Material Bay Drawer Components; Material Bays - Stratasys F170 User Manual

MATERIAL BAY DRAWER COMPONENTS

The model and support material bays are accessible by opening the material bay drawer on the front of the
printer. The material bay drawer does not contain any locking mechanisms and can be opened while the printer
is building.
Figure 3-11: Material Bay Drawer Components

MATERIAL BAYS

The F270 and F370 printers have four operating material bays - two model and two support. The two left-most
bays hold model material while the two right-most bays hold support material. The F170 printer has two
operating material bays - one model and one support. The left bay holds model material while the right bay
holds support material.
While building, one model and one support spool will be active. An active spool has material filament loaded to
the head, as indicated by a solid blue pathway between the Material Status Icon and corresponding Head
Status Icon, a solid blue Head Status Icon, and a solid blue border around the Material Status Icon on the
touchscreen display (see
you can replace inactive spools without pausing the printer.
Note: The auto changeover capability automatically loads a second spool during
a build when the first spool runs out of material (see
on page
printers.
"Materials Status" on page 136
115). Auto changeover is only applicable for the F270 and F370
for more information). For applicable printer models,
"Material Auto Changeover"
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Material
Bays
(2 or 4
Material
Bay
Drawer