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Material Safety......................................................................................26
Material Ignition Information ..........................................................................26
Finding Material Safety Information.....................................................................26
Material Safety Information ...........................................................................27
Material Handling Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Safe Material Handling Guidelines .....................................................................27
Nitrogen/Oxygen Safety ..............................................................................28
Oxygen Deprivation Effects and Symptoms ..............................................................28
Mechanical Motion, Electrical Hazards, and Hot Surfaces ..................................................29
Hot Surfaces in the Print Chamber .....................................................................30
PRINTING PARTS WITH THE PROX™500 ..................................................................31
Cleaning and Checking ..............................................................................31
Load Fresh Material from Material Container .............................................................31
Set the MQC System to Full Cycle Mode ................................................................32
ProX 500 Start-Up Sequence ..........................................................................33
Setting Up a Build Packet.............................................................................34
Add STL Files to the Build Packet......................................................................34
Reposition Parts in the Workspace (Build Volume).........................................................35
Set Parameter Values in the Build Packet................................................................35
Save and Verify Build Packet .........................................................................35
Run Sinter Application ...............................................................................36
Preparing the Print Chamber..........................................................................36
Running the Build ..................................................................................36
Breaking Out Parts ..................................................................................36
PROX™500 SYSTEM OPERATIONS ......................................................................37
ProX 500 Start-Up Sequence ..........................................................................37
Build Setup and Sinter Applications....................................................................37
Messages in the Sinter Application .....................................................................37
About the Message List Window.......................................................................37
Restarting a Terminated Build .........................................................................38
Viewing a Build In Progress...........................................................................38
Viewing Options on the Toolbar........................................................................38
Options on the Viewer Menu..........................................................................38
Pausing a Build ....................................................................................39
Modifying a Build in Progress .........................................................................39
Modifying Part and Build Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adding and Deleting Parts and Other Changes ...........................................................40
Running a Prime Cycle ..............................................................................40
Manual Operations ..................................................................................41
Homing the Part Piston and Roller .....................................................................41
To Home the Part Piston .............................................................................41
To Home the Roller .................................................................................41
Adding and Leveling Powder..........................................................................41
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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