Table of Contents
1. Safety Information ........................................................ 1
1.1 General safety information ..................................................... 1
1.2 Unpacking, lifting, and carrying ............................................. 1
1.3 Electrical information ............................................................... 2
1.4 Protective equipment ............................................................... 2
1.5 Hazardous materials ................................................................. 2
1.6 Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection .............................. 2
1.6.1 Procedures ......................................................................... 2
1.6.2 Discharging yourself ....................................................... 2
2. Specifications ................................................................. 3
2.1 Product map ................................................................................ 3
2.2 Technical specifications ............................................................ 4
3. Getting Started .............................................................. 5
3.1 Unpacking the Corning® Matribot® Bioprinter .................. 5
3.2 Contents of the box ................................................................... 8
3.3 Setting up the Corning Matribot Bioprinter ....................... 8
3.4 Starting the Corning Matribot Bioprinter
for the first time ......................................................................... 8
3.5 Overview of the printhead ...................................................... 9
3.6 Loading of the syringe ............................................................10
3.7 Mounting of the Thermal Insulator ....................................11
3.8 Detaching the Thermal Insulator .........................................11
4. Bioprinting with the Corning Matribot Bioprinter .... 12
4.1 Installing Corning DNA Studio..............................................12
4.2 Connecting the Corning Matribot Bioprinter ...................12
4.3 Bioprinting from a 3D model ................................................13
4.3.1 Start a Bioprint project .................................................13
4.3.2 Generate the geometry ................................................14
4.3.3 Print surface ....................................................................15
4.3.4 Printer settings ...............................................................15
4.3.5 Printhead settings .........................................................16
4.3.6 Models settings ..............................................................17
4.3.7 Layers settings ................................................................18
4.3.8 Calibration and Automatic bed-leveling (ABL) ........19
4.3.9 Print model ......................................................................20
4.4 Biodispensing droplets ..........................................................21
4.4.1 Start a Droplet project ..................................................21
4.4.2 Print surface ....................................................................22
4.4.3 Printer settings ...............................................................23
4.4.4 Printhead settings .........................................................24
4.4.5 Calibration and Automatic bed-leveling (ABL) ........25
4.4.6 Print model ......................................................................27
4.5.1 Extrusion tab ...................................................................28
4.5.2 Temperature tab ............................................................28
4.5.3 Miscellaneous tab ..........................................................29
4.5.4 Movement test tab ........................................................29
4.5.5 Output data tab .............................................................30
4.5.6 Update tab .......................................................................30
5. LCD Interface ................................................................ 31
5.1 Status screen .............................................................................31
5.2 Temperature control ..............................................................31
5.3 Attach the syringe to the syringe plunger holder ..........31
5.4 Printing using g-code file .......................................................31
6. Maintenance ................................................................ 32
6.1 Maintenance plan ....................................................................32
6.2 Cleaning or sanitizing the Corning Matribot Bioprinter 32
6.3 Leveling the printbed .............................................................33
6.4 Tensioning the belts ...............................................................34
6.5 Troubleshooting guide ..........................................................35
7. Limited Warranty ......................................................... 38
8. Equipment Disposal ..................................................... 38
