Kühling&Kühling HT500 User manual
Quick Start Guide
Kühling&Kühling HT500
Congratulation, you seemingly just received your HT500 3D Printer. Read the following instructions
thoroughly and you are up and running in no time.
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releases at
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Please visit our site regularly so that you do not miss important developments and new features.
Components overview
The two main functional sections of the HT500
3D Printer: the build chamber with the functional
components and the electronic chamber
containing the regulation electronics.
HMI touchscreen for direct operation and wake
button at the front panel.
No. Description
1 Build chamber
2 Electronic chamber
No. Description
3 Operating screen
4 Wake button
Safety precautions
ELECTRICAL HAZARD!
All electrical equipment inside the 3D Printer has been designed and built in accordance with the
regulations stated in the Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EG (see Declaration of Conformity) and
established electrical engineering practice with all necessary respect to the user's safety.
Regard that handling electrical equipment always implies risks that require special care.
To avoid electrical shock and burning injuries and damage to the 3D Printer:
Only connect the 3D Printer to the specified supply voltage.
Do not operate the 3D Printer with defective cable connections.
Do not set up the 3D Printer in a moist environment.
DANGER OF CUTTING INJURIES AND EYE DAMAGE!
The packing straps are pretensioned and may whip when cut, causing cutting injuries or eye
damage.
Hold down the top part of the strap and cut it at the side. Make sure it does not hit
somebodies face.
DANGER OF CRUSHING!
The 3D Printer weighs 50kg (empty). Dropping or toppling of the 3D Printer may cause crushing
injuries. Lifting the printer on yourself can cause back injuries.
Always carry the 3D Printer two by two and hold it from beneath the bottom edges.
DANGER OF CUTTING!
The transport box is made of unfinished plywood and may hold splinters and sharp edges that
can cause cutting injuries.
Take care when removing the transport packaging and wear protective gloves.
NOTICE
If the 3D Printer has a temperature below 16°C (e.g. directly after delivery in cold weather) there is a
danger of air humidity condensing on sensitive electronic components. This can lead to severe
damages due to short circuiting during commissioning.
Therefore, it is necessary to thoroughly let the 3D Printer warm up to ambient temperature for at
least 12 hrs. at its operating place prior to commissioning.
Regard the ambient conditions required for operation.
NOTICE
In order to ensure your own safety and the proper functioning of your HT500 during operation read
and observe the safety instructions in the online documentation.
Installation requirements
For optimal operation a free space
according to the adjacent picture should
be provided.
The substructure of the 3D Printer must be
stable and weight carrying with a
minimum payload of 60kg and a flat
surface.
No tablecloth must be placed underneath
the 3D Printer to avoid blocking the
ventilation openings in the bottom. Loss of
air flow can lead to severe damage by
overheating of the drives.
The 3D Printer must not be set up in a
surrounding with high formation of dust
(e.g. near woodworks, grinding workplaces
etc.). Ingress of particles into the filament
feed system can lead to intense cleaning
efforts due to clogging of the nozzle tips
and thus immense non-productive time.
Also ensure that the 3D Printer cannot
topple, slide or tilt due to operating
vibrations.
A 110 - 230 V(AC) power source must be
within reach of the power cable (1 m).
Your network must provide DHCP IP
address management and should be
connected to the internet to enable the 3D
Printer to fetch current time signal via
Network Time Protocol (ntp).
Refer to the online manual if your network
is built differently.
Free space required for optimal operation of the
HT500 3D Printer.
Setup
Cut and remove the packing straps around the transport box.
Open the wooden transport box's lid and lift the plywood frame off the pallet in one piece.
Cut and remove the packing straps around the 3D Printer.
Remove the wooden panel and foam wrap on top of the 3D Printer.
Take out the accessory kit box.
Lift the 3D Printer onto the prepared pedestal.
Remove all transport securing devices (blue tape and the cardboard underneath the print bed).
Check the entire device carefully for any transportation damage and completeness of delivery.
Connecting, turning on and accessing the 3D Printer
Plug the mains cable into the mains socket at the rear cover and connect the 3D Printer to the
power supply.
Connect the 3D Printer to the local network via the RJ45 plug at the rear cover.
Toggle the main switch at the rear cover
to <I> (ON).
It may take a few minutes until the
touchscreen has fully loaded the operating
screen - wait patiently without interfering.
The first screen will be the Print screen
with the (empty) print-job queue and the
top-left status message displaying Idle.
After the boot sequence the operating screen
starts with the PRINT tab in IDLE mode. At initial
commissioning, the print-job queue is empty and
no temperature profiles are selected.
Switch to the Setup tab via the respective
button in the header.
Write down the Web Interface URL
displayed on the right half of the screen.
The Web Interface URL on the SETUP screen is
required for connecting the 3D Printer with your
local network.
Now open your web browser on your PC
and enter the web interface URL in the
address line and you will be greeted with
the First Steps screen that provides a
direct link to the online manual.
All further steps are explained in in the
Initial Commissioning chapter of the
operating manual under
http://docs.kuehlingkuehling.de/ht500/ope
ration#initial-commissioning
If you encounter problems with accessing
the 3D Printer (or anything else) you may
find help in the Troubleshooting section of
the online manual
(http://docs.kuehlingkuehling.de/ht500/tro
ubleshooting).
That's it - your HT500 3D Printer is ready for the first print.
Proceed with the instructions provided in the online documentation to perform your first
prints and familiarize with your 3D Printer.
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