Felfil Filament Maker | Make your own 3D printing filament with Felfil Evo
User Manual for Felfil models including: Evo Assembled, Evo
Assembled Manual Assembled Manual 2 temperature gearmotor electrical input 12V up to 9 rpm 180W 3,8Kg max 250°C weight power usage 180mm 350mm 108mm
Felfil EVO extruder
Extrusora Felfil EVO
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DocumentDocumentAssembled 350mm Assembled Manual 108mm 180mm Thank you and congratulation for choosing the Felfil Evo Assembled. Felfil Evo is a plastic filament extruder, able to produce filaments for 3D printers starting from industrial pellets or plastics wastes. In order to obtain optimal extrusion resutls, please follow the details of the complete project. This guide is designed to allow you a good experience with Felfil Evo Assembled, please read this manual in all its parts before connecting and operating. Felfil Evo is suitable for domestic, research or business use; is wary of improper use. electrical power usage weight temperature gearmotor input 12V 180W 3,8Kg max 250°C up to 9 rpm Assembled Manual 2 Warnings ! Warnings Felfil S.r.l. does not assume responsibility and expressly disclaim liability for loss, injuries, damage, or expense arising out of or in any way connected with the assembly, handling, storage, wrong use or disposal of the product. Please, read this document before use Felfil Evo. Any kind of modification will be at your own risk, and will result in the decay of the warranty. Felfil S.r.l. does not take any responsibility for damage occurred to people or object, caused by such modifications or improper uses. - Do not use vinyl and PVC, they will produce toxic emissions. - Do not eat or inhale neither the plastic pellets nor the extruded plastic. - Do not use the extruder if any parts are missing or damaged. If you notice any damage to the unit, unplug the device immediately and contact the Felfil team for guidance. Use the device only with specified input power. Using the device with any other input power is likely to damage the electrical and/or electronic parts of the device. Remind to keep the equipment out of children's reach. Use this device only to extrude plastic filament for 3D printing. No other use has been tested. Caution - Do not insert screws, nuts or materials unsuitable for extrusion in the catchment area. - Do not insert your fingers in the feeding windows of the plasticizing screw located on the upper side of the pipe. - Do not insert water in the extruder. - Do not touch pipe, nozzle and resistor when the extruder is switched on, it may hurt you. - Do not hit the extruder and its accessories or you could damage the extruder. - Please, never try to extrude a plastic unless you are absolutely certain you know what type it is. - Some polymers can undergo thermal decomposition resulting in potentially toxic fumes. So always use the Felfil Evo in a well ventilated area, or inprecence of a suction hood (not your bedroom or inside your house), and understand the thermal decomposition properties of the polymer you are extruding. - Be sure to check in on it periodically. The Felfil Evo Complete Kit is a first-generation, experimental piece of hardware. Treat it as such. Basically, use common sense. If you have questions, write us at support@felfil.com Assembled Manual 3 Connect the power supply. Connection Assembled Manual 4 Drop In order to obtain the best quality filament, Felfil Evo is designed to be placed on a common and stable table and to extrude on the floor. The height of extrusion is called drop, and tipically is about 80cm. Moreover, with some materials, will be useful to reduce or to increase the drop in order to obtain more constant diameter of the filament; typically PLA need this treatment. So, if your filament is quite inconstant, or get stretched too much, try to reduce or increase this value. drop Assembled Manual 5 Powering On Plug the AC power cord into an electrical outlet. Set the power switch to the [ I ] position The Felfil Evo will display welcome text on the LCD panel. This is the beginning of the script that will guide you through the extrusion. Assembled Manual 6 User Interface In the first step you can set the temperature turning the knobE6 . Then press the knob to confirm Felfil Evo is heating, wait untill it reaches the setted temperature Now you can set the screw rpm. Press the knob to confim. Assembled Manual 7 This is the user interface when Felfil Evo is running. The LCD contains all information about the extruding. User Interface 2 Arrow: switch between 2 functions: - set temperature -set engine rpm Current Temperature: indicates the current temperature in the chamber. Set Temperature: indicates the temperature the PID is heading for. Engine speed: indicates the set engine rpm: you can set this value from 0 to 9. 6 rpm is a quite safe and efficient value. Electrical Absorption Indicates the electrical current absorbed by gearmotor in Amperes. Felfil Evo automatically cut off the power when the absorption is over 1,8A. Assembled Manual 8 User Interface 3 When the sceen below appears, it's because Felfil Evo goes on protection mode. This usually occours when the engine torque is too high, in order to avoid failure for engine and mechanics. Usually this is due to a too low temperature in the melting chamber, or a too high speed of extrusion. However when the block occurs, please set the temperature to 200°C, and wait about 20 minutes, to be sure that the material in the chamber is properly melted. Press the knob, and you will be able to restart the process from "set tempereture". Assembled Manual 9 ? Usage Usage For a correct usage of Felfil Evo Complete Kit please follow these suggestions: - Place it on a flat and stable surface before operating (a table is quite good); - Do not place anything near Felfil Evo, it requires unrestricted airflow, for cooling, proper operation and to protect the electronic components from overheating; - The extruding screw must turn clockwise. The first meters of filament will be dirty, and may have some metal shavings in it. Do not use this filament in your 3D printer. Extrude all the pellets that were in the hopper, if filament still looks dirty after this step, extrude more pellets to further clean the system. Please pay attention: - If the nozzle is not correctly tightened, plastic may exit, producing smell. - If you recognise smell of burning plastic, immediately stop extrusion, open Felfil Evo and check that everything is ok. - If the cartridge heater seems to be ruined, please substitute with a brand new one, in order to avoid any potential short-circuit. If you have any problems using Felfil Evo filament extruder, contact support@felfil.com. ? Maintenance Felfil Evo needs some occasional maintenance: when you have finished to extrude, empty the hopper leaving the filament extruder running for few minutes. Use always gloves while working on still hot components. Remove the three nozzle screws only when these are cold. Assembled Manual 10 Polymers Guide In this section you can find some information about the plastic. When using commercial pellets, rely on the maker's identification of the type of plastic. When using recycled plastic, check the markings on the item(s) to determine which type of plastic you are using. Do not mix types of plastic, as this may affect processing times, both in the extruder and in the printer. The following is a table of general processing temperatures. Notice that the processing temperature may not be the same as the melt temperature.Temperatures will vary based on: humidity, ambient temperature and chemical composition of the polymers. PLA ABS HIPS TPU T45 (pc+abs) MFR 6 19 4 4 Density [g/cm3] 1,3 1,04 1.04 1,22 - T [°C] 180 (+/-10) 200 (+/-10) 180 (+/-10) 190 (+/-10) 180 (+/-10) Speed [rpm] 5 6 6 8 6 NOTE: The temperature ranges in the chart are approximate. It will require some trial and error to determine the right processing temperatures. Keep notes of actual temperature settings with different types of plastics, along with other operational notes, to develop a procedure that works well in your situation. Assembled Manual 11 Gearmotor Specs Assembled Manual 12 Contacts Marking: Felfil Evo is a product complying with the 2014/30 EU Directive and the Harmonized Standard EN 61326-1: 2013. On its case is reported the serial number of the product #EBxxxx along with CE and RAEE marks. Contacts: Felfil s.r.l. VAT number: 11482100010 Corso Castelfidardo 30/A, 10129 Torino, Italy support@felfil.com Please be sure to download always the latest version of this manual from: felfil.com Manual revision: 1.0 Last revision date: 24 october 2017 Assembled Manual 13