Hi Everyone, what is the most efficient way to change the material on Objet machine, is there a way to minimize the lose of material which is 300 gram while changing it.
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If it is the same type of material i.e. Vera Blue to say Vera Black, all you need do is peel off the round RF tag on the very top of the container and swap it with the other one wanting to use. under the material label you file smaller Metal washer that is the RF tag.
The machine will get fooled in thinking it has the same material.
The only downside to doing this is your part may have a blend of the different colors but if it’s going to be painted or the customer does not mind this will save you that loss of unused grams. I have been doing this for years with no issue or no problems with the print heads.
However you cannot do this when you’re changing to a different material types.
this is when you have to do a complete material flush there’s no way around it.
Alan Dobbs
4DSOLIDZ
Houston Texas. USA
With the greatest of respect, the machine should be used in the proper fashion. It is an Objet. If you go outside the parameters you have no comeback on your warranty. I have two and they are brilliant. The loss of material can be worked into your pricing and you should allow for it in your calculations. Stacking jobs to run in order of materials is another good way to minimise waste. Changing over too often will obviously result in the loss of more material. Hope this helps, happy printing!
Not at all
what about using a cleaning fluid for parking, and then changing it to new material would it will prevent loss of material?.
When changing from a more opaque material to a less opaque one, more material is wasted. If you stick to opaque materials (vero), changeover waste shouldnt be much more than 100g
What about VeroWhite to VeroClear?
If you go outside of the recommended usage, you will come undone. The machine is only as good as it’s operator. Look after it and it will look after you.
If you can tolerate some mixing between the builds, I have not done the purge, and click the not recommended button, then you do not loose any materials, however, you have a blended build…
There should be a option just to use new material without doing change. You will have a blend of material but it’s better then wasting it.
Hi, we have the 30 Pro so I’m not sure if the purge cycle options are different on Prime or not. We always use the economy method to print something that may have mixed colors rather than just waste material. That tray acts as a buffer basically between prints. I’ve heard of people filling empty containers with syringes of other material but that is risky if you’re not a pro. Hope that helps
It don’t work that way. The materials are slightly different in composition.
Has anyone ever used another material created by another company? I heard that you can use another resin thats cheaper and I would like to know what that is.
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