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Material Safety ......................................................................................26
Material Ignition Information ..........................................................................26
Finding Material Safety Information .....................................................................26
Material Safety Information
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Material Handling Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Safe Material Handling Guidelines
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Nitrogen/Oxygen Safety ..............................................................................28
Oxygen Deprivation Effects and Symptoms ..............................................................28
Mechanical Motion, Electrical Hazards, and Hot Surfaces
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Hot Surfaces in the Print Chamber .....................................................................30
PRINTING PARTS WITH THE PROX™ 500
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Cleaning and Checking
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Load Fresh Material from Material Container .............................................................31
Set the MQC System to Full Cycle Mode ................................................................32
ProX 500 Start-Up Sequence
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Setting Up a Build Packet .............................................................................34
Add STL Files to the Build Packet
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Reposition Parts in the Workspace (Build Volume) .........................................................35
Set Parameter Values in the Build Packet
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Save and Verify Build Packet
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Run Sinter Application
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Preparing the Print Chamber
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Running the Build ..................................................................................36
Breaking Out Parts
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PROX™ 500 SYSTEM OPERATIONS
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ProX 500 Start-Up Sequence
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Build Setup and Sinter Applications
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Messages in the Sinter Application
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About the Message List Window .......................................................................37
Restarting a Terminated Build
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Viewing a Build In Progress
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Viewing Options on the Toolbar
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Options on the Viewer Menu
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Pausing a Build ....................................................................................39
Modifying a Build in Progress .........................................................................39
Modifying Part and Build Profiles
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Adding and Deleting Parts and Other Changes ...........................................................40
Running a Prime Cycle
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Manual Operations ..................................................................................41
Homing the Part Piston and Roller .....................................................................41
To Home the Part Piston
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To Home the Roller .................................................................................41
Adding and Leveling Powder
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To Add and Level Powder ............................................................................41
To Use the Add Powder Layer Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Change the settings for each parameter in the Add Powder Layer dialog box to the settings you want, then click the Add
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