Material Drive Controller - Stratasys F123 Series Manual

Material Bay Drawer Components

Material Drive Controller

Each individual material bay has a material drive controller. The material drive controller feeds
filament from a material bay to the head. The material drive controller is located on the back
side of the material bay and contains a small 12 VDC motor which drives filament up to the
head. The material drive controller is a non-serviceable item and is instead replaced along with
the replacement of a material bay.
The material drive controller contains a mechanical filament present switch which detects the
presence of material within the material drive during the load and unload process. This switch
also detects errors. If the material drive controller detects that filament has broken within the
material bay or the end of filament is reached, the printer will pause to allow for recovery.
Figure 12: Material Drive Details
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