TierTime UP mini, User Manual

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Page 2: ...nter 09 Platform Calibrate 1 Setting Nozzle Height 11 2 Setting Compensation Values 13 Prepare for Printing 14 Loading a Model 15 Software Interface 17 Moving Model 18 Rotate Model 19 Scale Model 19 Duplicate Model 20 Printing Parameters 20 Annotation for Printing Parameters 21 Repair Model 22 Calibration for the Correct Dimension 23 Printing Techniques 24 Troubleshooting 25 ...

Page 3: ...etaching model from perf board 6 When printing ABS and PLA slight smell will be produced please run the printer in a well ventilated environment We also suggest you to put the printer in an enviroment with stable temperature as unwanted cooling could has adverse effect on print quality 7 When UP softwre is sending data to printer where the status bar on the left bottom corner is showing sending la...

Page 4: ...adjustable Platform Leveling Manual Print Surface Heated bed with perf board Unterthered Printing Yes Bundled Software UP Software Compatible File Formats STL UP3 UPP Connectivity USB Operating System WinXP Vista 7 8 Mac OS Poweradapter 110 240VAC 50 60Hz 220W Printer Body Metal Chassis enlosed Printer Weight 6KG 13 LB Printer Demiension 240 W x 355 H x 240 D mm Weight with Packaging 11 2KG 25LB P...

Page 5: ...03 USB Port Power Connector Top Lid Front Door Initialization Button Power Switch Spool Holder USB Port Power Connector Printer Body illustration ...

Page 6: ...04 Print Head Print Platform Initialization Button Print Head Nozzle X Axis Y Axis Z Aixs ...

Page 7: ...ad Spool Holder ABS Filament Plier If anything is missing please contact your local distributor or support pp3dp com Perf Board USB Cable Power Adapter Filament guiding tube Hex Key Gloves Nozzle Wrench Blots and Nuts Shovel ...

Page 8: ...t head is not in contact with the motor There are 3 magnets for holding the print head in place 1 During installation m a k e s u r e t h e magnets are aligned to the metal plates on the print head s stepper motor 2 After fitting the print head plug in the cable to connector residing on the print head 3 ...

Page 9: ... Board Install the Spool Holder Hook the spool holder on the back of the printer Install Filament Spool As shown in the diagram put the filament spool on the spool holder and put the filament through the filament guide tube then insert the tube into the printer through the hole under the lid 1 2 ...

Page 10: ...uction to finish The printer s driver is now installed into the system After installation in the UP folder Driver folder contains the printer drivers Example the example folder contains STL files for the printed parts of UP printers and example files Testing of printer driver installation UP UP First make sure computer and printer is connected to computer via USB cable and the printer is switched ...

Page 11: ...ixs will move slowly and hit the endstops This is essential as the printer need to find the endpoints of each axis Initialization Button Two ways of initialization 1 UP mini can be initialized by clicking initialization option in the menu which is shown above 2 The printer has initialization button on front of the machine shown in the picture below When the printer is idle press this button will t...

Page 12: ...e just need to tell the machine on 9 calibration points the height of plaform that is touching the nozzle The printer will able to compensate for distal errors base on our measurements The calibration procedure contains 2 parts 1 Setting nozzle height 2 Setting compensation values D 9 calibration point buttons represent 9 positions on platform after clicking the nozzle will move to the correspondi...

Page 13: ...e is important for protecting the printer from damages as well as being the basis for calculating leveling compensations During the calibration we are measuring distance shorter than 1mm so we recommend using a print paper as a guide for measurement Protocol for setting nozzle height 1 2 3 4 5 Initialize printer Open the calibration interface and press the UP key note the current height value stop...

Page 14: ...7 8 When obtained the platform value of all 9 positions Find out the smallest value among the 9 calibration points As you can see in this case the calibration point 1 has the smallest platform height value it is actully the highest point on the platform therefore the platform does not need to rise as high as the other points to reach the nozzle Platform Values at 9 calibration points hypothetical ...

