I am 100% sure that the sensor is in place. Did you see the video I linked to? https://youtu.be/6UnFKUhB0EQ Please let me know if I am doing it wrong in the video, or if you have any recommendations. Otherwise it seems like there is a mismatch or design flaw here, and parts will likely need to be replaced… either the tank or the resin sensor holder should probably be re-designed.

Referring to question #4, could you provide a photo (or link, or manual page #) that shows how to hook the resin sensor onto this new design? I have not been able to figure it out, and as you can see from the photo… taping it to the machine.

Thanks for your help.

Sorry for the defective printer, there is something wrong with that, and we’ll arrange a replacement unit for you, our support will contact you later.

Referring to question 4, there is a picture shows how to hook the resin sensor.

Okay, I definitely tried this, but it is EXTREMELY tight. Are you guys sure that this is not too tight, and that it will not damage the cable over time? It is difficult to push the cable into that slot, and really seems like it is made for a thinner cable.

Here is what my cable looks like after inserting it as shown in your photo (it already looks like it is getting damaged):

It’s ok, don’t worry. Or you can have a try with the tube like that way.

I really do not think this is okay. The cable is going to become damaged over time. Seems like you guys made the design worse in this area, and maybe intentionally did this so that our printer’s resin sensor will break over time so that we can buy new ones from you. Why was this part of the design changed?

The tube is much thicker than the cable, and would be even more prone to damage. I expect UNIZ to replace this cable when it breaks from this poor design choice.

I just tried it with the tube. While I think it is safer to use the tube, I still think this is a pretty odd design choice compared to the previous design. Definitely seems like the opposite of an improvement.  Perhaps this was an effort to save on production costs?

I’ll feed it back to our design department.

I also have the loose resin sensor problem.  The manufacturing tolerances must be messed up to have this poor of a fit.  A simple live hinge snap would have prevented this issue.

While I agree that a screen failure is a higher severity failure mode than a loose sensor connection, I respectfully disagree that we can get by with the latter.  Hearing a crunch at the start of print as the sensor is knocked loose does not inspire confidence in the machine or the diligence of the testing that went into it.  

My two cents.

I’ll have to agree with DP here. The loose sensor will likely cause many SLASH screens to be broken. This defect is going to plague these machines until the design is corrected.

Sorry to disagree, but this is UNIZ’s second Kickstarter (Unfortunately it appears as if they have learned very little from their first campaign). Their first KS campaign was for the original SLASH, which was basically the exact same machine, except it did not support UDP. I did not have any of these problems with my original SLASH… believe it or not… it just worked (that goes without saying it is definitely no Formlabs printer in terms of quality)

While my original SLASH’s resin sensor seemed to work just fine, the new SLASH OL/Pro/etc. sensor is definitely a problem in two areas:

1. It does not stay in place while mounted into the resin tank, which can cause it to fall out at the beginning of a print, and thus crush the LCD screen.
2. It is not as easy as it used to be on the original SLASH to keep it out of the tank/out of the way unless you want to potentially damage the sensor cable. In order to replace the resin tank, it is critical to be able to keep this dangly part out of the way so that it does not hit the LCD screen. We should not be having to clean the LCD screen off or risk cracking the LCD screen because the resin sensor refuses to stay out of the way. However it does seem to stay out of the way more safely when wedging the rubber resin tube into the holder instead of the cable.

Oh, and I don’t think I mentioned that the resin sensor on the new SLASH Pro did not seem to be reading anything. I have not tried to re-calibrate it, but it definitely did not work out of the box like the one in my original SLASH did.

I am just wondering if anyone has used the machine successfully without a single issue for at least 2 weeks? I do not think most users have the time and patience to fix those problems themselves, all your feedbacks here are really informative.

Hi, did you have a test with the function “show logo” without the tank and the platform to check if the LCD is working?

Can you post more details about the WIFI connection issues?

I just got my Slash Pro and have the similar issues and also VERY DISAPPOINTED.

1) First print;  nothing printed – except –  a few layers of material on my screen = brand new machine has just borked itself.  No response from Uniz so far . . .

2) Fixture to hold the level sensor is way too loose.  Too Uniz wants to ignore the issue and just ask if you are sure you installed it correctly.

3) Slotted tab to hold resin sensor while the tank is out is way too small to accept the sensor wire to hold it while the tank is out.  I suspect the tooling for the tab was finished, parts produced, and then Uniz had to swap in a larger sensor wire.  But again, they don’t seem to want to admit theres is a problem, just try to have you work around it.

I now regret having purchased this machine as I have grave doubts I will ever get anything approaching the price back out in printed value.

@Art, I totally feel your pain. UNIZ treats its customers (us) like complete morons… but umm… WE ARE NOT STUPID! UNIZ needs to get their sh*t together if they want to be a successful company.