Felix Storch Food 1.5 User manual

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Quick Start Guide
FELIX Food 1.5

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1 Safety
General safety
- Keep children under the age of 14 out of reach of the printer.
- FELIXprinters are only suitable for professional use.
Considerations when in operation.
- Don’t leave the printer unattended, before making sure the
first layer is printed properly.
- Don’t lean on the printer.
- Be careful with long hair and wide clothes.
- Don’t transport the printer while printing.
- Make sure all moving parts can move without any obstructions.
- Don’t remove any objects from the hot plate while printing.
- Caution with any moving parts that move in the X, Y and Z
direction. Moving parts can have a pinching hazard.
Electronic safety
- Only use the power supplies and cables supplied by
FELIXprinters. Always turn off and unplug the printer before
performing maintenance or modifications.
- The power supply meets all CE mark regulations and is
protected against short-circuit, overload, over voltage and
over temperature.
Printer placement
- Place the FELIXprinter on a stable table/desk or something with
a similar height.
- Place the printer on a height where children cannot
reach it.
- Use the FELIXprinter in a clean environment at room
temperature.
Caution with harmful print media
- Some media can be toxic or harmful when consumed. FELIXprinters
is in no way responsible for harm by poisoning when printing
objects with poisonous media. The responsibility for
consuming printed media rests entirely with the end-user/consumer.
Caution with heater elements
- There is a potential risk of burning, as the print head and bed add-on
module can reach temperatures of up to 80°C and the standard
heated bed up to 90°C.
- Always let the printer cool down for at least 5 minutes before
doing maintenance or modifications.

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2 Introduction
3 Contents
Thank you for choosing FELIXprinters!
IMPORTANT: READ THIS MANUAL AND SAVE COUNTLESS HOURS OF YOUR TIME.
We know you can’t wait to start using the product and not many people like to read. For most household appliances
this might work but taking this strategy will most likely set you up for failure and frustration.
So please follow this manual, we made it as short and understandable as possible to enjoy your FOODprinter.
Kind regards,
FELIXprinters
1 SAFETY ............................................................................................................................ 1
2 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 2
3 CONTENTS ................................................................................................................... 2
4 PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................... 3
5 FELIX FOOD AT A GLANCE .................................................................................. 4
6 UNBOXING .................................................................................................................... 5
6.1 WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ............................................................................................................................ 5
7 INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................. 6
7.1 INSTALL FOOT BRACKET ................................................................................................................... 6
7.2 PREPARE THE PRINTBED ................................................................................................................ 8
8 DISPLAY AND POWER ......................................................................................... 12
8.1 DISPLAY OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................... 12
8.2 INSTALLING THE DISPLAY UNIT ................................................................................................. 13
8.3 INSTALLING THE POWER CABLE .............................................................................................. 14
8.4 DISPLAY MENU OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 15
9 CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET ..................................................................... 16
9.1 CONNECT PRINTER THROUGH WIFIWLAN ....................................................................... 16
9.2 CONNECT VIA LAN .............................................................................................................................. 16
9.3 CONNECT THROUGH WEB UI ..................................................................................................... 17
10 CALIBRATION ......................................................................................................... 21
10.1 LEVEL THE PRINT SURFACE ........................................................................................................ 21
10.2 CALIBRATE THE BED DISTANCE Z=0 ................................................................................ 25
10.3 CALIBRATE THE EXTRUDER XYZ OFFSET SWITCH ONLY .................................... 31
11 PREPARATION FOR PRINTING ......................................................................... 36
11.1 UPLOAD GCODE USING A USB STICK .................................................................................. 36
11.2 UPLOAD GCODE USING THE WEB INTERFACE ........................................................... 38
11.3 PREPARING THE SYRINGE ........................................................................................................... 40
11.4 MOVE THE PLUNGER PUSHER BY HAND ...................................................................... 41
11.5 MOVE THE PLUNGER PUSHER TROUGH MENU ........................................................ 42
11.6 LOADING A SYRINGE ........................................................................................................................ 44
12 STARTING A PRINT ............................................................................................... 45
12.1 START A PRINT VIA THE DISPLAY MENU ............................................................................ 45
12.2 START PRINT VIA THE WEBUI ................................................................................................. 46
13 PCB OVERVIEW .................................................................................................... 47
14 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ................................................................ 48

