Stratasys F170 User Manual page 119

4. Open the material bay drawer.
5. Insert the material spool you'd like to load into its appropriate slot within the material bay.
• Pull up on the latch securing the lid corresponding to the material bay you'd like to load, this will
unlock the lid.
Open the lid to expose the slot where the material spool will be inserted.
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Place the material spool into the slot making sure the filament tail is facing the back wall of the
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material bay.
• Once the spool is inserted, the Material Status Icon will refresh and display a solid yellow border with
a notification badge directly above the icon.
6. Open the Material Details page corresponding to the material bay for which you'd like to load
material by touching its Material Status Icon on the screen.
7. Slowly turn the material spool and feed filament through the filament opening and into the drive
mechanism. Turn the spool and feed filament until the Load button refreshes and is displayed in
its selectable state.
• Filament needs to be advanced approximately 2 inches (50.8 mm) to reach the filament present
switch.
• When feeding filament, ensure that filament does not fall over the edge of the material spool to avoid
cross-winding and/or load errors.
• The Material Status Icon will refresh and display in its solid gray unloaded state (see
Figure 5-7: Insert Material Spool
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Table 4-7).