My first printer Asiga Ultra

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Purchased my first printer, Asiga Ultra. On one of my first prints with 2 units, one a crown/die and the other an implant/analog.
Both the die and analog resisted seating. The die was the worst and not usable.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
 
contact your reseller for help. Might take some fiddling but hopefully you'll find the sweet spot. Did the crown fit the die?
 
Purchased my first printer, Asiga Ultra. On one of my first prints with 2 units, one a crown/die and the other an implant/analog.
Both the die and analog resisted seating. The die was the worst and not usable.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
You will have to do some fine tuning. Get on the Asiga FB group page. Many questions have been asked and answered there. We do not print any cases with a removable die. We print solid models and a seperate die. Fixes that issue. You will just need to adjust your analog to model spacing parameters to get the analogs to fit properly. Some digital analogs fit much much better than others. good luck!
 
Try without friction bars in die spacer
 
Check your cleaning/curing process 1st.

For the Analogs, make sure to carefully clear the cavity/hole before curing, i use pressurized air firmly after 1st/rough wash.

I also started to pay attention, that analog models do not lie bottom-flat in the cleaning container, so the resin can escape ( i put em in upside down, this also prevents resin-concentration in upper jaws )

If you have a process-save automated cleaning station you should be fine, but you gotta clean carefully if you are using e.g. Form wash / Isopropanol containers for cleaning.

Just having the Models lay in the cleaning container is definitely not enough.

My rule of thumb is, if it's still too sticky/shiny before curing it's not cleaned good enough.
 
A tip or two to augment erzdaemon's advice above- I use a three-step wash process: a dirty wash, a clean wash, and a rinse. We use two Form Washes, one allocated to the dirty and clean steps. Before models hit the wash, I like to sit them on a raised wire rack for a minute or two, with the biggest concavity of the model facing down so it can drain. Always flip models between the washes, and move them around in the wash basket to different positions; I prefer to wash hollow models right-side up for the first wash, to clean out the hollow cavity, then flip them right-side down for the clean wash, so the critical model features are directly in the flow-path of the impeller.
The rinse is a little thing, but helps enormously with eliminating the slight tackiness you often get with models that are otherwise well-cleaned; there's a little bit of resin dissolved in the clean wash after it's been in use for a little while, and it will stay behind on parts coming out of that wash. Just rinse your parts in the wash basket down with fresh, unused alcohol from a lab wash bottle; you don't need to use a ton, just give every part a good splashing. This rinse carries that dissolved resin remnant away and makes it like you're using totally fresh alcohol for the clean wash.
I designed a crossflow drying cabinet for our parts; the print post-processing booth has active ventilation going to outside, so we put the cabinet in between the booth and the booster fan to outside. The fumes we extract are used to dry models before they are ejected, so it doesn't require any additional ventilation. Parts in the drying box go from dripping to completely dry in maybe 5 minutes, and the fumes from them drying are 100% captured and removed.
 

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