3D Systems ProX 500 User Manual - page 54
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Setup Screen
From the System setup/service screen, use the dial to highlight the menu item Setup,
and press the dial to select . This screen is only operational when the system is in Stop
mode .
NOTE: all times are in seconds except the nitrogen cooldown time, which is
in minutes .
This menu provides the following commands:
•
Choose the percentage of fresh powder in the blended bin .
•
Choose the lower level limit of the blended bin in liters .
•
Turn the blending function on or off .
•
Turn the blended bin recirculation function on or off .
Diagnostics Screen
From the System setup/service screen, use the dial to highlight the menu item Diagnostics, and
press the dial to select .
From this screen, you can navigate to the following diagnostic screens:
•
Material tracking
. This allows you to view details regarding the material that is in the system .
See
“Material Tracking Screen” on page 54
.
•
Fresh-bin diagnostics
. This allows you to view status details of the components that com-
prise the handling of fresh material in the system . See
“Fresh-Bin Diag Screen” on page
55
.
Material Tracking Screen
From the Diagnostics screen, use the dial to highlight the menu item Material tracking, and
press the dial to select . For further diagnostics options refer to the section,
“Diagnostics Screen”
on page 54
.
This screen displays the following status information:
•
Material Number
: The number associated with the material .
•
Name
: The name of the material .
Setup
+ B fresh %
+ B lo lvl (L)
+ Blending on/off
+ B recirc on/off
+ B recirc per
+ U recirc on/off
+ U recirc per
+ Sift timeout
+ Cool by temp/time
+ Cool time (min)
+ Cool temp
+ Reset material
data
+ System Shutdown
Diagnostics
> Material tracking
> Fresh-bin diag
> Used-bin diag
> Blend-bin diag
> Sifter diag
> Generic I/O diag
Material Tracking
Matl #
Name
Matl density
Min Fr Bl. %
Max Fr Bl. %
MaxRecircPeriod
•
Used-bin diagnostics
. This allows you to view status details of the components that comprise the handling of used material in the
system . See
“Used-Bin Diag Screen” on page 55
.
•
Blend-bin diagnostics
. This allows you to view status details of the components that comprise the handling of blended material in
the system . See
“Blend-Bin Diag Screen” on page 62
.
•
Sifter diagnostics
. From here you can view the status of components related to the sifting system . See
“Sifter Diag Screen” on
page 56
.
•
Generic I/O diagnostics
. Details related to the stack lights, E-Stop, relays, nitrogen, and temperature can be viewed here . See
“Generic I/O Diag Screen” on page 56
.
•
Set the period for the blended bin recirculation (in seconds) .
•
Turn the used bin recirculation function on or off .
•
Set the period for the used bin recirculation (in seconds) .
•
Set the length of time for the sifter to automatically turn off .
•
Toggle the nitrogen setting between temperature and time .
•
Set the time that the nitrogen will be used to cool off the print cake .
•
Set the temperature of the print cake at which the nitrogen will stop being dispensed .
•
Reset the data for the material .
•
Shutdown the system .
•
Material Density
: The density of the material .
•
Minimum Fresh Blend Percentage
: The minimum percentage of fresh material that is available for blending .
•
Maximum Fresh Blend Percentage
: The maximum percentage of fresh material that is available for blending .
•
Max Recirculation Period
: The maximum time (in seconds) that recirculation will take place .