Page 15: ...t No 3 Assume the platform height is 120 and the nozzle height is 119 the compensation value should be set to 1 0 After setting 1 0 in the drop down menu the nozzle will move to point No 3 and the platform will rise 1 mm Now we can use the paper again to verify the compensation value After setting all calibration points click Appy Save Current Values to finish the calibration Afte setting the nozz...

Page 16: ... reach 260o C then printer will buzz and the print head startts to extrude Gently insert the fliament into the small hole on the print head The filament will be feed into the print head automatically when it reach the extruder gear inside the print head Check the nozzle for plastic extrusion If plastic is coming out from the nozzle that means the print head is ready The extrusion will stop automat...

Page 17: ...15 Click Load Choose your model Loaded model on the print plate Loading a model 1 2 3 4 Click print to open the print preview window ...

Page 18: ...onnect it from computer for untethered printing a b d e f h g c 5 6 a Display the printer model b Dispaly the noozle height c Click to enter printer preference to set printing parameters d If you model is not solid defective turn on this option e No raft will be printed if this is turned on print bed leveling will be disabled as well f Print Quality the better the print quality the slower the prin...

Page 19: ...7 Adjustments Move Rotate Scale 8 Set the value of adjustments 9 Set the orientation of ajustments 10 Place Place the model to the center of the print plate If more than one model exist software will optimize their positions and distance to each other 11 Stop If connected to printer click this will stop the print cannot be resumed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Print Plate left mouse click and hold movin...

Page 20: ... plane Press and hold Ctrl Key mouse left click and hold the target model now the model could be dragged around on XY plane Drag model with mouse on Z axis Press and hold Shift Key mouse left click and hold the target model now the model could be dragged along the Z axis Multiple models could be stacked by moving They can also be fused into single model by Merge function in the Edit Menu ...

Page 21: ...ngle of rotation in the drop dwon menu Choose an axial d i r e c t i o n t o rotation the model 2 3 4 1 Click to select model C l i c k s c a l e button Choose the scaling value in the drop down menu Click the Scale button again to scale 2 3 4 1 Click to select model ...

Page 22: ...lick to select model After selection right click to open menu In the insert copy menu select the number of copy for duplication Right click menu also contain unload function Either choose a specific model to unload or unload all ...

Page 23: ...of of support structure the larger the value the less dense of the supporting structure Area If the supporting area is less than this value no support will be generated it is possible to turn off support by choosing only base 4 Stable Support Generate more stable support but more difficult to remove 5 Infill The photo shows the effects of 4 different infill options Surface T h e o b j e c t will b...

Page 24: ...inish Infill The inner structure of the printed object the density of infill could be adjusted Raft The thick structure that asist the adhesion of object to the platform Surface the buttom layers of the printed object Infill Support Surface Raft Dense support Dense support Dense support Suppot Range 30o Support Range 80o Print Platform ...

Page 25: ...will highlight the part with red Af ter selec ting the model choose Edit Fix to repair the model Repaired If the model cannot be repaired please use other 3D modeling or mesh modifying tools UP software contains model repair function can be used to fix simple defects 1 2 3 ...

Page 26: ...rint in correct dimension The method is to print a calibration model measure its dimension and feedback to the software Measure the printed model accroding the calibration panel Input the measured values into the software and finish the calibration 1 4 Open 3D Print Calibrate This will open the calibration panel 2 H it Reset button to revert the value back to default make sure the upper panel disp...

Page 27: ...the cooling For smaller ABS prints that warping is less likely to happen user could direct the air to nozzle for better print quality Printing Techniques Remove the nozzle Afte a long time of printing the nozzle could become very dirty or even clogged We can replace it with a new one while the old one could be cleaned and reused 1 Use extrude function in the maintenance panel nozzle will heat up t...

Page 28: ...the cable Cannot extrude plastic 1 Plastic clog the nozzle replace new nozzle or remove the clog 2 The filament is too thick Usually happens when using filament with poor quality Please use UP filament 3 For some model if PLA consistently cause problem switch to ABS Cannot detect the printer 1 Install the printer driver correctly 2 Check for defective USB cable 3 Restart printer and Computer ...