Material Spool Preparation; Material Spool Installation - Stratasys F123 Series Manual

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Material Spool Preparation

The process for preparing a new, unopened material spool varies slightly from the process for
preparing a previously used material spool. When preparing a new (unopened) spool you will
first need to remove the spool from its Stratasys packaging. When preparing a previously
opened spool you will need to remove the spool from its storage bag. Once removed, pull the
tail end of the spool's filament out of the filament tail capture location. Inspect the filament tail to
ensure filament is not bent. If bent, cut the filament tail flush (using the 5" cutter included in the
Welcome Kit). Refer to
The material spool is ready to be installed into the material bay. Follow the steps within

"Material Spool Installation"

Material Spool Installation
Once you've properly prepared a material spool, you can begin the process of loading material.
Pre-loading filament to the drive wheels places a spool's filament into position to be loaded to
the liquefier tip within the head. Once filament is detected by the filament present switch, it can
be completely loaded to the liquefier tip.
To install and load a material spool:
1. Ensure that the printer is stopped (idle) and is not building.
2. Select the Materials button from the Navigation Menu; a screen similar to
Figure 6 (page 112)
configuration of your printer.
Figure 5 for material spool details.
Figure 5: Material Spool Details
to install the material spool and load material to the head.
will be displayed. The information displayed represents the current
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Material Spool Preparation
Memory Chip
Filament Tail
Capture
Locations
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