Facility Requirements Guide Viper™Pro SLA® System Preparing Your Facility to Install the Viper Pro SLA System IM N ARY Table of Contents Introduction.................................................................. 1 Site Selection - Viper™Pro SLA® System..................................3 Site Selection - ProCure™ UV Chamber................................... 7 System Delivery ............................................................. 8 Third Party Equipment and Supplies ..................................... 10 System Installation.......................................................... 11 Resin Storage and Safety................................................... 12 Appendices: Appendix A: Initial Site Survey Checklist ............................... ii Appendix B: Pre-installation Facility Checklist ........................ iii Appendix C: Third Party Supplies and Equipment ..................... iv Appendix D: Obtaining Assistance ....................................... v Warranty/Disclaimer: The performance characteristics of these products may vary according to product application, operating conditions, material combined with, or with end use. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission from 3D Systems™. Limitation of Liability In no event will 3D Systems™ be liable for any damages, including lost profits, cost of cover or other special, incidental, consequential or indirect damages arising from the use of this document, however caused by any theory of liability. This limitation will apply even if 3D Systems or an authorized dealer has been advised of the possibility of such damage. The document, in whole or in part, may be changed or modified at any time at the sole discretion of 3D Systems. Facility Requirements Guide - Viper™ Pro SLA® system i Introduction This guide provides you with information on how to properly prepare your facility for the Viper™Pro SLA® system. This chapter introduces you to the Viper Pro SLA machine and other system components —including lists of other support equipment and supplies that you will find helpful in setting up your facility. Additional chapters include guidelines for the following: • Site Selection--gives information on how much space the Viper Pro SLA system requires and the necessary services and equipment needed for a highly efficient, ideal location for your Viper Pro SLA system and its components. • System Delivery--provides information about preparing for the delivery of your Viper Pro SLA system. • Third Party Equipment and Supplies--provides a summary of the optional equipment and supplies that 3D Systems recommends for efficient and complete part building, part processing, and finishing. • System Installation--explains the process of, and requirements for, installing the Viper Pro SLA system in your facility. • Resin Storage and Safety--gives you guidelines for proper storage, handling, and safety for Viper Pro SL resins. Viper™Pro SLA® System The Viper Pro SLA system is a flexible and efficient stereolithography (SL) system that produces high fidelity parts from a broad range of plastics and composites. The Viper Pro SLA system uses an SL platform that expands the overall utilization of SL parts in prototyping and advanced digital manufacturing. Markets include automotive, service bureaus, aerospace, and consumer goods. The Viper Pro SLA system is only one component of the complete system. Many accessories and other components make up a Viper Pro SLA system facility: Figure 1: The Viper Pro SLA system Resin Delivery Module (RDM) The RDM is a vital system component. It contains the resin Four different RDM sizes are available: and is rolled into the Viper Pro system to build parts. Name Maximum Build Volume Fill Capacity RDM 650M 650 x 350 x 300 mm 148 liters Figure 2: RDM 750F Figure 3: RDM (25.6 x 13.7 x 11.8 in) (39.1 U.S. gal) RDM 750SH 650 x 750 x 50 mm 95 liters (25.6 x 29.5 x 1.97 in) (25.1 U.S. gal) RDM 750H 650 x 750 x 275 mm 272 liters (25.6 x 29.5 x 10.8 in) (71.86 U.S. gal) RDM 750F 650 x 750 x 550 mm 414 liters (25.6 x 29.5 x 21.65 in) (109.3 U.S. gal) Many customers order extra RDM units, particularly if they want to change resin quickly or use two materials concurrently. The Viper Pro Dual Vat system comes with two RDMs, so both sides of the Viper Pro system (Build Zone A and Build Zone B) can build jobs simultaneously. Determine the size and quantity of RDMs that you require. Facility Requirements Guide - Viper™Pro SLA® system Page 1 Manual Offload Cart Automatic Offload Cart The manual offload cart is The optional automatic included in the base offload cart automates configuration when you platform removal from the purchase a Viper Pro SLA SLA system even more so system. You can easily than the manual offload remove a platform from the cart. SLA system with a large or It eliminates the previous heavy part on it (a difficult requirement for a person to manual process). This cart be on site in order to start a moves the platform and parts new build. It will remove one to the finishing area, where platform, and replace it with