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Great would be to have a resin gauge incorporated into the touch screen. A simple visual that shows the amount of resin left.
Especially when making many different parts one can quickly lose count of the amount of resin used. -
This might have been mentioned before, I am not sure but the actual time a part needs for building differs significantly from what the software calculates.The actual time is always more than suggested.
Here are some numbers from current projects:
Claimed 1 hour 5 minutes
Reality 1 hour 22 minutes, 17 minutes longer
Claimed 53 minutes
Reality 1 hour 5 minutes, 12 minutes longer
Claimed 13 hours 13 minutes
Reality 15 hours 41 minutes, 2 hours 28 minutes longer
Claimed 10 hours 52 minutes
Reality 13 hours 23 minutes, 2 hours 31 minutes longer
Claimed 7 hours 10 minutes
Reality 8 hours 50 minutes, 1 hour 40 minutes longer
I don’t know how the time is being calculated but I think there would be a more accurate possibility.
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Pausing a building process. While it’s a necessary feature (I have recovered some models that way, using clear resin) the parts always show the layer where the building process was paused - I have never had a smooth and even continuous build after pausing the machine. Not sure why that would be as the building platform moves up stops and comes back down all the time, it’s what the machine does…
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I typically load up the building platform anytime I can. Sometimes one part out of a set of multiple parts starts failing and when the machine is paused the resin stuck on the PDMS layer (most common cause of failure on an otherwise proper running machine) can be removed, not always will the machine recover that part but all the other parts on that run would still come out fine. As it is currently, the laser hammers the silicone layer at that area into submission until the rest is built.
In order to safe the tank surface it’s better to stop the building process entirely - wasting the rest of parts (and time) that otherwise would have come out well.
If there was an option that allows one to select different parts on the building platform in pause mode and basically “delete” them so this/these part(s) is/are taken out of the laser path, it might be a good extra. I realize that this feature might not have to be used too often but for sure would help in critical situations. Some people might realize they have mixed older with newer parts half way through the building process and could “delete” the wrong parts while the good ones would continue building.
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This one I believe some have mentioned before, a system that senses part failure. That actually would be the most important new feature. There is nothing worse than having a part failure and the machine keeps going, wasting everything in its path…the machine is not bullet-proof even though it’s promoted to be, a feature like a “part failure stop” would help tremendously. With this feature it might also be possible to safe the build, since the machine would be put on pause.
On a different note - the firmware update did fix the sensor error.
one image attached - simple idea of a resin gauge incorporated