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Wish to share printing experience with Mcor Iris, full colour paper 3D printers.

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Hi. We print since 1 year with the IRIS. If you need some Help or if you have questions. We are happy to help you. Best, Formicum Team

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I have an Mcor Iris that was purchased used. Sadly it was stored with glue still in the lines. I am struggling with getting the glue flowing properly. Many times the majority of the build is fine, but there is not enough glue in a few places. This is causing inconsistent results. Some small parts of a model may not be fully glued down so the model fails. Mcor support is trying to help us with this but they are slow in getting back to us and very tentative with their solutions.

I know no one else is having this issue given that the machines are so new. I don’t think any one else has ever put theirs in storage. If you have any thoughts on it, I’d love to hear them.

Thank-you,

~. Mary Elliott Keane

Founder and Program Director

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Hi Mary,

we had a similar problem during a tradeshow. We are traveling a lot with the machines.

What you need to do is really a pain, but you need to clean the whole glue system properly, otherwise you will have left som dried glue, beeing a place , more glue will get cured. And you will get some particles clogging your gluewheel.

You can do 2 things:

1st: Call the reseller/servicepartner near you and let them take care of it, you will not void you warrenty, if you have some. They are trained to do this! (RECOMMENDED!)

2nd: You can do it yourself, if you have some mechanical knowledge.

-So turn of the printer and remove all the covers to have more room

-take of the glue-tank by loosing all the screws.

-unconnect all the glue hoses, the switch and put all of them in warm water and rinse them. Best thing is to buy some new hoses and renew them.

-take apart the glue wheel and also rinse everything in warm water making sure, no old glue is in the system. Make sure to test all things if they are clogged! (If you not sure how, you should call the service :wink:

-look at the glue you have left, if it exeeds the time of best use. maybe the glue itself is to old!

-set eveything, you got apart back together, connect all the hoses put new glue into the system. Now you have to check if all is tight (you will first hear the sound of the pressure pump. This sound has to stop and not to get on all the time again. If you are loosing pressure and the airpump starts pumping again, you have a leak! Than you should call service!

I do not recommend this for you to do yourself! The glue mechanism is a very delicate thing! I would spend some money or claim the warrenty from the preowner!

(Oh I forgot 3rd: Pay me a plane-ticked and I will come from Germany and fix it for you :slight_smile:

Best, regards! The Formicum Team

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The reason why i`m started this theme is to share experience what most successful job you were completed on Mcor Iris.
What most suitable project you do for different markets?(industry for prototypes, entertainment for scanning or education)
Please share with case studies, samples.
Kestas
www.shapie.lt

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Hi,

i see you have Fuel3D scanners. Are you able to scan full human body or is it suitable only for head and face?
Would be great to hear what best software to prepare scanned object for full color detailed 3d printing?

Kestas
www.shapie.lt

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Hello,

We are coming up to 10 months on owning our Iris, and have had a few issues, but nothing overly major. Overall, our experience has been largely positive. We have tried a few different brands of paper and finishing products to get the best results, and have found Staples to be the best paper. Our technician was Mcor-trained, so if you have any questions, I’d be happy to pass them along.

Michael

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The Mcor is perfectly suited for printing scanned figurines, topographical maps, museum replicas, educational models, architectural models, 3D photographs etc. I’ve wanted to pull together something scanning soldiers prior to deployment so their kids can have an action figure of their parent. It would be cool to have an RFID chip placed in the bottom and then hook in with: astorybeforebed.com. This way the kids brush their teeth, go grab the figure, place it on a little pedestal that downloads tonight’s story read by said parent. It would be cool to add a timed night light feature to the pedestal as well.

Another cool idea would be to print out mountains for folks who have gone on epic trips with the route they took highlighted. These could be built on a base with the date, etc.

Feel free to run with one of those if you like, just keep me in the loop because I love this stuff!

I just found http://www.smoothie-3d.com/site/page\_index.php which looks like it might be a good program for making 3D wedding photos or other such thing.

~. Mary

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Hi Mary,

I sent a message through your website, but I thought I would leave a reply here, as well. Please contact me at mstorey@beckatt.com, or 630.206.3993 ext. 245. We might be able to help you out with your issue.

Michael

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Hi,

no, not full body. But Fuel3d will offer a customised array for such scans, if you ask them.

best, Gunther

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I have used the David Structured Light scanner and highly recommend it. You will need to scan someone in two parts then stitch them together in the modeling software. The color matching is spot on!

We are beginning with the Structure Sensor. So far it is OK. I’ve seen some great scans done by others with it. There is a learning curve regarding lighting and a few other things to get a detailed enough scan.

We will soon be experimenting with a Raspberry Pi camera array in order to scan things that move such as babies and pets. I’ll let you know how it goes as we get a little farther along in the process.

For some good scanning tips and info perhaps consider emailing Whitney Potter. I’ve been impressed by the tips he provides on his 3D Printing Today podcast and he has a significant amount of scanned models on Thingiverse that look great.

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We are looking to partner with a company that has an iris color printer to see if we can get away from the sandstone. Can you help us www.capturemein3d.com ?

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Hello David,

I would love to chat and see if we might be able to work with you on this project. I am in Bellingham, WA. This next week I will be running a few tests on the IRIS to see just how fine it can go before things are too thin, etc. This will be important information to have when posing people for your scans. I will let you know how it goes and post a few photos once I’ve got the information (probably by June 9th). Then perhaps we can talk about what you are wanting and print a test piece for you to look over. Hopefully it will pass the test and we can go from there.

~. Mary Elliott Keane

253-709-7453

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Hi David,

I took a look at your website and your work looks fantastic! We have also been running an Iris for a little over a year now, and have seen quite a bit of growth in the figurine market. We have worked with everything from start ups to companies who have been using gypsum and sandstone for years, like yourselves. We are more than happy to talk with you and see if we can either offer some advice or assistance as you see to move away from sandstone. Please feel free to call me at the office next week Monday (630.206.3993 ext. 245). The rest of the week we will be out of the office for The Big M in Detroit, so you may reach me at 847.912.4795. You can also email me at mstorey@beckatt.com.

Regards,

Michael Storey

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David,

Something else you may be interested in is Mcor released an updated version of their software last week, bring with it enhancements to make full color prints HD in quality. This means Mcor is the only manufacturer that can provide HD, full color quality 3D prints. More information about this release is available on our website here: http://www.beckatt.com/mcor-technologies-unveils-new-sliceit-software/.

Michael