Flashforge Finder 3 User manual

This guide is only applicable to FLASHFORGE Finder 3 3D printer
本手册仅适用于闪铸科技 发现者3 3D打印机
中文P20
用户使用手册
USER GUIDE
EN/CN-A01 Finder 3 发现者3

Content
Notes
Legal Statement
Equipment Parameters
Unpacking
Chapter 1 Equipment Introduction
1.1 - Product Introduction
1.2 - Kit Contents
Chapter 2 Preparation for Printing
2.1 - Assemble filament
2.2 - Build Plate
2.3 - Power On
2.4 - Leveling Build Plate
2.5 - Loading Filament
2.6 - Software Installation
Chapter 3 First Print
3.1 - Print
3.2 - Unloading Filament
3.3 - Wi-Fi Connection
3.4 - Connect Printer by Wi-Fi
3.5 - Firmware Upgrade
3.6 - Printing Notice
Chapter 4 FAQ
Chapter 5 Support and Service
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Do not make any modifications to the printer. To avoid personal injury or property
damage please ensure your operation followed by the Manual.
Dress properly. Do not wear loose clothing or jewelry. Keeping your hair, clothing and
gloves away from moving parts.
Do not directly touch the nozzle and build plate to avoid high-temperature burn.
Do not expose the printer in flammable liquid, gas or dust environment (The high
temperature generated by operating printer may react with dust, liquid, and flamma-
ble gas in the air and cause fire).
Do not put the printer on a shaking place. It may affect the printing quality.
Children and untrained personnel are not allowed to operate the printer alone.
Operate the printer in a well-ventilated environment. Some materials may emit odors
during the printing process.
Do not manually move the nozzle or printing platform while booting up, lest printer
damage.
Never use the printer for illegal activities.
Never use the printer to make any food storage.
Never put the printed model into mouth.
Lower the build plate before loading/unloading filament. The distance between the
nozzle and build plate should be at least 50 mm.
Ensure regular maintenance for the printer; use dry cloth to remove dust and
adhered residues.
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The user has no right to make any modification to this user guide.
Flashforge will not be responsible for any safety accidents caused by disassembly or
modification of the equipment by the customer. No one is allowed to modify or
translate this guide without the permission of Flashforge.
This guide is protected by copyright, and Flashforge reserves the right of final
interpretation of this guide.
Flashforge reserves the right to modify the guide due to subsequent equipment
upgrades.
First Edition (January 2022)
@Copyright 2021 Zhejiang Flashforge 3D Technology Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Legal Statement
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Model
Print volume
Forming technology
Extruder quantity
Layer thickness
Nozzle diameter
Print precision
Filament
File format
Connectivity
Slicing software
Power specification
Total power
Hotbed temperature
Nozzle temperature
Resume printing function
Filament detection sensor
Screen
Language switch
Supports(OS)
Print speed
Position precision
Output file
Finder 3
190*195*200mm
FDM
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0.1mm-0.4mm
Standard 0.4mm
±0.2mm
φ1.75mm PLA / PETG / TPU
stl / obj / amf /3mf / fpp / bmp /png / jpg / jpeg
Internal memory printing / USB stick printing /W i-Fi connection printing
FlashPrint / Cura / Simplify 3D
Input AC 115/230V 50/60Hz Outpu DC 24V
350W
≤110℃
≤260℃
Yes
Yes
4.3'' colorful touchscreen
Chinese / English / Japanese / French / Spanish / German
Windows 7/10 / Mac OS
≤180mm/s, 50-80mm/s normally
Z-axis 0.0025mm, X/Y-axis ±0.011mm
.gx / .g / .gcode
Equipment Parameters
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Open the box, take out the user manual and the USB flash disk.
Remove the foam.
Lift the printer and put it on the desk, then take Finder 3 out of the plastic bag.
Remove the top foam, there should be a power cable included.
Take out the foam under nozzle.
Hold the platform and lift it carefully to remove the foam below it.
Discard the protective tapes all around.
Cut the cable ties which for fixing X-axis and Y-axis synchronous belt.
Cut the cable ties that used to hold the rods in place.
Cut the cable ties that used to hold the platform. Discard the protective tape around
it.
You’ve unpacked your printer. Please keep the kit and packing for future use.
