Moai Heater Adapter for Peopoly Phenom 3D Printer

[Art Andrews]

Winter is coming.

Peopoly offers a heater for their Moai printer which can be bought here:

Peopoly Moai Heater Module Kit

The Heater for the Peopoly Moai is here! Designed to keep the internal chamber over 25C, the Heater is sensor controlled and comes with its own power supply, separate from the Moai SLA printer. The Heater's internal thermostat will activate anytime the surrounding temperature is not within a...

www.matterhackers.com

The purpose of the heater is to maintain the viscosity of your printer's resin. According to Peopoly/MatterHackers, "Some colder environments affect the resin, which can result in poor adhesion to the Build Plate, or simply generally poor curing during the printing process."

There is no heater for the Phenom.

But there are some unused Screw mounts in the back wall of the Phenom, so I built an adapter that allows you to mount a Moai heater into the back of a Phenom.

Please note, you need to replace the 4 screws in the back of the heater with M3 X 8mm screws. The originals are too short. You also need two M3 X6mm screws with washers for the sides.

This is a pretty simple and straightforward piece that includes ventilation holes.

I have attached the print file below.

 

[Sn4k3]

How does it work that rig?

 

[Art Andrews]

How does it work that rig?

Not sure I follow.

 

[Jintosh]

How does it work that rig?

It heats the air AROUND the print area, it does not attach directly to the resin tank.

 

[Rukkits]

Hi Art Andrews and members, first post here!
I have received a Phenom L and before starting printing I'm about to install the Moai heater. I have printed your mount module (thanks for the file!) I'd like to ask a question on that regard: do I have to drill a hole for the power supply cable to go into the printer or are there other options?

Thanks!

 

[Art Andrews]

Hi Art Andrews and members, first post here!
I have received a Phenom L and before starting printing I'm about to install the Moai heater. I have printed your mount module (thanks for the file!) I'd like to ask a question on that regard: do I have to drill a hole for the power supply cable to go into the printer or are there other options?

Thanks!

Ehhhh... depends on how you want to handle it. You can run the cable out the front door under the lip and the door will still "mostly" close. However, this is what I did.

1) Remove the power from the printer.
2) Remove the resin vat and build plate.
3) Unbolt the vertical rail from the back of the printer.
4) take off the little trap door in the rear right floor of the printer bed.
5) Turn the printer on its side. Use a Dremel to slice one of the vents on the bottom of the printer. This seems scary, but it isn't. You aren't damaging anything.
6) Snake the power cable up through the vent in the bottom of the print, carefully up through the trap door, behind the vertical rail, and over to where you are mounting the heater. I know this is a lot of work, but if you want a clean setup, this is it.

 

[Art Andrews]

Hopefully these help explain it.