Z Corporation Spectrum Z 510 Maintenance Manual - page 11
85063 Spectrum Z510 Preventative Maintenance Procedure 11/12
Testing the flow rate
1. SET UP: From ZPrint,
choose Bleed Air from the
service menu, then click
Start (this will move the
carriage to the front of the
machine and prevent it from
auto parking even when
you close the top cover.
The safest option is to
power down the printer and
manually move the carriage
to the front, right side of the
deck.
2. CHECK: Make sure there is
some binder in the bottles
for the line you are testing.
3. INSERT: Clamp the test
tubing near the syringe and
insert the print head fitting
into the septum
4. PRIME LINE: Carefully
open the clamp to allow the
test tubing to fill with binder
5. Dangle the tubing (still
clamped) outside of the
machine; using a shim (a
bottle cap, pen, etc.) close
the cover making sure the
seal doesn’t compress the
testing tube.
6. Position the syringe so that
the end of the tube is close
to the same height as the
control panel.
7. TEST: Release the clamp
and let the binder drip into
the collection syringe. Re-
clamp the tube at 30
SECONDS.
8. Record and compare the
amount of binder collected
in the syringe (reading ml)
to the chart.
9. Should
get
8-10 ml/30 sec.
(depends on how much
binder is in the tanks)
If you get within this range
you do not have a flow
problem!
End of tube
close to
deck level
Syringe with
plunger
removed.
Cover propped
up to not crush
tubing