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40-D043 Revision C 5-May-17
iPro 8000/9000 SLA Center’s Features
Resin Delivery Module (RDM)
The iPro 8000/9000 SLA Center allows for the faster material changes because of the innovative
mobile design of the RDM. Not only can you now change resin in less than ten minutes, you can
also swap the resin delivery module (RDM) easily, with no tools required . All components that come
into contact with resin in the RDM are moved with the module itself. You can remove the RDM easily
and quickly and replace it with another active RDM, without having to clean any wet resin surface.
This new RDM design significantly reduces the time to swap between build materials. In addition,
you can warm up an RDM offline, enabling you to swap one resin delivery module for another that is
ready to use. Gloves, however, may be required to detach the Zephyr
™
recoater blade. This new
handling method ensures that all parts that come into contact with resin under normal operation are
a part of the active RDM.
The RDM is a vital system component. It is the mobile container
that stores the resin material and is rolled into the iPro
™
SLA
®
Center to build parts.
The older generation SLA systems referred to this container as a
“
Vat
”
because it was basically just a square metal tub. The RDM
is much more than just a container, it stores all the components
that contact the build material as well as using identification
electronics to communicate to the iPro SLA Center. This allows
the system to detect
when
the RDM is installed, the
type
of RDM
being used, and the
material
contained within the RDM.
