(NEED HELP) Asiga Ultra Misprint Troubleshooting - NextDent BASE Resin

[Conson_Gib573]

My lab has had two NextDent 5100 printers for a few years now, and has just recently upgraded and received three Asiga Ultra printers. We wanted a more up-to-date printer, and have heard nothing but greatness about Asiga's printers. It has been a love story with the Ultra printer, and we have had great success so far when printing with most of our materials. Our only issue we have run into is when we're using NextDent's BASE resin.

I have had nothing but failed prints when using this resin with the Ultra and I have tried every troubleshooting step I can think of. I've tried many different orientations, support patterns, and micron thicknesses. I have tried using different bottles, made sure it was mixed properly, and have recalibrated the machine multiple times. The failures have ranged from supports not attaching to the build platform, the part having holes, and flaking in the final product. I've reached out to my reseller and Asiga themselves multiple times with no response yet. Searching for information on the internet has left me empty handed as well. In the past, we have gotten fantastic results using the "BASE" resin for full dentures and flexible partials, so I would like to stick with it if possible.

Side Notes: I did download correct material profile and imported it to Composer. I have also drained and cleaned the Endurance resin tray after every failed print, straining all of the used resin twice each time before reuse. When auto-generating supports, the software would "shotgun" blast the part with a bunch of supports, so much to where it makes post-processing a nightmare (and the print would still fail). Something I have also noticed is that my estimated print times have doubled on the Asiga Ultra when compared to my NextDent 5100 with that specific resin (compared it using the same denture base STL, same micron settings (50), same orientation, and using Asiga's FAST MODE). In my lab, we were averaging 1 1/2hrs - 2 1/2hrs for one base arch to print on the NextDent, and print time is VERY crucial for our application.

Im seeking any advice or tips from anyone! I'm completely out of ideas.

Thanks!

 

[DDE]

I have an ASIGA 4k printer, and I had the same issues with the flexible next dent base resin.

I tried everything and nothing worked, sometimes I got a good print but it took 2-3 attempts including recalibrating etc.

I had to give up in the end, Asiga couldn't resolve it, though they did replace the trays that were damaged during the prints.

Now I just print and bend wire. It's a shame as the material is great at what it does but it's just so damn unreliable.

 

[AaronW12321]

Give this a try, we've had a lot of issues printing dentures and this is what we've ended up with. It's not 5100 base resin, we use lucitone, but it is for an ultra. If you're ever having a problem with prints adhering to the platform, increase the "exposure time" by 10 seconds or so in the burn in layer column, keep increasing until they stick.