supports are removed and the another, automatically. part is cleaned to make it ready for the curing process. Figure 5: The Automatic Offload Cart Figure 4: The Manual Offload Cart ProCure™ UV Curing Chamber The ProCure 750 UV Chamber provides essential final part curing to create a fully solidified part with stable mechanical properties and safe part handling. After building on the SLA system, the part is placed in this unit. Subjecting the part(s) to UV light for a period of time will fully solidify the part. After the part is removed from the unit, it is fully solidified and can be handled safely without gloves. Figure 6: ProCure™ 750UV Chamber Controller - Part Preparation Software Included with the system is the part preparation (3DManage™) and controller (3DPrint™) software. These integrated modules provide part preparation and part building functionality. The 3DPrint™ software utilizes the Viper Pro controller computer which is an integrated part of the Viper Pro system. The 3DManage™ software is installed on a separate, desktop computer, which is not part of the Viper Pro system. The following are the minimum computer configuration requirements for the part preparation computer: Processor RAM 3DManage™ 3DPrint™ • Pentium 4 2.4 GHz • 2 GB Recommended: Recommended: ○ Core 2 Duo ○ 4GB Dual Channel Video Card • OpenGL 1.4 • 128 MB of graphics memory • Native PCI Express x16 bus interface Recommended: ○ 1280 X 1024 resolution (or higher) Facility Requirements Guide - Viper™Pro SLA® system Page 2 Site Selection - Viper™Pro SLA® system This section provides the requirements and recommendations to determine the most appropriate location for a highly functional, efficient Viper Pro SLA system workspace, with room for other equipment and supplies. To help you choose a location, refer to Appendix A. The “Initial Site Survey Checklist” provides the attributes that you need to select the best location for your installation. After narrowing the list of possible locations, consider each requirement carefully before making a decision about your final placement site. Space Requirements Floor Area/Surface User preferences, building codes, and equipment Floors and counter spaces in the SL work area should be configuration help you to define the total floor area that your non-porous and suitable for cleaning with solvents. The feet Viper Pro will need. The SLA system should be located in its of the system must be on a non-resilient surface such as own environmentally controlled room. Locate the secondary bare concrete. Carpeted floors must not be used. Remove post processing equipment and supplies in an adjoining any flooring where the feet of the SLA system will be room or rooms, if possible. User preferences, building placed. The system should not straddle any floor seams. codes, required storage space, and other factors influence The maximum permissible floor incline is 2.5 cm/12 m total room area. Figure 7 shows an ideal three-room site (1 in/40 ft). configuration that minimizes the required movement of parts after part building. Figure 8 shows the minimum dimensions Floor Vibration and Shock of the Viper Pro system. Your site layout will vary. To ensure part quality and accuracy, choose a ground floor Note: Due to laser safety requirements, the system location with a thick concrete pad, which will minimize vibra- should be located where access to the room can tion. SLA equipment is slightly self-damping, and should not be avoided during service calls. be affected by normal or incidental environmental vibration; however, the area should be isolated, either via location or some other physical or mechanical means, from any significant internal or external vibration sources such as heavy machinery, airplanes, or trains, which could cause unacceptable shock or vibration levels. Figure 7: Optimal Site Layout Facility Requirements Guide - Viper™Pro SLA® system Page 3 Figure 8: Viper™Pro system space requirements (top view) Figure 9: Viper™Pro system space requirements (front view) Facility Requirements Guide - Viper™ Pro SLA® system Page 4 Floor Bearing Capacity Connection to AC Power The heaviest piece of equipment (the Viper Pro SLA The Viper Pro system is designed to be connected to system) is 1724 kg (3800 lb). Additional equipment, such primary AC power directly from the facility’s power circuit as one or more Resin Delivery Modules (RDM), will add to the machine’s input power line filter. This task must be significant weight as well. Refer to Figures 10 and 14 to performed by a qualified electrician. The machine is determine the total weight of the equipment to be housed shipped with a 6 gauge, 3 wire, power cord (13 feet long) in your room to ensure that you don’t exceed the maximum with no connector. load bearing capacity that your flooring can support. Temperature Electrical Requirements The temperature in the room or location where the SLA Electrical voltage requirements are: system resides should remain stable to allow optimal •Viper Pro 750S - 220VAC, 50/60 Hz, 30A, single-phase system operation and optimal part quality.