Routine Maintenance Schedule

 

Frequency

Task

For More Information

Before printing

Clean the UV lamp lenses.

See Cleaning the Print Heads and the Roller.

Before / after printing

Check the UV lamp overheating indicator.

See UV Lamp Check .

Before / after printing

Clean the print heads and the roller surface.

See Cleaning the Print Heads and the Roller.

Daily

Clean and inspect the wiper.

See Cleaning and Replacing the Wiper.

Weekly

Perform the Pattern test.

See Pattern Test.

Weekly—when printing with Biocompatible materials

Calibrate the UV intensity.

See Testing and Calibrating the UV Lamps.

Weekly

Restart the printer computer and the server computer.

 

Weekly

Clean the roller waste collector.

See Cleaning the Roller Waste Collector and Inspecting the Roller Scraper.

Every 300 hours of printing (A reminder message appears.)

Calibrate the UV intensity.

See Testing and Calibrating the UV Lamps.

Every 300 hours of printing (A reminder message appears.)

Optimize the print heads.

See Optimizing (Calibrating) Print Heads.

Monthly, and after replacing print heads

Check the alignment of the print heads.

See Aligning the Print Heads.

Monthly

Clean debris from the Z‑axis shaft with a vacuum cleaner.

 

Monthly

Inspect the exhaust system (duct, fan, connections).

 

Monthly

Calibrate the load cells.

See Calibrating the Load Cells.

Every two years or every 3500 hours of printing

Preventive maintenance visit by service engineer.

Contact your Stratasys service provider.

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