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Unpacking
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第一章 设备简介
Chapter 1 Equipment Introduction
1.1 Product Introduction
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Y-axis Guide Rail
Glass platform
USB Stick Input
Turbofan Baffle
Filament detect sensor
X-axis Guide Rail
Clip
Power Voltage Switch
Power Switch
Z-axis Guide Rail
Leveling Nut
LED Light
Power Input
Limit position assembly
Touch Screen
Nozzle
Spool installation port
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Power Cable
Nozzle
Needle
User Guide
Remove Tool
3D Printer
Material Rack
Glue
Wrenches and Screwdrivers Grease Flexible Spring Sheet
Filament
USB Flash Disk
1.2 Kit Contents
Thisguide is only applicable to FLASHFORGE Finder 3 3Dprinter
本手册仅适用于闪铸科技 发现者3 3D打印机
中文P20
用户使用手册
USER GUIDE
CN/EN-A01 Finder 3 发现者3
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第一章 设备简介
Chapter 2 Preparation for Printing
2.1 Assemble filament
Install the material rack on the back of printer.1.
Insert the filament into the intake, pull out the PTFE tube from extruder; Then press the
handle to push filament into filament feeding roller.
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Press the handle
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Plug in the power cord and toggle the switch to turn on the power. Do not disconnect the
cables when Finder 3 is powered on.
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Damage might occur if voltage setting
is incorrect. Make sure the current input
voltage matches to your local power
supply (115/230V).
Plug in power cord and turn power
switch to 1 to turn it on.
2.2 Build Plate
Finder 3 is installed with the glass platform by default, while users can also use the
flexible removable platform.
Glass platform: The bottom is flatter, but the removal of the model requires a scraper; If
the glass platform is used when the ambient temperature is low, it is recommended to
apply glue on it before printing to increase the adhesion.
Flexible removable platform: It adopts magnetic adsorption, thus the model can be
easily removed by removing the flexible steel plate and then bending it.
2.3 Power On
If you switch from the glass platform to the flexible removable platform
plate, it is necessary to perform leveling and calibration.
Note
Installation method of the flexible removable
platform plate:
Remove the glass platform.
Stick the magnet above the heating plate.
Then the flexible steel plate can be
absorbed on the magnet.
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2.4 Leveling Build Plate
How to use the nuts
Click [settings]-[Language] to switch the language.
Build plate goes up Build plate goes down
Rotate the nuts clockwise
Raise the build plate to reduce the distance
between the nozzle and build plate.
Lower the build plate to increase the distance
between the nozzle and build plate.
Rotate the nuts Anticlockwise
Put a piece of A4 paper on the build plate, tap the touchscreen [Control] - [Level] and
wait for the extruder moving to the first leveling point.
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Lightly pull the A4 paper and feel the friction. If the friction is too big to move, tap [↓]
to increasethe distance between nozzle and build plate; if the friction is too small, tap
[↑] to reduce the distance between nozzle and build plate. It is better that pull the
paper to feel the significant frictional resistance until the slight scratches appear
without damage. Tap [Next] to do the second level point.
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When the extruder moves to the second point, pull the A4 paper to feel the friction
resistance. If the friction is too big to move, rotate nut anticlockwise to increase the
distance between nozzle and build plate; if the friction is too small, rotate nut
clockwise to reduce the distance between nozzle and build plate. It is better that pull
the paper to feel the significant frictional resistance until the slight scratches appear
without damage. Tap [Next] to do the third level point.
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The third leveling point repeats the second point leveling operation until the
three-point leveling is completed.
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2.5 Loading Filament
2.6 Software Installation
Tap [Control] - [Load]. It starts to load the filament when the targeted temperature
reached. Do not stop loading when the nozzle extrudes the filament. It is suggested that
extrude the filament evenly then tap [OK] to back to the homepage.
Please ensure that the filament has been loaded in an appropriate
approach.
Note
Find the FlashPrint installation package in the USB disk and select the version
corresponding to your system to install.
Method 1:
You can download it from https://www.flashforge.com/download-center.
Method 2:
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第一章 设备简介
Chapter 3 First Print
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Ensure that the build plate has been leveled before printing.
Please clean extruder before printing (Load the filament for a while to extrude all the
melted filament you printed last time out of the extruder).
Do not leave the printer unattended during operation.
Decompressed the slicing software package in the USB flash drive and install it to your
computer. Open the software, load the stl file for slicing, then saved the sliced file to the
USB flash drive. Insert the USB flash drive.
Tap [Build] - [USB Device], select model - [Build].
3.1 Print
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3.2 Unloading Filament
3.3 Wi-Fi Connection
Tap [Control] - [Unload]. When the filament unload out of the filament feeding port, the
unload operation is finished.
Please follow steps below if you need to unload filament in daily use.
After unload completed then load again, it is filament replacement.
