Author: Vitaly Chukanov

To find out the hardware version, press Maintenance > About printer

To find out the firmware version, press Maintenance > About printer

To correct the cutter positioning you need to follow these simple steps:

• Switch ON the Composer
• Using the 2mm hex key from Tool Kit, loosen the bolt that fixing cutter on the servo’s shaft.

• Use tweezers from Tool Kit to rotate cutter counter-clockwise. The correct position is when cutter is close to upper small hole in cutter sleeve but do not close it.

• Keep the cutter position with tweezers and tighten a little bit the bolt. Do not use too much force to avoid servo’s damage!
• Switch off the Composer
• Tighten bolt completely – when you try to tighten the bolt servo will rotate to their max angle, when it reaches that angle tighten bolt with some force.
• Switch on the Composer – servo will set on its “Zero angle”
• Make sure that upper hole of the cutter sleeve completely open and cutter doesn’t shift during “cut” from Menu.

In case of a problem with Z or offsets calibration, it is necessary to check the EEPROM. Operating procedure will be:

1. Open settings page
2. Change any parameter to any value , for example, Z offset to 0, and press OK
3. Turn off the printer for a minute and turn it back on.
4. Check the changed value, it should match the entered.

In the case when Сomposer fails to heat one of the extruders, it will gives “Heater failed” error.

To identify the cause of the error, you need to check the heaters. Operating procedure will be:

If the measured resistance is close to the correct (10-12 Om), it’s means that the temperature sensor works good. You will need to contact your local distributor or write us on support@anisoprint.com

To extend the service life of the Composer CFC Printer, the mechanical parts of the product must be serviced periodically. The
service includes lubrication of moving nodes: guides of X, Y, Z-axes, Z-axis screw and plastic extruder. The delivery package includes
two types of lubricants: for the plastic nozzle and guide axes. lubrication of mechanical parts of the printer is recommended at least
once every six months.

Residual dirt, fiber remnants and degraded plastic are slowly accumulated inside extruder during printing process. To clear the dirt, or remove small fiber pieces from an extruder do the following

• Using the 2mm hex key from Tool Kit loosen the side screws of fan bracket. Remove the fan bracket carefully, fan bracket stays hang on wires.

• Heat the composite extruder up to 200C° . Using the 9 mm socket wrench unscrew the composite nozzle from the composite extruder – turn it clockwise, do not use too much force to avoid damage of the composite nozzle

• Check the сomposite nozzle, there should be no fiber pieces inside. If they are there, remove them with tweezers.
• Heat composite extruder up to 250C°. Clean the guide tube in composite heater block with cleaning needle from tool kit or you can use any stiff steel wire with 0.8 diameter.

• Using the 2 mm hex key from tool kit loosen set screws and pull down the composite extruder.

• Heat composite extruder up to 250C°. Hold it by pliers, and clean the guide tube in composite heater block by cleaning needle.

• If some fiber remains at cutter sleeve or guide bush – clean it with tweezers.

There are two options to get maximum temperature error on the Composer.

• In standby mode, when you see temperature 989 С° on one of the extruders
• During printing, when you get MAXTEMP trigger error

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This error comes, when Composer get temperature more than 275 C° from one of the extruders (Heater_ID) or more than 125 C° from buildplate.

To identify the cause of the error, you need to check the temperature sensor. Operating procedure will be:

1. Turn off the printer
2. Remove the protective cover from the print head
3. Disable flat cables
4. Measure the resistance at the defined connectors.

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If the measured resistance is close to the correct (108-110 Om), it’s means that the temperature sensor works good. You will need to contact your local distributor or write us on support@anisoprint.com

There are two options to get minimum temperature error on the Composer.

• In standby mode, when you see temperature -242 С° on one of the extruders
• During printing, when you get MINTEMP trigger error

This error comes, when Composer get temperature from one of the extruders (Heater_ID) less than 10 C°

To identify the cause of the error, you need to check the temperature sensor. Operating procedure will be:

1. Turn off the printer
2. Remove the protective cover from the print head
3. Disable flat cables
4. Measure the resistance at the defined connectors.

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If the measured resistance is close to the correct (0.4-1 Om), it’s means that the temperature sensor works good. You will need to contact your local distributor or write us on support@anisoprint.com