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HARMFUL IRRITANT WARNING: Wear protective clothing, disposable nitrile gloves, and goggles while following these steps. |
NOTE: Ensure that the elevator is at its upper-limit position before beginning this procedure. |
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CAUTION: If a leak/spill occurs inside the printer, do not run the machine. The projector's UV radiation will harden material on the glass print base and any other surface it touches, making it very hard to remove. A long cleaning swab and Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) will help clean up any spilled, uncured material. |
NOTE: The printer will only hold one build file at a time in its memory. If you try to load another build file from 3D Sprint, it will overwrite the most-recent build file written to the machine. Once the printer begins printing, you will not be able to submit any print jobs via 3D Sprint or via USB. |
For instructions on preparing a build file in 3D Sprint, please open the 3D Sprint Help Menu by clicking the icon in 3D Sprint. Once you have sent the print job to the printer:
NOTE: If this is the first time you have used the printer, you will see a message on the printer screen asking you to activate your printer. In 3D Sprint, fill out your information and click Submit. |
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You must go through the QR code-scanning process before each print, even if you are using the same bottle as your last build. The printer will not begin a print job unless a QR code has been scanned. This is so that the system can detect certain conditions:
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If the printer is not on a network, you will need to send print jobs via a USB device. This section assumes you have prepared the build file in 3D Sprint and transferred the file to the USB device.
NOTE: The printer will only hold one build file at a time in its memory. If you try to load another build file from the USB device, it will overwrite the most-recent build file written to the machine. Once the printer begins printing, you will not be able to submit any print jobs via 3D Sprint or via USB. |
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You may manually abort the print job at any time during the build.
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HARMFUL IRRITANT WARNING: After aborting the print job, you must dispose of the partially printed part as you would any uncured material and according to all local, state, and federal regulations. Always handle the partially cured part and the print platform with 100% nitrile gloves. Clean the print platform as you would after any print job. |
You may clean the print tray with recommended solvent between builds, enabling you to use different materials in the same print tray (not at the same time). However, since residual elements of print material cannot be reliably fully removed from the print tray, there are only certain materials that may be swapped out per individual print tray. The chart below shows which materials can share the same print tray. Mark your print trays with letters, numbers, or other notations to help you remember which tray is which.
Tray 1 NextDent® Surgical Guide |
Tray 2 NextDent® Model 2.0 |
Tray 3 FabPro™ Proto GRY |
Tray 4 FabPro™ JewelCast GRN |
Tray 5 FabPro™ Tough BLK |
Tray 6 FabPro™ Elastic BLK |
Tray 7 FabPro™ Flexible BLK |
Before printing with all materials, you must mix the material bottle on the NextDent® LC-3DMixer. Before printing again with those materials, you must stir the material in the print tray using the Resin Mixer, as seen in the next section. The chart below describes each compatible material's requirements for: bottle mixing time, stirring time in the print tray, and post-curing time. The curing time is included so the chart may be a quick reference guide for stirring and curing materials. Please read your material's label to be sure whether or not the material requires mixing and stirring.
If material has spilled or dripped down the print-material bottle, clean the bottle with Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) and paper towels. IPA will clean the material off without ruining the bottle label.
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CAUTION: Your material bottle's QR code must be able to be scanned by the printer. Using another solvent besides IPA to clean the bottle risks damaging the QR code. If this happens, call your authorized print-material provider for further guidance. |
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WEAR 100% nitrile gloves whenever handling liquid FabPro/NextDent material and/or ipa. |
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CAUTION: Failure to sufficiently mix materials according to this chart may result in color deviation and/or print failure. |
Name | Bottle Mixing Time Required (LC-3DMixer) | Stirring Time Required (in print tray) | Curing Time in LC-3DPrint Box | ||
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NextDent® Surgical Guide | 5 min. | 5 min. | no stirring required | no stirring required | 10 min. |
NextDent® Model | 2.5 hrs. | 1 hr. | 30 secs. | 60 secs. | 10 min. |
NextDent® Model 2.0 | 2.5 hrs. | 1 hrs. | 30 secs. | 60 secs. | 10 min. |
NextDent® Ortho Rigid | 5 min. | 5 min. | 10 secs. | 30 secs. | 10 min. |
FabPro™ Proto GRY | 1 hr. | 10 min. | 30 secs. | 30 secs. | 60 min. |
FabPro™ JewelCast GRN | 1 hr. | 10 min. | 30 secs. | 30 secs. | 30 min. |
FabPro™ Tough BLK | n/a | n/a | 30 secs. | 30 secs. | 150 min. |
FabPro™ Elastic BLK | 1 hr. | 10 min. | 30 secs. | 30 secs. | 45 min. |
FabPro™ Flexible BLK | 1 hr. | 10 min. | 30 secs. | 30 secs. | 60 min. |
NOTE: If your print-material bottle has been sitting unused for more than one month, treat it like a new bottle and mix it according to the "brand new bottle" column above. |
NOTE: Instead of using the bottle mixer, you may opt to mix the material bottle by hand, shaking it vigorously in an up-and-down motion. Shake it for five minutes for a new material or for one you are treating as new (see above note). Shake the bottle for two minutes for a recently used bottle. Please see the section Begin Your Print Job for more information. You MAY NOT hand-mix NextDent Model 2.0 material. This technique will not sufficiently mix the material. |
NOTE: Ensure that you place the build in your UV curing oven in the same orientation it was printed in, as if the bottom of the oven is the print platform. |
Material that is left in the print tray between builds needs to be stirred periodically with the Resin Mixer. Refer to the Material Stirring and Curing Chart and/or your material's Instructions for Use for information on stirring print materials.
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CAUTION: Failure to sufficiently mix materials before each build may result in color deviation and/or print failure. |
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CAUTION: Ensure that the mixer is clean before each use. To clean the mixer, wipe it with a nonabrasive cloth and the recommended solvent. |
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CAUTION: Putting too much pressure on the print-tray film can dent or puncture the film, rendering the tray unusable. The film cannot be replaced by itself; if the film is damaged, the whole print tray must be replaced. |
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CAUTION: Puncturing the print tray will force a full tray's worth of print material into the catch tray. Use extra caution when handling a full catch tray. |
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CAUTION: If the print tray gets punctured, discard it in the same way you would other materials that have been in contact with liquid material. |
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CAUTION: Take care not to slosh material out of the print tray while stirring. If this happens, you will have to clean the parts of the printer that the material got on. |
After stirring, allow the mixer to drip material back into the print tray and then wipe excess material off the mixer with a nonabrasive cloth.
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CAUTION: Be sure to clean the mixer with IPA between uses. Failure to do so risks mixing unstirred material or different material in with material currently in the print tray. |