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Autodesk Ember
- Max Build Volume:
64 × 40 × 134mm
- Be mindful working with resin. It's a carcinogen, which means that every time you come into contact with it, it increases the damage to your body.
- Be gentle with the resin trays. The window can be damaged easily. Only touch it with the rubber spatula when cleaning the tray.
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Pre-print
- Check if your part complies with the Design guidelines
- Load model in Print Studio
- Position
- start printer, get paper towels, nitrile gloves, resin, used resin, alcohol spray, alcohol bath for parts, etc…
- fill tray with resin (mind MIN MAX indications)
- Do the calibration
- Start print
Post-print
- Take print head out, and remove the model. Keep the blade parallel to the surface to prevent damage to the head.
- put the model in alcohol and shake the bottle for a few minutes.
- Dry with a paper towel.
Cleaning of the printer
- empty resin tray in used resin container
- use a rubber spatula to remove most of the resin.
- Use a paper towel soaked into alcohol to clean up the remaining resin. Do not touch the window with the paper towel.
A failed print
- stop the printer
- filter the resin through a single use funnel
- pour the filtered resin back in the tray
- rethink the 3D model and or the print setup and try again.
Find volume of object (for material calculation)
When the object is set up in Print Studio, go to the Layout tab, select the Scale tool and select the object. The dimensions appear on the bounding box.
Note one of the dimensions and open the file in Blender. (In this case the Z-axis)
Change the units to Metric, and set Length to millimeters. Scale the model until the size matches the chosen dimension in Print Studio. (The dimension is Y in this case since the object was reoriented in Print Studio)
In the 3D-Print
add-on, click the button Volume
under Statistics. The volume is reported in cm3. Multiply with 1000 to get mm3.
How much does it cost?
( resin amount (in liter) * resin cost * material multiplier ) + ( machine time (in hours) * machine time multiplier )
- resin amount: calculate the volume of your model in a 3D application. Then calculate this amount in liters:
- Volume of 3D model (mm3) * ( 10 to the power of -6 )
- resin cost: €108,00 per liter
- material multiplier: 30%: material cost *1,3
- machine time multiplier: €0,55 per hour
Resin design guidelines
- orientation of flat surfaces are at an angle (research more)
- suction in cavities (research more)
Workstation guidelines
- Keep resin contamination to a strict minimum. Only the following parts can be touched with resin-contaminated gloves.
- build head
- spatula
- tweezers
- funnel
- Keep all other parts and surfaces clean!
- Use a silicone mat to catch resin drips
- Wear goggles to protect your eyes from accidental splashes of resin
- Wear nitrile gloves - (throw away after use, or clean them thoroughly with alcohol)