Filament Loading - Filament Innovations BFP-ICARUS Series Operating Manual

Filament Loading

Loading the filament in the ICARUS unit is fairly straight forward and
simple. First, before we load any filament, we need to mount the spool holder on
the left of the machine. The two bolts to mount it to the machine are screwed to
the machine, on the top left. Using these two bolts, bolt the assembly to the
machine. The picture below does not show the acrylic side panel.
Spool Holder Bolted In:
You can now put a spool of filament on the holder, cut the end of the
filament at a 45 angle, and insert it into the Teflon (white) tube on the printer We
will be pushing the filament through the opening of the white Teflon tube,
through the filament runout sensor, into the extruder, through the hotend, and
out of the nozzle. It is not uncommon for the filament to get hung up in the
sensor or the hotend as it travels through junction points for initial loading. The
Teflon tube can be removed from the silver holders by pressing down on the
silver collars and pulling the tube out. Note – this is a great time to preheat your
extruder to the designated print temperature so the new filament can be fed in
– i.e. 200C for PLA. You can do this on the touchscreen main menu.
Last Revised on 4/25/19
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