Afinia H480 3D Users Manual - Manual (Page 18)

Afinia H480 3D Printer User’s Manual
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Loading the Print Material Filament
This process will be the same on both Mac and
Windows.
A. Launch the Afinia 3D Software (refer to the
software install procedure if you have not
already installed it), and select Maintenance
from the 3D Print menu. Click the Extrude
button. After the printer nozzle has warmed up
to 260° C, the printer will beep; you can also
monitor the nozzle temperature in the
Maintenance window under the 3D Print
menu.
B. Be sure the filament is running
through the filament tube between
the spool holder and extruder!
C. Once the nozzle is heated, gently push
the end of the filament into the hole at
the top of the extruder head until the
extruder motor starts pulling it through
the extrusion head. The extruder will
extrude a thin filament of material for a
short period of time.
Other Maintenance Options
The Extrude button is used to load material into the nozzle. Click this button, and the nozzle will
begin to heat. When the temperature is high enough (260° C), the material is squeezed out of the
nozzle. The system beeps before material starts extruding, and it beeps again when finished.
When changing the material (see page 33), use the Extrude function to load the new material to
the nozzle. It can also be used to test whether the nozzle is working correctly.
Use the Withdraw button to clear the filament from the nozzle when you change the filament or if
the nozzle needs to be cleaned. Once the nozzle is up to temperature (260°C) and the printer
beeps, gently pull out the material.
The New Spool button is used by the software to keep track of how much material has been used,
which will warn you if you don’t have enough material left to print your model.
Click the button and enter the grams of material you have on the current spool. If it is a new spool,
the weight should be set to the filament weight of the spool in grams. You can also specify that you
are loading
ABS or PLA , which sets the nozzle and platform temperatures accordingly.
Mac version Windows version