 2 M3 nuts in...

Page 30: ...e terminal while pressing down on the orange slot to remove the tenstion 61a Now plug it back onto the main PCB 61b Now connect the heated bed connector to the terminal marked PT100 J3 NOTE MAKE SURE...

Page 31: ...31 63 Connect the new Z motor connector to the electronics board 64 Reconnect the cooling fan and fit the electronics cover back into place 62 Place the wooden PCB guard over the Heated bed PCB...

Page 32: ...l new firmware to enable your brand new heated bed 32 Notice If you are using the Ultimaker Heated Bed upgrade with the dual extrusion kit You have to use the new powersupply for heating the Bed and t...

Page 33: ...E Updating the Firmware and Calibration 33 Part Amount USB cable 1 Latest cura installed on a computer 1...

Page 34: ...rmware 68 Select Ultimaker Original and press next 71 Run the machine checks to see if everything is installed propperly 69 Select the upgrade parts that you installed 72 Run the Bed leveling wizzard...

Page 35: ...stops Now check the calibra tion of the bed by moving the head in the patern shown in the picture The points where you calibrate should be as close to the thumbscrews as you can get A piece of paper c...

Page 36: ...Heated Bed upgrade with the dual extrusion kit You have to use the new powersupply for heating the Bed and the old powersupply for the hotends if you don t use both powersupplys the machine might shu...

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