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Tap [Settings] - [Wi-Fi], open the WIFI function. Choose the Internet and save the password.
1. After the Wi-Fi connected successfully, tap [Info] and check the IP Address.
2. Open the FlashPrint 5, click [Print] - [Connect Machine], input the IP address and
click the connect.
3. Click [Tools] - [Multi-Machine Control], you will see the statue of device.
3.4 Connect Printer by Wi-Fi
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3.5 Firmware Upgrade
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Copy the firmware into the blank USB flash disk.
Plug in the USB flash disk into the USB port of printer and reboot the printer, waiting
for the upgrade process finished.
Plug out the USB flash disk after hearing three beeps, reboot printer again.
After the upgrade completed, please delete the firmware file in the USB flash disk to
avoid upgrading repeatedly next time.
Get the firmware files:
Connect with aftersales and send email to support@flashforge.com
Method 1:
1. Connect the WIFI successfully (Refer to 3.3 Wi-Fi Connection);
2. Tap [Settings] - [Upgrade], check the latest firmware; if there is a new firmware need to
be upgraded, please tap [Yes] to upgrade.
Method 2:
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3.6 Printing Notice
The adhesion of glass build plate may decrease after long time using. Please apply
proper amount of glue to keep and improve the adhesion.
Warping issues may occur when print ABS filament in cold environment, you may use
glue to enhance the adhesion. It's not recommended to print ABS filament at
extremely low temperature environment, as print will fail when printed model getting
away from the build plate.
There is a certain quivering on the build plate during the printing which may cause
flatness changed. Thus please pay attention to the adhesion of the first layer when
printing model; if the distance between build plate and nozzle is improper, please
re-level it.
If printing effect is not accurate enough, check the tension of synchronous belt and
make it neither too loose nor too tight.
If there is an error in the height of the Z-axis, please adjust the compensation of the
Z-axis accurately.
Optimal temperature for printing is 18~30℃. Too high or too low temperature is not
good for printing effect.
The lubricity of the X-axis guide rail will decrease after long time use, please apply
an appropriate amount of grease to increase the lubricity.
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What if the nozzle cannot be heated?
1. Please check the temperature on display screen; if the temperature is shown
abnormal, it is in the reason of thermistor. Please replace the thermistor and try
again;
2. If the temperature is shown normal, it may be in the reason of heating cable.
Please replace the heating cable and try again.
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What if the model warps or is unable to stick to the build plate?
1. The temperature of the build plate was too low; please rise its temperature;
2. Filament failed to adhere to the build plate, use glues to enhance the adhesion;
3. Distance between the build plate and the nozzle is too far or the build plate is
not leveling enough; re-leveling the build plate accordingly.
What if the screen turns dark?
1. Please check whether the screen flat cable has those questions: loose, plugged
in reverse, plugged in wrong position, tilted plugging;
2. Refresh the firmware to see if the screen can recover to normal;
3. Contact the after-sales personnel if necessary.
What if the build plate cannot be heated?
Please check the digital display of the temperature. If the temperature is improper,
please replace the thermistor. Otherwise, please replace the heating plate wires.
What if the files are garbled and cannot be read?
1. The format of files after slicing is not compatible;
2. Repair the model before slicing.
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What if the accuracy of model is not good?
Please ensure proper tension of the synchronous belt, neither loose nor tight.
第一章 设备简介
Chapter 4 FAQ
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What if the files on the USB flash disk cannot be identified?
1. Clean and wipe the USB flash disk;
2. Format the USB flash disk;
3. Replace the USB flash disk.
What if the axis cannot be moved?
1. Check the wire of the electric motor;
2. Contact us by email listed.
Email: support@flashforge.com
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What if offset occurs on the finished model?
1. Check the tightness of the synchronous belt and ensure it is correctly installed;
2. Slice the model again;
3. Reduce print speed;
4. Make sure operating temperature doesn't exceed its assigned set-point
temperature 30℃.
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Printer gets broken at the time of turning it on?
It might be caused by dialing error from switch power supply, please check
whether the voltage is set to the correct value.
Too much filament oozing?
1. Drop the print temperature by 5~10℃;
2. Increase traveling speed, or increase the retraction length and speed.
No filament coming out during printing?
1. Lower the retraction length to avoid abrasion;
2. Check whether the extruder is clogged, use a needle to clean it if necessary.
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What if knock and noise occur when nozzle returning to zero point?
1. Check whether the zero sensor is knocked and broken;
2. Check the lines and see whether the noises stop when pressing the sensorby
hand;
3. Contact us by email.
Email: support@flashforge.com
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