Material Bay Drawer Components; Material Bays - Stratasys F123 Series Manual

Material Bay Drawer Components

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.

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
(page 136)
spools without pausing the printer.
Figure 11: Material Bay Drawer Components
for more information). For applicable printer models, you can replace inactive
The auto changeover capability automatically loads a second spool during a build
when the first spool runs out of material (see
Auto changeover is only applicable for the F270 and F370 printers.
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"Materials Status"
"Material Auto Changeover" (page
Material Bays
Material Bays
(2 or 4
depending on
printer model)
Material
Bay
Drawer
117)).
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