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4 Printer specifications
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SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS
- Printer dimensions (L, W, H) 430 x 500 x 700 mm
- Weight 14,0 kg
- Power requirements: 110 - 220 V
CAPABILITIES
- Layer height range 0.25 – 2,0 mm
- Flex plate (301 Stainless Steel)
- Automatic motorized bed levelling
EXTRUDERS
- Dual motorized piston extruder (switch & twin)
- Suitable for 100 mL standard luer lock type
- Standard nozzle diameter from 1.6, 2.5 and 3.5 mm (8G, 11G & 14G)
- (optional) Heated syringe temperature range 20°C up to 80°C
STANDARD PRINT BED
- Bed temperature up to 90 °C
INTERFACE
- 5” Capacitive Touchscreen with embedded octa-core
processor
- Print server (Repetier-Server)
- Webcam monitoring
- Print file management
- 16GB memory
PRINT MATERIALS
- All viscous materials up to viscosity of 1000PaS
CONNECTIVITY
- USB flash drive
- WIFI
- Wired Ethernet
SOFTWARE
- Simplify3D

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Display
Camera
Foot Bracket
Power Plug
Power Switch
Heated Bed
Syringe Holder
(optional: heated)
Dual Extruder Assembly

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6.1 What’s in the box?
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6 Unboxing
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A 1x Allen key
B 1x MicroSD card +
USB Stick
C 2x M4x12 bolts
D 3x 100ML Luer
lock Syringes
E Stainless
steel nozzle pack (6 needles)
F 1x Foot bracket
G 1x Power cable
H 1xPower unit
I 1x Display unit
NB: The box could contain extra materials you have ordered.

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7 Installation
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7.1 Install Foot bracket
1. Take the printer out of the box and remove
the foam blocks.
2. Place the foot bracket on a sturdy flat
surface and place the printer onto the foot
bracket.
Fix the foot with 2x supplied M4x12 bolts and allen
key.
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Repeat at the back of the printer. Finished!
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7.2 Prepare the printbed
Place the printer on a stable surface and locate the
Z-stage (bed bracket arm).
Push the Z-stage to the top position of the spindle
while rotating the spindle clockwise (by hand).
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DO NOT SURPASS THE SPINDLE END

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Flip out the lever at the bottom of the buildplate. Shake the lever and firmly push on the bolt head to
loosen the mechanism. This may take some force,
but if you listen closely you can hear it pop loose.
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Grab the buildplate by the two black end blocks and
rotate the bed assembly 90 degrees.
Rotate the buildplate until the edges of the bed
bracket arm are parallel.
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EXTRUDER MOTORS!

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Flip the lever back, to lock the buildplate into its
position.
Finished!
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8 Display and Power
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Ethernet
LAN
USB
External
(USB stick
or other
printers)
Ribbon cable USB
internal
Webcam
8.1 Display Overview
IMPORTANT
Make sure the power is turned off when connecting the display.
Failing to do so could cause serious damage to the screen.

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8.2 Installing the display unit
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1. Connect cables on designated positions.
2. Slide the screen onto the metal pins.
NOTE: Watch out that the cables are not
pinched when installing the display into place.
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8.3 Installing the power cable
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Power
Switch
Power
Cable
USB
Cable (not in use when
printer uses touchscreen)
NOTE:
In some instances if there is a firm pull
exerted onto the power cable, the white
housing of the connector could come out of
the printer. If that occurs, push it back in place.
1. Insert the power cable into the printer and the power socket.
2. Flip the power switch of the printer.
3. The display should light up immediatly after turning on the
machine and after a while the FELIX boot screen should be dislayed.
4. Bootup time takes approx 40 seconds.

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8.4 Display menu overview
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USB stick
G-codes on the USB
Gcode menu
Gcodes sent via wifi
or internal memory
Move
Move menu for
the printhead,
extruder and bed.
Tutorials
Tutorials and
quick tips
Home
Returns to
Home menu
Webcam
Opens the webcam
Status menu
General printer
settings
Emergency stop
Stops everything,
only use when
necessary.
Timelapse
Timelapse menu
Advanced
Eeprom &
console
Printer commands
Useful
command presets
Shutdown
Shuts down
server
Restart UI
Restarts the
touchscreen interface
Printer Calibration
Wizards for the
calibration of the machine
Settings
General server settings
Printers Menu
Currently connected
printers and additional
connected printers.
Move
Move the printhead
and print bed
Temp Graph
Shows a temperature graph
of the extruders and bed
Change Syringe
Load and unload syringes

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9.1 Connect printer through WIFI/WLAN
Tap the “Settings” button. Tap the “Network” button. A list of available networks
appears, select your network and insert credentials.
The printer is now connected to the WLAN/Wi-Fi.
9 Connecting to the internet
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9.2 Connect via LAN
Plug in the cable on the left side of the touchscreen, and the printer should automatically obtain an IP address in the network.

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9.3 Connect through web UI
Once the printer is connected to the internet you
can setup the printer on the web UI (remote control).
To use remote control, tap the “Settings” button.
Tap the “Info” button.
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Write down the shown IP http-address or scan the
QR code on the device which is connected to the
same network.
NOTE: No IP adress shown? Check your printer’s
internet connection!
Enter the IP-adress in the URL bar of the
internet browser of your choice.
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In your webbrowser, tap the “go to printer” button.