Prox® Material Quality Control (Mqc) System - 3D Systems ProX User Manual

2 INTRODUCTION TO THE MQC
PROX® MATERIAL QUALITY CONTROL (MQC) SYSTEM
The ProX® MQC Single Use System is designed to be used as the material handling unit for the ProX® SLS 6100 SLS line of
printers . It is responsible for delivering material to the printer, storing and mixing fresh and used material, and breaking out
the SLS parts from the print cake which is produced by the printer .
Power Switch: This switch enables and disables power to the ProX® MQC Single User System .
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Blended Material Bin: Material which is a combination of used material and fresh material is stored for production use
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in this hopper . The system handles this automatically .
Fresh Material Input: Fresh material is loaded at this location . The user must scan the RFID tag on the container across
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the RFID reader . .
RFID Reader: The RFID reader is used to scan the RFID tag of the material container . This ensures that the system keeps
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track of material quantity and fresh-to-new powder ratios . The tag must be scanned to unlock the Fresh Material input
doors and add the material to the system .
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